Thursday, November 16, 2006

Formula 1 Chatter

Trusting Spyker

In what is fast becoming the Dutch National Formula 1 team, Spyker has announced sponsorship from Trust. You may remember that Trust appeared with Minardi and Dutch phenom Jos “The Boss” Verstappen…

Glock’s Shiny New BMW?

BMW-Sauber F1 has confirmed plans to test Timo Glock in Barcelona and Jerez shortly. Glock was scheduled to test in September prior to injuring his hand during a GP2 race.
Although BMW-Sauber has Sebastian Vettel signed as its test driver, Red Bull holds an option on Vettel’s services through 2009 which could potentially open the door for Glock…

“Super Ant”

As previously speculated, Anthony (“Ant”) Davidson has been officially confirmed as a “Super Best Friends” (Super Aguri F1) race driver for 2007. Davidson will finally achieve his goal of a full time F1 drive, partnering Takuma Sato next year. Davidson previously competed in Grand Prix’s for Minardi and BAR-Honda…

Klien Bags Honda

Christian Klien has been named as Honda Racing’s new test and reserve driver for 2007.