Renault engineering boss and master strategist Pat Symonds says his team's successful defence of both the drivers' and constructors' championships was in no way down to good luck.
Mark Webber believes Fernando Alonso, who will join McLaren in January, is able to continue his strong winning performance in 2007 when McLaren is able to put him in a good car.
On Saturday Kimi Räikkönen will attend his final McLaren Mercedes event. In Stuttgart, Germany, the Finn will attend the 'Stars and Cars' event. Räikkönen will get the chance to say goodbye to all his fans and colleagues at Mercedes.
Mark Webber has got two difficult years behind him at Williams. He hoped to start racing for Formula 1 victories but instead he was able to be on the podium just once in 2005. In 2007 Webber will join Red Bull Racing where there is a lot of pressure inside the team the Australian admits.
Renault engineering director Pat Symonds says the 2006 season in which his team eventually succeeded in defending both the drivers' and constructors' championships was the toughest challenge of his career.
Toro Rosso drivers Tonio Liuzzi and Scott Speed were invited by Superkarts! USA to join their Supernationals X race in Las Vegas, USA. But because of a FIA decision the duo risk losing their FIA Superlicense if they were to join the event.
BMW motorsport director Mario Theissen is confident his team's engine will stand up to the challenge of new engine rules for 2007. After the introduction of V8 engines this year, teams will now only be able to develop certain, specified areas of the engine and the current engine specifications have been homologated.
Former F1 team boss Eddie Jordan believes Fernando Alonso won't win the Formula 1 championship again next year as he moves to McLaren in January. Jordan said it will take time for Alonso to lift McLaren.
Kimi Raikkonen may have failed to win a single race in 2006, but after consistently scoring in every event he finished, he leaves McLaren a respectable fifth in the driver standings in what has been a disappointing season for the team. Raikkonen believes however that the Woking-based outfit has what it takes to reverse its fortunes.
Robert Kubica has become an overnight sensation in his home country of Poland since making his F1 race debut at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Renault driver Giancarlo Fisichella enjoyed his best season to date in 2006 after 11 years in Formula One. He recorded one win, one pole, five podium positions and ended up with 72 points in the drivers' Championship, which classified him fourth overall. The Italian driver also helped secure Renault's second constructors' title in a row.
Today, Wednesday November 1, was the first day at the office for Mike Gascoyne at the Spyker factory. He began his job as the Formula One team's Chief Technical Officer. The former Tyrrell, Renault and Toyota man brings an enormous amount of experience to the task, and will play a key role in improving the team's level of performance in the future.
Fernando Alonso has followed in Michael Schumacher's footsteps and bough a house in Vaud, Switzerland which will become his official residence. Switzerland has long provided an attractive tax haven for F1's best-paid stars.
Rubens Barrichello says he is working to change the Honda team for the better after he struggled to get to grips with the new car in the first part of the 2006 season. The Brazilian feels that 2007 will be much stronger for him, now he can make his voice heard.
The Australian Grand Prix Corporation today announced that it has signed a three-year naming rights partnership with Dutch bank ING. For the next three years the race will be called the "ING Australian Grand Prix".
On Tuesday, Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racer John Hawkins and Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Vitantonio Liuzzi, both of them part of the Red Bull family, took part in a special seat-swap event, riding and driving each other's machines around the Valencia circuit that hosted the MotoGP finale on Sunday.
FIA president Max Mosley has revealed that he thought Alonso's grid penalty at the Monza Grand Prix was unfair. The punishment was for supposedly blocking Ferrari driver Felipe Massa during qualifying for the Italian race.
