Hamilton and Raikkonen lead as tests end

The four day tests at Jerez and Bahrain concluded on Friday, with the Bahrain running resumed after a two day sandstorm, and all teams starting to set some competitive lap times. In Spain, Sebastian Bourdais set a 1:17.472 in his 2008 car, whilst Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso battled it out for the fastest time [...]

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Ferrari F60 revealed in Italy

Ferrari became the first to reveal their 2009 challenger, after launching the Ferrari F60 on Monday. The launch took place at Mugello, having been moved from Ferrari’s test track at Firoano due to poor weather conditions. The F60 is the first of the new generation of F1 cars launched, featuring a radically different design to [...]

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Ferrari win constructors’ championship

Despite the heartbreak of Felipe Massa coming so close to becoming a champion and failing, Ferrari do have a reason to celebrate after winning their 16th constructors’ championship. With Massa finishing first and Kimi Raikkonen finishing third, the Italian squad easily clinched the title from McLaren by 21 points, despite BMW making it the closest [...]

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Raikkonen to stay at Ferrari until 2011

It was confirmed by Ferrari on Friday that reigning world champion, Kimi Raikkonen, will stay at the Italian team in a new contract that sees him signed until the end of the 2010 season. This ends speculation that Fernando Alonso would replace Raikkonen at Ferrari in 2010.
Alonso was rumored to be in talks to Ferrari [...]

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Raikkonen on top at Monza second practice

Conditions dried after FP1 and normality returned to the time sheets as Kimi Raikkonen finished on top for Ferrari. His time of 1:23.861 forced BMW to settle for second and third with just one tenth of a second difference. Robert Kubica ahead of Nick Heidfeld with a gap of 0.01 seconds. Lewis Hamilton was right [...]

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