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Munich/Hinwil, 26th June 2008. The BMW Sauber F1 Team is restructuring the management of its technical department. Willy Rampf (55), currently Technical Director, will take up the post of Technical Coordinator on 1st November 2008. Rampf will continue to be responsible for the vehicle concept and lead the team at the race track in his new role. However, responsibility for business operations and line management will pass to Walter Riedl (48), who already heads up operations at the Hinwil plant and overall project management in his capacity as Managing Director. Riedl will also retain these functions.

06-25-2008: June 24th - 26th 2008, Day one – Tuesday:

- Weather conditions: Warm, sunny and dry.
- Temperatures: Air: 15 – 20 °C, Track: 23 – 34°C
- Number of drivers participating: 10 from 10 teams
- Fastest lap overall: Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 1:20.188 min
- Circuit length: 5.141 km

Robert Kubica
Chassis / engine: BMW Sauber F1.08-05 / BMW P86/8
Test kilometres today: 422 km (82 laps)
Fastest lap: 1:20.995 min

Programme:

June 2008 -- During 2007, the FIA agreed that kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) had relevance to Formula 1. Road car electrical systems were probably thought the obvious solution, however mechanical high speed flywheel systems are giving the teams some choice. Xtrac are key to the design, development and integration of the CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission), into a mechanical flywheel KERS, initially for F1 but also for Sportscar and ultimately for mainstream automotive use.

Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS)

“We certainly won’t be taking our foot off the gas” - Mario Theissen

Munich/Hinwil, June 16, 2008 -- What does this one-two result mean for you personally and for the BMW Sauber F1 Team?

June 2008 -- Jim Clark is considered by many as the finest and most naturally gifted racing driver of all time. He won the F1 World Championship twice for Team Lotus in 1963 and in 1965.

In total, he won 25 Grand Prix races and was the first Briton to win the Indianapolis 500. Clark won a third of all the F1 races he entered, as well as racing in other formulae such as F2, F3 and Touring Cars. Typically he would race in as many as three different categories per race meeting! How many of the current crop of F1 drivers would do that?

Weather: dry, sunny and very windy. Air: 26, Track: 34-36

Montreal, CANADA, 06/09/2008 -- It is done! Non-stop celebrations for the BMW Sauber F1 Team: The maiden win for the young team turned out to be a double victory when Robert Kubica crossed the line ahead of his team mate, Nick Heidfeld, at the Canadian Grand Prix. Kubica now leads the drivers’ championship. In the constructors’ standings the BMW Sauber F1 Team is second, three points behind Ferrari.

Robert Kubica: 1st
BMW Sauber F1.08-03 / BMW P86/8
Fastest Lap: 1:17.539 min on lap 47 (4th fastest overall)

6th – 8th June 2008 for 7th of 18 World Championship Races

Munich/Hinwil, May 30, 2008 -- Although the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal is also labelled a street circuit, one could hardly imagine a greater contrast to the Monaco course. When Formula One gathers for the Canadian Grand Prix on 8th June, there will be no sign of the extra wings that adorned the cars in the Principality. The picturesquely sited island circuit in the mighty St Lawrence River is no permanent race track either, but it is respectably fast. To boost speed along the straights, the aerodynamic set-up is geared towards relatively low downforce.

Weather: Rain at the start, drying out later. Air: 19-21, Track: 19-22

Monte Carlo, Monaco, 05/27/2008 -- Finishing second in the most prestigious Grand Prix of the year, Robert Kubica made sure he took part in the podium celebrations held in the principality’s famous winners’ lounge. It was the team’s fourth podium this season and their eighth overall. Kubica’s team mate, Nick Heidfeld, who has four podiums to his credit, had a black Sunday. Having started from 12th he had improved to fifth when Fernando Alonso (Renault) hit the side of his car on lap 14. In the end Heidfeld brought his damaged F1.08 to the chequered flag in 14th and last place.

Robert Kubica: 2nd
BMW Sauber F1.08-03 / BMW P86/8
Fastest Lap: 1:17.933 min on lap 75 (5th fastest overall)

Formula Renault UK Championship

April 3, 2008 -- March 31, Brands Hatch Circuit, UK 　Round 1 and 2 of the British Formula Renault Championship were held at Brands Hatch Circuit in Kent The 2008 season of Formula Renault UK got underway at Brands Hatch Circuit. 19 years old Ryuji Yamamoto, entered for the second season with Nissan NISMO Scholarship backing, started the first race in the morning from 10th and finished in sixth place, a scant 0.009 seconds behind the fifth-placed finisher. Starting 8th in the afternoon race, he drove consistently to finish 5th. In the first race, he set the fastest lap of the race—a good start to the new season.

26.03.2008 -- The World Motor Sport Council met in Paris on 26 March 2008. The following decisions were taken:

FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

The WMSC appointed the Management Committee for the Motor Sport Safety Development Fund, the body which will distribute the $60 million from the McLaren-Mercedes fine, for the benefit of motor sport worldwide. The Committee will control the Fund under the administration of the FIA Foundation.

16.03.2008 -- Formula One drivers showed their support for the FIA’s Make Cars Green campaign at the Australian Grand Prix today, the first event of the 2008 season.

All of the drivers competing in the championship participated in a campaign photocall following the official FIA 2008 season photo session.

Make Cars Green is a global campaign, aimed at helping to reduce the impact of motoring on the environment. The FIA led initiative, supported by global partner Bridgestone, will be rolled-out at campaign events throughout the year.

Max Mosley, President of the FIA, said:

15.03.2008 -- Every season the FIA updates and modifies the F1 Sporting Regulations, sometimes in response to events that occurred the previous year, or with other specific aims such as improving the show or maintaining fairness. Here we analyse some of the major changes that are in place for 2008. For ease of reference they are listed by Article as they appear in the Sporting Regulations, with direct quotes shown in italics. The full regulations can be found on fia.com.

Article 22: Testing
‘No competitor may carry out more than 30000km of testing during a calendar year.’

Mar 12, 2008, KARIYA (Japan) -- DENSO Corporation today announced its motor sport sponsorship plan for the 2008 season. DENSO will continue to sponsor teams participating in the world's top motor sports including FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (F1), FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP (WRC), and FIM ROAD RACING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (WGP). DENSO will also support TOYOTA TEAM SARD in the SUPER GT.

11.03.2008 -- FIA President Max Mosley presented his vision of an energy efficient future for Formula One during a speech to the International Advanced Mobility Forum (IAMF) at the Geneva Motor Show today.

During the IAMF plenary session, to an audience of leading automotive technology experts, the FIA President presented the latest thinking behind new technical regulations in the FIA Formula One World Championship. The new rules are set to introduce a series of energy recovery systems that will be hugely relevant to the car industry and to the increasingly eco-conscious motoring consumer.

Max Mosley, FIA President said:

March 4, 2008 -- On 31 January 2008 next to Paris, the ING Renault F1 Team officially launched its season as it revealed the brand new Renault F1 R28 and its driver line-up: Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet. The team announced its determination to return to the front of the F1 field in 2008.

The launch ceremony, which took place last 31 January at Renault Square Com, the brand’s communications centre in Boulogne-Billancourt (France), was attended by Renault President and CEO Carlos Ghosn, along with 500 media from around the world.

NEW CAR, NEW CHALLENGE

January 29, 2008–The official presentation of the Honda Racing F1 Team’s 2008 challenger took place at the team’s operational headquarters in Brackley, UK. The official presentation of the Honda Racing F1 Team’s 2008 challenger took place today at the team’s operational headquarters in Brackley, UK.

Honda Racing F1 Team's RA108

01/10/2008 -- TV Information:
The BMW Sauber F1 Team launch in Munich on 14th January will be transmitted Europe-wide via satellite. The Roll-out of the BMW Sauber F1.08 in Valencia on 15th January will be transmitted worldwide via satellite. The transmission information for TV Journalists is attached.

Internet Information:
In addition to the TV Transmission via Satellite you may watch the Live Stream of the Car Launch on Internet at www.bmw-sauber-f1.com.

Source: BMW

Munich/Hinwil, 14 December 2007 -- When the BMW Sauber F1 Team Pit Lane Park visits Las Vegas in the U.S. state of Nevada from 7th to 10th January 2008, the world-renowned entertainment capital won’t be alone in celebrating a Formula One comeback. On this special occasion the American Rahal family of racing drivers will also be re-entering the orbit of motorsport’s crowning discipline. Graham Rahal (US), the son of U.S. motor racing legend Bobby Rahal (US), will for the first time get a taste of driving the BMW Sauber F1 Team racing car in the Pit Lane Park.

07.12.2007 -- Mario Andretti, one of the most successful and accomplished drivers in the history of motor racing, was awarded the FIA Gold Medal for Motor Sport at the FIA Gala prize-giving ceremony in Monaco. Mario Andretti is the fourth recipient of this award since it was launched in 2004 and joins a prestigious list alongside Sir Stirling Moss and Michael Schumacher.

07.12.2007 -- The star-studded FIA Gala in Monaco was a fitting finalé for a dramatic season in the FIA Formula One World Championship. Not since 1986 has the championship hosted a three-way title showdown at the final round, with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen taking the title in a thrilling finish.

Raikkonen said: “I am very happy to be here to receive this trophy that comes with winning the World Championship. This has always been my goal and I am particularly pleased to have achieved it in my first year with Ferrari, which is a fantastic team of people who are extraordinary, both professionally and from the human point of view.