Formula 1

08/18/2008 -- Reinvigorated after the brief summer break, the BMW Sauber F1 Team is looking forward to the Formula One debut in the Mediterranean port of Valencia, the first of two street circuit premieres this season. The second is the night race in Singapore at the end of September.

Munich/Hockenheim, 07/17/2008 -- During the German Formula 1 Grand Prix, BMW will be paying very special homage to the legendary pop artist Andy Warhol. To mark the 30th anniversary of the BMW M1, Warhol's BMW Art Car (1979) will again be taking to the starting grid. The setting for the celebration is the revival of the most spectacular stable trophy in racing history - the BMW M1 Procar series.

Andy Warhol, Art Car, 1979 - BMW M1 group 4 racing version

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:

“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?

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)

April 2008 -- Fernando Alonso is back at Renault, once again racing for Renault F1 Team. With its "We all feel something special when we buy a new car” baseline, the new international ad campaign has a mischievous, easy-going feel, underlined by the use of the song “Cheek to Cheek”, by Fred Astaire for the TV commercial. In the ad, Fernando Alonso is getting ready to leave his hotel but is waylaid by a series of chance encounters. Throughout them all, he retains the attitude of a true gentleman and the winning smile of a man who has it all. He finally leaves the hotel in his Renault Mégane F1 Team, looking happy and satisfied.

Highlights:
• Renault is celebrating the return of Fernando Alonso and the success of Renault
Mégane with an international advertising campaign

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.