Pre-season Formula 1 news and gossip
Posted on January 5, 2007 - Filed Under Formula 1, Sports | Leave a Comment
Though the season is still more than a couple of months away things the engines and the speculations have already started revving in the paddocks and pit lanes of formula one. The most high-profile racing sport in the world is set to kick off from the deserts of Bahrain on the 12th of March, the banter has already begun as to who stands a chance of winning the most coveted prize in motor sport – being crowned the Driver Champion in F1.
There has been plenty of shuffle in the drivers and teams in the winter and everyone is playing the psychological cards to gain that extra advantage before the season roars off. Flavio Briatore has already gone one up on his one-time protégé Fernando Alonso. The double world champion has made a switch to Mclaren Mercedes but the Renault boss believes that would not make the struggling Mclaren any better team. Briatore took a pot shot at them saying that the silver and black side has had very good drivers in Kimi Raikonnen last season and yet they failed to even a single Grand Prix. The Renault boss surely trying to taunt the world champion.
Meanwhile, former Ferrari driver Jean Alesi believes that coming to Ferrari could be the best thing to happen for the young Finn Kimi. In fact, Jean goes on to say that it could almost be like Paradise for him. And life began pretty well for the so-called bad boy in F1. Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo has brushed aside rumors that there have been concerns about the driver’s wild party habits. The Ferrari president says it was a good move to sign Kimi and he motivated enough to prove that with a solid performance this season.
So guys we’re getting ever so close to the green light on the F1 calendar, so do keep it here for more news, gossip and views on F1, the teams, the drivers, the controversies and more…
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