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Minardi announced at a press conference in Amsterdam on December 23rd that Christijan Albers will race for the team in 2005. The 25 year-old Dutchman has been successful in the German touring car championship in recent years. Albers formerly raced...

Jarno Trulli is ready for a busy winter testing with Toyota and already feels at home with his new team. The Italian joined Toyota towards the end of the 2004 season and is now looking forward to 2005 with the Cologne based squad. Toyota has not...

Renault will be a contender for the title in 2005 according to team boss Flavio Briatore, after achieving its goals in the last two years. In 2004 Renault hung on to second place in the constructors' standings most of the year but was beaten down...

Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo is standing firm on the team's refusal to agree to the reduction of in-season testing because he believes it should be up to him to decide how much testing his team does. Ferrari presented its own proposals on...

BMW and Honda have decided to not to appeal against the change in engine capacity from 2006 as a legal challenge would take too much time and would be bad for the sport. The two manufacturers, along with Mercedes, were against the reduction of ...

Although a deal is not yet struck, it seems likely that David Coulthard will drive for Red Bull Racing next season. Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz did not appear to show an interest in Coulthard initially, but the importance of having an ...

BAR test driver Anthony Davidson is hoping for a race seat with the team in 2006 and believes his chances are quite good. He admitted that he was disappointed he lost the opportunity of racing next season after BAR could not agree a deal with ...

Mark Webber is happy to be racing for Williams in 2005 and knows that it will be a challenging year with a new team. After teams that have a somewhat lower profile, Minardi and Jaguar, Webber will be in the spotlight next season as he drives for...

Once again it was a McLaren at the top of the times at Jerez, making it four days in a row the Woking squad set the pace. Kimi Raikkonen clocked 1:16.305 for the fastest time of the day on Friday. Team tester Alex Wurz was also on track and was...

Finally, after months of uncertainty, it seems the future of the British Grand Prix has been secured. The British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC), owners of the Silverstone circuit, and Bernie Ecclestone sealed the deal on December 9th, the day of the...

It was a busy day at Jerez on Wednesday, despite the early morning fog that delayed testing for about an hour. Once the weather cleared there were 15 drivers from seven teams at work, and it was McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa who was fastest...

Testing resumed at Jerez de la Frontera in Spain on December 7th with six drivers from three teams on track, and better conditions than last week's test. Juan Pablo Montoya's McLaren set the fastest time of the day, 1:16.535, and team test driver...

From seemingly not being in the running for a race seat with Red Bull, David Coulthard now appears to be a serious contender. Christian Klien and Vitantonio Liuzzi have been testing for Red Bull so far this winter and Klien is a favourite to race...

Sauber wound up its 2004 winter testing with Jacques Villeneuve once again at the top of the times, making it all three days of the Jerez test that the Swiss squad was fastest. Felipe Massa was top on Wednesday and Villeneuve the next two days,...

Nick Heidfeld will get a second chance to show Williams what he can do after testing at Jerez this week. The German, who is vying with Antonio Pizzonia for the race seat with Williams in 2005, will be back behind the wheel next week when the team...

It was another busy day's testing at Jerez on Thursday and there was another Sauber driver at the top of the times. 17 cars were on track, in similar conditions to yesterday, and Jacques Villeneuve took over from Sauber teammate Felipe Massa to...

David Coulthard is still looking for a race seat for 2005 and it seems that Red Bull Racing may yet be interested in the Scot. Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz initially said that the former McLaren man was not under consideration by the team,...

Christijan Albers got behind the wheel of a Jordan at Jerez on Wednesday and was happy with how the test went. The Dutchman, who drove for Mercedes in the German touring car championship (DTM) this season, was slightly disappointed that the...

Testing was back in full swing on December 1st at Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, with 15 drivers on track for the day. The weather was not as kind as Barcelona testing last week, with sun and rain showers, which was a minor disruption to the ...

Robert Doornbos will test for Jordan at Jerez this week, driving the interim 2005 chassis. Doornbos was third driver for Eddie Jordan's squad in the last three races of the season and already tested the interim car in the UK last month, prior to...

Jenson Button has admitted that he made some mistakes when he attempted to leave BAR for Williams and said he was misguided over legal matters. The result of the saga, which lasted from the summer to the end of the season, was that Button is ...

Olivier Panis may have announced his retirement from racing this season but the Frenchman is still happy to get behind the wheel for Toyota. While most teams were at Barcelona for the first stint of winter testing last week, Panis spent four days...

The first test of the winter at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya came to a close on Friday, and it was Toyota test driver Ricardo Zonta who was at the top of the times. The Brazilian set a best of 1:14.975 and racked up 147 laps, the most of the...

Björn Wirdheim and Red Bull Racing have parted company after the team made it known that it would not require his services for next season. Wirdheim, last year's F3000 champion, was third driver for Jaguar in 2004 and was due to test for Red...

The testing action continued apace at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya on Thursday and it was Sauber's Felipe Massa who was fastest at the end of the day. Once again there were 15 drivers at work and Massa's best of 1:14.655 was two tenths quicker...

Juan Pablo Montoya made a flying start to his career at McLaren when he topped the testing times at the Circuit de Catalunya on Wednesday. It was the first busy day of winter work at the circuit, with 15 drivers on track. Montoya's best was...

BAR test driver Anthony Davidson was due to try out for Williams at the beginning of December but BAR has put a stop to it. Williams is looking for a race driver to partner Mark Webber next year after it was deemed that Jenson Button must stay...

Christian Klien recently said that his F1 future was not definite just because Red Bull has bought Jaguar, but it appears the 21 year-old Austrian will get a second chance. Dietrich Mateschitz, owner of Red Bull, has been quoted as saying Klien...

When Honda announced it is to become part owner of BAR, it was also made known that team principal David Richards will be leaving. Speaking in teleconference once the news was made official, Richards denied that there was any bad feeling between...

Jordan has confirmed that DTM star Christijan Albers will test for the team at Jerez on December 1st. The test was originally scheduled for September but Albers postponed it so he could concentrate on the DTM season. The 25 year-old Dutchman...