As the season start in OZ is only a couple of weeks away, I thought I would do a preview of the season ahead. This is Part 1 which covers the changes to Races and the regulations. Part 2 will be published in a couple of days and will cover driver changes and where the [...]

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As reported at Autosport.com, Nico Rosberg thinks that it is still going to take Williams another year to return to front-running form in Formula One, despite the team’s impressive pre-season testing build up.
The new FW30 has emerged as one of the leading contenders to be ‘best-of-the-rest’ behind Ferrari and McLaren, thanks in part to BMW [...]

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As reported at Autosport.com, Nelsinho Piquet is not expecting his Renault team to be able to win races under normal circumstances in the early part of 2008.
Renault, who endured a poor 2007 season with just one podium finish in 17 races, have been far from the pace of the leading Ferrari and McLaren teams during [...]

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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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Autosport.com reports that Jenson Button admits that Honda Racing have a big job on their hands at Jerez in Spain next week if they are to make their RA108 a competitive force for the start of the season.
The team’s 2008 challenger has failed to impress in its current configuration, and the team are hoping that [...]

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Autosport.com is reporting that Ferrari have made clear progress since last year and are ready to fight for victories in 2008, Michael Schumacher said after testing the Italian team’s new car at Barcelona.
The 39-year-old German had not driven the F2008 before, but got back to action yesterday for the first of two days of testing [...]

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Formula1.com is reporting on the major change for the year which is the implementation of the Standardised Electronic Control Unit, or SECU, and with it the elimination of the driver aids (traction control, etc.).
The SECU enables the FIA to police an article of the regulations central to the ‘DNA’ of Formula One racing - that [...]

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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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Pitpass.com is reporting that Alonso was talking to Renault about a return last March. This is before we knew how good Hamilton was going to be, before the rift started with McLaren, and before the spy issues. Interesting.

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As reported at Formula1.com, each new Formula One season sees a raft of major and minor regulation updates, aimed at achieving a range of different objectives - and 2008 is no different. Some have been well publicised, such as the ban on traction control, others less so, such as the loss of qualifying’s ‘fuel burn’ [...]

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