Spyker will run Markus Winkelhock to replace Christijan Albers who was fired last week following the British GP Round. Albers was let go from the team after a failure of payment by one of his title sponsors.
Winkelhock's drive makes him the 5th German driver racicng at the German GP this weekend: Heidfeld, Schumacher, Rosberg, Sutil, and Winkelhock.
Though we're in California for the MotoGP round in the US, we've had the chance to get you ready for Round 10 of the F1 season.
After a long weekend in France the teams packed up and rushed off to Great Britain for round 9 of the championship at Silverstone Circuit. Last weekend Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari proved he had better come to terms with the Ferrari and quickly passed Lewis Hamilton off of the starting line. Raikkonen later passed Hamilton's teammate Fernando Alonso for P1 and took home his second win of the season.
This week the teams have to get right back at it and apply what they learned by testing at the English track two weeks ago. Expect a full house as rookie Lewis Hamilton races at home for the first time in an F1 car!
Check out the full report below:
Honda F1 have agreed to release test driver Christian Klien to the dutch Spyker team for testing this week in Belgium. The F1 teams are preparing for the round at Spa-Franchorchamps - round 14, September 16.
Earlier this week Spyker driver Christijan Albers was sacked by the team and a replacement driver is being sought. Klien and India's Narain Karthikeyan are the likely front runners for the race seat.
Spyker have given no indication of when they will make their decision.
Christijan Albers and Spyker F1 have formally split leaving a seat open at the back of the pack Dutch Formula 1 team. Spyker made the move to fire Albers after failure of payment by one of Albers' sponsors.
The vacancy at Spyker is effective immediately with two drivers being linked to the seat: Christian Klien and Narain Karthikeyan. Both candidates have driven in full time race seats in the past and are both currently test drivers in this year's field.
Karthikeyan drove for Jordan in 2005 for then team Boss Colin Kolles who is the current team boss at Spyker. The decision may not be made in time for the German round of the F1 calendar on July 22nd in which case Spyker test driver Markus Winkelhock may step in for his home race.
Ferrari brought home the biggest of the trophies again this weekend in England at the British Grand Prix.
Kimi Raikkonen started 2nd and thanks to good strategy and diligence from the driver, Raikkonen brought home another 10 championship points making it two wins in two weekends. Teammate Felipe Massa suffered from mechanical problems on the starting grid and was forced to start from pit lane. Massa drove like he was being held over a fire and managed to shoot through the field to 5th and 4 points.
The English crowd cheered home McLaren British rookie Lewis Hamilton. The 22 year old started from pole but was lighter on fuel than both teammate Alonso and Raikkonen and ended on the podium with a third place finish.
Fernando Alonso brought home his McLaren in second after leading for the 2nd third of the race. Alonso short fueled on his second pit stop, meaning he took less fuel than planned, bringing him out in front of the Ferrari for the second stint of the race. That short fuel brought him in 6 laps earlier than Raikkonen and gave the Finn the time needed to regain first position and later the victory.
Raikkonen is now 18 points behind points leader Hamilton and just 6 behind 2nd place Alonso.
1. Raikkonen
2. Alonso
3. Hamilton
4. Kubica
5. Massa
6. Heidfeld
7. Kovalainen
8. Fisichella
Congratulations to Lewis Hamilton scoring pole in his home race at the Silverstone Circuit in England! Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen starts next to Hamilton. Raikkonen made a mistake in the final turn costing him the crucial time to start from the front.
1. Hamilton
2. Raikkonen
3. Alonso
4. Massa
5. Kubica
6. R Schumacher
7. Kovalainen
8. Fisichella
A great qualifying performance by Ralf Schumacher who out performed his teammate for the first time this season sees Schumacher starting from the third row. Row four is all Renault as Kovalainen once again edged out teammate Giancarlo Fisichella.
More than just fun alliteration, the Maranello Ferrari squad appeared to have great speed at Silverstone Circuit. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton took best time honors for free practice 1, but the the Ferrari's didn't try out the faster, softer Bridgestone compound. Free practice 2 saw Kimi Raikkonen light up the time sheets as the fastest driver thus far putting up a 1:20.6 besting Hamilton's earlier time by .6 seconds.
Free practice 3 and Qualifying are tomorrow and the competition should be thick. England is the home race for 4 drivers on grid: David Coulthard, Jenson Button, Anthony Davidson, and rookie sensation Lewis Hamilton of McLaren who hopes to fight for his third victory this season.
Finally, Congratulations to the Uncle David (Coulthard) who scored a contract extention with Red Bull Racing for 2008!
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen led teammate Felipe Massa to a dominating Ferrari 1-2 finish at the French Grand Prix. It marked the final appearance of the Circuit de Nevers on the F1 calendar.
The race was also the first that rookie, and points leader, Lewis Hamilton finished lower in the field than where he started scoring 6 points in third place. Raikkonen finally had a clutch to his liking and made his best start of the season passing Hamilton off of the starting line.
Congrats to Jenson Button from Honda F1 on his first point of the season!
Results:
1. Raikkonen
2. Massa
3. Hamilton
4. Kubica
5. Heidfeld
6. Fisichella
7. Alonso
8. Button
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