Autosport.com is reporting that Fernando Alonso says he is aiming to spring a surprise at the Monaco Grand Prix, despite admitting that his Renault team are behind the top three squads.
The Spanish driver has won at the principality for the last two years, although this season his chances look a lot slimmer as Renault have [...]

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Autosport.com is reporting that Heikki Kovalainen said he is in “good spirits” after his Barcelona crash and is hopeful he will be able to race at the Turkish Grand Prix.
The Finn was taken to hospital after he crashed at very high speed on lap 22 of the Barcelona race on Sunday when his McLaren’s left [...]

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Formula 1.com is reporting that McLaren have confirmed that Lewis Hamilton’s front wing broke immediately prior to his running into the rear of Fernando Alonso’s Renault on lap two of Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix.
The unusual nature of the accident - both drivers were accelerating on a straight section of track - prompted cynics to question [...]

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As reported by a number of outlets, McLaren have dismissed the engineer at the heart of the spy scandal that ended with them fined £50m and thrown out of last year’s constructors’ championship.
Mike Coughlan was McLaren’s chief designer when a 780-page document of confidential Ferrari technical information was found at his home.
The Englishman was suspended [...]

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As a follow up to a previous blog, a lot of outlets are reporting that Ron Dennis has decided to stay on at McLaren. Personally, I think this is good news for Formula 1.

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As a follow up to my previous post, Autosport.com is reporting that Ron Dennis has the full support of Mercedes. This can be taken two ways:

On the face of it, this is good news and would indicate that Ron Dennis will stay with Mclaren. This would be good news.
On the other hand, this could be [...]

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There are a lot of reports in the press that Ron Dennis will be standing down soon. Some reports say that he will stand down before the season starts, with others saying he will leave after a couple of races. I understand that last year was very difficult for Ron, but I hope he doesn’t [...]

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It has been an interesting pre-season this year with a number of teams talking up their chances. Williams has contunially been talking about how good their car is this season with Sam Michaels, Patrick Head, and even Frank Williams talking about their chances. Given they have a very good driver in Nico Rosberg, maybe things [...]

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As reported at Autosport.com, Lewis Hamilton believes McLaren’s new MP4-23 is in ‘good’ shape for the start of the season, although he is well aware that the team have plenty more work to do in their fight with Ferrari.
McLaren appeared to have a slight edge over Ferrari on single-lap pace in the final pre-season test [...]

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Pitpass.com is reporting that McLaren ended the year in the red.
A report in today’s Daily Mail by Pitpass contributors Christian Sylt and Caroline Reid reveals that, according to its latest accounts, the McLaren Group made a £2.3 million operating loss in 2006 - a huge crash from the previous year’s £14.3 million profit.
Lack of a [...]

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