35,000 Fans Attend Valencia Test

A record 35,000 spectators turned up today to watch the Formula One test.
Most of them were for Spain’s two-time world champion Fernando Alonso
Managers of the Ricardo Tormo at Cheste, near the eastern city of Valencia, said they had never seen such a crowd for Formula One testing.
“Never in history have there been so many people [...]

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Valencia Test Day 1 – Massa Finishes The Day Fastest Again

Ferrari duo Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen led the way on the first big test with new cars on Tuesday, Massa and Raikkonen continued development work of their F2008 at Valencia in Spain, and Massa’s best effort put him more than half a second clear at the end of the day
But it was the early [...]

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Max Mosley – Any Team Spying Will Be Thrown Out

FIA president Max Mosley has revealed that any Formula One team caught spying in the future faces expulsion from the championship.
McLaren were fined £50m and kicked out of the 2007 constructors’ championship by the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council in September after they were found guilty of being in illegal possession of Ferrari technical data.
However, [...]

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Valencia Test Day 1 – Massa Fastest In Morning Session

 
 
Testing resumed this morning in Valencia, with a total of 16 drivers venturing out on-track. Following yesterday’s mixed conditions, the weather has improved for day 2, with sunshine now bathing the track. At the top of the timesheets by the end of the morning session were the two Ferraris, with Felipe Massa dominating proceedings, a [...]

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Jenson Button – Girlfriend Hired By John Lewis

Jenson Button’s girlfriend has hit the headlines today,  it was announced that she has been hired to model for the British department store chain John Lewis. 
Florence Brudenell-Bruce, who descended from Britain’s earls of Cardigan and began dating Honda driver Button last year, was hired to help “sex up” the John Lewis brand, a spokesman said.

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