Sakon Yamamoto to Spyker
The Japanese racer, Sakon Yamamoto has been signed on by Spyker for the rest of the season. He will be replacing the sacked Albers. Yamamoto, who has raced with Super Aguri-Honda for half the season last year, is obviously delighted. He had this to say about being selected:
"I am very pleased to get the opportunity to race in Formula 1 again. I know all the circuits we are going to very well, having raced at them with Aguri last year. I also know the team from my test in 2005 so I feel ready for the chance. I want to do the best I can and help the team achieve their objective of moving up the field. I'm looking forward to working with them."
Scott Speed - Speeding out of STR???
Scuderia Toro Rosso racer Scott Speed is angry with his team and might be replaced either in the next few races or at the end of the season. Apparently, Speed is furious with a reprimand he got for spinning off into retirement at the European Grand Prix after three laps when it began to rain. Speed accused team principal Franz Tost of physically "abusing" him. Even though the incident was played down by Tost, there is no doubt that Speed is clearly not happy with the team and might just be around for much longer. Speed said this about incident and his future in F1:
"To be honest, the only thing I'm worried about is my relationship with Red Bull, because obviously Franz Tost and Gerhard Berger have been pushing the same dishonesty to the media, and I'm worried that might have ruined my relationship with Red Bull. Because Red Bull has been amazing to me, and I think we fit together really good, and it's a shame to let these two people ruin the whole thing. As far as my future in F1 is concerned, you couldn't pay me enough money to race for those two people again. If it was with a different team, that would be great, but I would also like to do something else with Red Bull, even if it was outside F1."
Fresh after his win at the Nürburgring, Alonso is gunning for victory at the Hungaroring, in a bid to equalise/overtake his team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the Driver's Championship. Alonso received a huge boost in confidence and in the standings after closing the gap to Hamilton by 10 whole points. Alonso, who was coming under attack from a now-awake Räikkönen really needed those points if he was to have any chance of staying second. It did seem for a while that with Ferrari's superior speed and Räikkönen's "awakening", it would only be a matter of time before Räikkönen caught up with him and overhauled him. Alonso had this to say about the upcoming race:
"In Hungary it would be good to win in the dry. More than anything to see that we have improved the car a bit and because Hungary suits the McLaren very well - it's a slower circuit, like Monaco. In the last few races they (Ferrari) have been three tenths per lap quicker. Sometimes things go right, other times they don't. This time everything worked well and we took advantage of it, unlike other times. I will remain the same. I'll try to be on the podium and finish ahead of everybody else. As I always said, the Championship is long and whoever is more consistent or stronger in the 17 races will win the title."
Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen has refused to bow out of this year's Championship and said that he's not out of it as yet. He also said that he could've won the European Grand Prix had it not been for a hydraulic problem. Probably true, given the fact that he was quicker than both Alonso and team-mate Massa. Still, he maintained that despite having superior pace over the McLarens, Ferrari simply had to improve their reliability. He also said that even though there was one race less, the gap to the front remained the same (thanks to Hamilton's first point-less race).
FIA releases provisional calendar for 2008.
The following is the provisional calendar released by the FIA.
| Date | Country | Circuit |
| 16th March | Australia | Melbourne |
| 23rd March | Malaysia | Sepang |
| 6th April | Bahrain | Bahrain |
| 27th April | Spain | Barcelona |
| 11th May | Turkey | Istanbul |
| 25th May | Monaco | Monaco |
| 8th June | Canada | Montreal |
| 22nd June | France | Magny-Cours |
| 6th July | Britain | Silverstone |
| 20th July | Germany | Hockenheim |
| 3rd August | Hungary | Hungaroring |
| 24th August | Europe | Valencia |
| 7th September | Italy | Monza |
| 14th September | Belgium | Spa Francorchamps |
| 28th September | Singapore | Singapore |
| 12th October | China | Shanghai |
| 19th October | Japan | Fuji |
| 2nd November | Brazil | Interlagos |
That's all there is for now. Keep watching this space for more.
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