2008 Formula One World Championship

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Kimi Räikkönen, the defending World Champion for Ferrari.

The 2008 Formula One season is the 59th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It began on 16 March and will end on 2 November after eighteen Grands Prix. It is the first season under the new Concorde Agreement. As it stands, there are a total of seven teams signed up to compete in the championship through an agreement with Formula One Management, with the other four major manufacturers in the Grand Prix Manufacturers’ Association (GPMA) having signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the 2006 Spanish Grand Prix. All teams in both groups have spots on the 2008 grid. The season sees the banning of traction control after it was re-introduced in 2001. 2008 also introduces two new street circuits. The Valencia Street Circuit and Singapore Street Circuit will host the European GP and the new Singapore GP respectively. The Singapore GP will also be the first Formula One event held at night.

Pre-season testing

Fernando Alonso testing the Renault R28 at Valencia.
Sebastien Bourdais in the Toro Rosso STR2B.

The first multi-team test session started in Jerez on January 14 2008. Ferrari, McLaren and Toyota all tested their 2008 cars. Williams tested a modified version of the FW29 whilst Renault and Red Bull tested their 2007 entries. Honda, Toro Rosso, Super Aguri and Force India also attended. BMW was not in attendance as they were launching the F1.08.[1] Testing then moved to Valencia on January 22. Renault and Williams were the only teams on the track for the first day of testing. They were both testing their 2008 challengers.[2] They were joined by every other team except Super Aguri for the next three days. February 1 saw testing move to Barcelona. Again, all teams but Super Aguri were in action. The first day of testing saw Kazuki Nakajima crash his FW30.[3] It also saw racist abuse directed at Lewis Hamilton. Williams withdrew from testing on day three to try and fix the problem that caused Nakajima's crash. Meanwhile on February 4, Ferrari and Toyota moved to Bahrain to continue testing the F2008 and TF108.[4]

On February 12 testing returned to Jerez. Red Bull and Williams were the only teams in action on the first day.[5] The Second day of testing saw all teams but Ferrari and Toyota (who were still in Bahrain) attending. After postponing their SA08 launch and cancelling testing at Valencia, Super Aguri turned up to test their SA07B interim car for the first time.[6]

Testing Moved to Barcelona on February 19. The first day of tests got underway in rain with Williams, Red Bull, Renault and Toyota present. Nico Rosberg topped the time sheets for Williams. BMW Sauber were instead testing on thier own in Jerez.[7] Super Aguri did not turn up despite promising a Q&A with the media. They blamed circumstances beyond their control. On the second day Ferrari turned up and topped the time sheets with Felipe Massa on another wet track. McLaren joined on the final day and Williams finished on top with Nakajima. The final multi-team test began on February 25 with every team but Super Aguri attending. Lewis Hamilton topped the time sheets faster than both Kimi Räikkönen and Michael Schumacher. McLaren continued to outpace Ferrari on day two with both drivers on top and Toyota were fastest with Jarno Trulli on the final day.

Teams

On February 14 2006 the FIA President Max Mosley announced that all teams interested in competing in the 2008 World Championship would have a seven-day window during which they would have to submit an application to compete.[8] All eleven current teams applied, as well as several others. On April 28, 2006 the FIA announced that all of the current teams' applications for the 2008 season were granted, along with a new team Prodrive, fronted by the ex-BAR and Benetton principal David Richards. There were 21 applications (including the current teams and Prodrive), of which the following were notable: European Minardi F1 Team Ltd, Jordan Grand Prix, Direxiv and Carlin Motorsport. However despite the Prodrive application being accepted Richards has since announced that the team will not race in 2008 due to a dispute over the legality of customer cars.[9]

Teams Signed with FOM

GPMA manufacturers (MoU with FOM)

Bernie Ecclestone has signed an agreement with the GPMA to end their threat of a breakaway series in 2008.[10]

New car launches

Constructor Chassis Launch Date Launch Location
Ferrari F2008 January 6[12] Italy Fiorano, Italy
McLaren-Mercedes MP4-23 January 7[13] Germany Stuttgart, Germany
Toyota TF108 January 10[14] Germany Cologne, Germany
BMW Sauber F1.08 January 14[15] Germany Munich, Germany
Red Bull-Renault RB4 January 16[16] Spain Jerez, Spain
Honda RA108 January 29[17] United Kingdom Brackley, United Kingdom
Renault R28 January 31[18] France Paris, France
Force India-Ferrari* VJM-01 February 7[19] India Mumbai, India
Super Aguri-Honda† SA08 March 14 Australia Melbourne, Australia
Toro Rosso-Ferrari* STR3 TBA TBA
Williams-Toyota FW30 No Official Launch[20]

* Team will start season with updated versions of their 2007 car.

† Super Aguri originally planned to unveil their 2008 challenger, the SA08, in Barcelona on February 19 but due to financial problems they had to postpone the launch and replace it with a Q&A session with the media which was later cancelled itself. On March 10, Aguri Suzuki revealed in an interview with formula1.com that their 2008 challenger will be unveiled on Friday practice before the Australian Grand prix.

Teams and drivers

The following constructors and drivers will participate in the 2008 Formula One season.[23]

Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre No Race Drivers No Official Test Driver(s)
Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F2008[24] Ferrari 056 B 1 Finland Kimi Räikkönen[25] 31 Italy Luca Badoer[26]
Spain Marc Gené[26]
Germany Michael Schumacher[27]
2 Brazil Felipe Massa[28]
Germany BMW Sauber F1 Team BMW Sauber F1.08[29] BMW P86/8 B 3 Germany Nick Heidfeld[30] 32 Austria Christian Klien[31]
Estonia Marko Asmer[31]
4 Poland Robert Kubica[30]
France ING Renault F1 Team Renault R28[32] Renault RS27 B 5 Spain Fernando Alonso[33] 33 Brazil Lucas di Grassi[34]
France Romain Grosjean[35]
Japan Sakon Yamamoto[36]
6 Brazil Nelsinho Piquet[33]
United Kingdom AT&T WilliamsF1 Team Williams FW30[37] Toyota RVX-08[38] B 7 Germany Nico Rosberg[39] 34 Germany Nico Hülkenberg[40]
India Narain Karthikeyan[41]
8 Japan Kazuki Nakajima[39]
Austria Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB4[42] Renault RS27 B 9 United Kingdom David Coulthard[43] 35 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi[44]
10 Australia Mark Webber[45]
Japan Panasonic Toyota Racing Toyota TF108[46] Toyota RVX-08 B 11 Italy Jarno Trulli[47] 36 Japan Kamui Kobayashi[48]
12 Germany Timo Glock[49]
Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR2B[50]† Ferrari 056 B 14 France Sébastien Bourdais[51] 37 TBA
15 Germany Sebastian Vettel[52]
Japan Honda Racing F1 Team Honda RA108[53] Honda RA808E B 16 United Kingdom Jenson Button[54] 38 Austria Alexander Wurz[55]
United Kingdom Mike Conway[56]
Italy Luca Filippi[56]
17 Brazil Rubens Barrichello[57]
Japan Super Aguri F1 Super Aguri SA08[58] Honda RA808E B 18 Japan Takuma Sato[59] 39 United Kingdom James Rossiter[60]
19 United Kingdom Anthony Davidson[59]
India Force India Formula One Team Force India VJM-01[61] Ferrari 056[62] B 20 Germany Adrian Sutil[63] 40 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi[63]
21 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella[63]
United Kingdom Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-23[64] Mercedes FO108V B 22 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton[65] 41 Spain Pedro de la Rosa[66]
United Kingdom Gary Paffett[66]
23 Finland Heikki Kovalainen[67]

† Toro Rosso will start 2008 with a modified version of their 2007 car, labelled the STR2B. The Italian team plan to introduce the new STR3 around the fourth or fifth round of the 2008 championship.[50]

2008 race schedule

The FIA World Council approved the 2008 schedule on October 24, 2007.[68]

Round Official Race Title Grand Prix Circuit City / Location Date Time
Local GMT
1 Australia ING Australian Grand Prix Australian GP Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne March 16 15:30 04:30
2 Malaysia Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Malaysian GP Sepang International Circuit Kuala Lumpur March 23 15:00 07:00
3 Bahrain Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain GP Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Manama April 6 14:30 11:30
4 Spain Gran Premio de España Telefónica Spanish GP Circuit de Catalunya Barcelona April 27 14:00 12:00
5 Turkey Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix Turkish GP Istanbul Park Istanbul May 11 15:00 12:00
6 Monaco Grand Prix de Monaco Monaco GP Circuit de Monaco Monte-Carlo May 25 14:00 12:00
7 Canada Grand Prix du Canada Canadian GP Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal June 8 13:00 17:00
8 France Grand Prix de France French GP Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours Magny Cours June 22 14:00 12:00
9 United Kingdom Santander British Grand Prix British GP Silverstone Circuit Silverstone July 6 13:00 12:00
10 Germany Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland German GP Hockenheimring Hockenheim July 20 14:00 12:00
11 Hungary ING Magyar Nagydij Hungarian GP Hungaroring Budapest August 3 14:00 12:00
12 Europe Grand Prix of Europe Telefónica[69] European GP Valencia Street Circuit† Valencia August 24 14:00 12:00
13 Belgium ING Belgian Grand Prix Belgian GP Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa September 7 14:00 12:00
14 Italy Gran Premio Santander d'Italia Italian GP Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza September 14 14:00 12:00
15 Singapore SingTel Singapore Grand Prix Singapore GP Singapore Street Circuit† Singapore September 28 20:00[70] 12:00
16 Japan Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix Japanese GP Fuji Speedway Oyama October 12 13:30 04:30
17 China Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix Chinese GP Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai October 19 15:00 07:00
18 Brazil Grande Prêmio do Brasil Brazilian GP Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo November 2 14:00 16:00

† New Circuits

Changes

Rule changes

ECU

Engine and gearbox

  • Rev-limited engines, Limited to 19,000 rpm in accordance with sporting code 5.1.2.[73]
  • The first unscheduled engine change of the season for each car will not lead to the usual 10 place grid penalty.[74]
  • If an engine is changed before the start of qualifying, a ten place grid penalty is applied. If an engine is changed after the start of qualifying, the driver must start the race from the back of the grid.[75]
  • Fuel of the cars must be made up of at least 5.75% biological materials,[76] for cars to comply with the European law on fuel composition.
  • Gearboxes to last four races, 5 place grid penalty for a gear box change. If a driver does not finish a race, he is allowed to change the gearbox for the next race without receiving a penalty.[75]

Cars

  • Improved cockpit protection.[77]
  • The use of a spare car has been restricted. Each competing team will not be allowed to have more than two cars available for use at any time. In this context, a car is considered as such if it is a partially assembled survival cell, fitted with an engine, any front suspension, bodywork, radiators, oil tanks or heat exchangers.[75]
  • The weight of the car can not be less than 605kg (approximately 1,334 lbs.) at any time during the Grand Prix.[75]

Tyres

  • No driver may use more than two sets of each type of dry-weather tyre during Friday practice.[75]
  • During a Grand Prix, no driver may use more than 14 sets of dry-weather tyres, four sets of wet-weather tyres and three sets of extreme-weather tyres.[75]
  • Bridgestone will be the official tyre supplier for the 2008-2010 seasons.[78]
  • Although not a rule change, Bridgestone the official tyre manufacture of the 2008-10 seasons, has announced that they will put a painted white line down their extreme wet weather tyre in its central groove as they already do with their dry weather tyres with the softer of the two dry weather tyres at each event.[79]

Qualifying

  • The first part of qualifying lengthened to 20 minutes, and final part of qualifying shortened to 10 minutes. Teams taking part in Q3 will no longer be allowed to add fuel back to the car after qualifying to eliminate 'fuel-burn' phase.[80]

Testing

  • No competing team is allowed to carry out more than 30,000km of testing during the 2008 calendar year.[75]

Driver changes

After competing in the sport for ten years, Ralf Schumacher will not take part in the 2008 season. He has been replaced at Toyota by 2007 GP2 Champion, Timo Glock.

Team changes

  • Rumours about the possible sale of the Jordan/Spyker team had been abundant in the paddock throughout the last few months of the 2007 season. Only a year after Spyker bought the team from Midland, Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya bought the team for € 88 million, several million more than Spyker paid.[86] On October 24 2007, Mallya was granted permission to change the team's name to Force India. He also said he would like to keep German driver Adrian Sutil for 2008.[87] Force India had a driver announcement ceremony in January 2008 where it was revealed that Sutil would be second driver partnered by first driver Giancarlo Fisichella and test driver Vitantonio Liuzzi.[63]
  • On 28 April 2006, rallying and motorsports technology firm Prodrive were officially granted entry to Formula One when the FIA announced the list of entrants to the 2008 Formula One World Championship. While a total of 21 teams applied for entry, the FIA had always maintained that, only 12 teams would be granted entry, meaning only one new team would line up on the grid in 2008. FIA president Max Mosley revealed that Prodrive had found the finances to support their bid. Also, Prodrive's chief executive, David Richards, has experience as a Formula One team principal".[88] Richards has previously acted as team principal of the Benetton and British American Racing teams. However on 23 November 2007, after lengthy negotiations between FIA president Max Mosley regarding customer cars, Richards announced that Prodrive F1 would not compete in the 2008 Formula One World Championship, as the legal situation left no time for the team to be set up.[89]
  • On December 31 2007, Toyota announced that they would end their sponsorship deal with Kingfisher Airlines due to the fact that Kingfisher Airliners' owner Dr. Vijay Mallya wants to focus on the new F1 team Force India which was formed after Dr. Mallya's 2007 acquisition of Spyker F1 team. Although the team had a two year deal with the Indian airline company, both parties agreed to terminate the deal by 'mutual consent'.[90]
  • On March 10 2008, Super Aguri announced that a major deal had be done with the Magma Group to solve the teams financial problems, the details of which have not been released.

Race changes

The new Singapore Street Circuit which will host the Singapore Grand Prix at night.
  • It has been confirmed that Singapore will host a Grand Prix from 2008 for the next five years. It will be a street circuit, with the route designed by Hermann Tilke. It has been confirmed that the Grand Prix will be a night race,[91] with a start time of 20:00 local time and run in an anti-clockwise direction to enhance safety.[92] It has also been revealed that practice sessions and qualifying will take place at night.[93]
  • The European Grand Prix will take place at the Valencia Street Circuit in 2008, changing from the Nürburgring which hosted the event up until 2007. Because both German circuits share the right to host an F1 race, the German Grand Prix will take place at Hockenheim in 2008. It will continue to alternate between these two circuits yearly.
  • It has been confirmed that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will not hold a Grand Prix in 2008; however, a possible return to Indianapolis in the future has not been completely ruled out.[94]
  • The 2007 French GP was said to be the last to be held at Magny-Cours.[95] Alternatives for the French Grand Prix included Paul Ricard or a new circuit near Disneyland Paris or Charles de Gaulle airport likely to host the event from 2009. However on 24 July 2007 it was reported that Bernie Ecclestone had "agreed in principle to maintain the race at Magny-Cours in 2008, and even 2009, if there were no other alternative."[96]
  • The 2008 season also sees changes to the race start times for China, moved to 15:00 and Australia, moved from its traditional 14:00 slot to 15:30.[97]

Safety & Medical Cars

On March 7th it was announced that Mercedes-AMG would provide new Safety Cars and Medical Cars for the 2008 season. Mercedes-AMG, the high performance arm of the Mercedes-Benz brand will supply Safety Cars based on the SL63 AMG and Medical Cars based on the C63 AMG Estate. Bernd Mayländer will continue as the Safety Car driver.[98]

Results and Standings

Grands Prix

Rd. Grand Prix Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Constructor Report
1 Australia Australian Grand Prix United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Finland Heikki Kovalainen United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes Report
2 Malaysia Malaysian Grand Prix Report
3 Bahrain Bahrain Grand Prix Report
4 Spain Spanish Grand Prix Report
5 Turkey Turkish Grand Prix Report
6 Monaco Monaco Grand Prix Report
7 Canada Canadian Grand Prix Report
8 France French Grand Prix Report
9 United Kingdom British Grand Prix Report
10 Germany German Grand Prix Report
11 Hungary Hungarian Grand Prix Report
12 Europe European Grand Prix Report
13 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Report
14 Italy Italian Grand Prix Report
15 Singapore Singapore Grand Prix Report
16 Japan Japanese Grand Prix Report
17 China Chinese Grand Prix Report
18 Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix Report

Drivers

Pos Driver AUS
Australia 		MAL
Malaysia 		BHR
Bahrain 		ESP
Spain 		TUR
Turkey 		MON
Monaco 		CAN
Canada 		FRA
France 		GBR
United Kingdom 		GER
Germany 		HUN
Hungary 		EUR
Europe 		BEL
Belgium 		ITA
Italy 		SIN
Singapore 		JPN
Japan 		CHN
China 		BRA
Brazil 		Pts
1 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 1 10
2 Germany Nick Heidfeld 2 8
3 Germany Nico Rosberg 3 6
4 Spain Fernando Alonso 4 5
5 Finland Heikki Kovalainen 5 4
6 Japan Kazuki Nakajima 6 3
7 France Sébastien Bourdais 7† 2
8 Finland Kimi Räikkönen 8† 1
— Poland Robert Kubica Ret 0
— Germany Timo Glock Ret 0
— Japan Takuma Sato Ret 0
— Brazil Nelsinho Piquet Ret 0
— Brazil Felipe Massa Ret 0
— United Kingdom David Coulthard Ret 0
— Italy Jarno Trulli Ret 0
— Germany Adrian Sutil Ret 0
— Australia Mark Webber Ret 0
— United Kingdom Jenson Button Ret 0
— United Kingdom Anthony Davidson Ret 0
— Germany Sebastian Vettel Ret 0
— Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Ret 0
— Brazil Rubens Barrichello DSQ 0
Pos Driver AUS
Australia 		MAL
Malaysia 		BHR
Bahrain 		ESP
Spain 		TUR
Turkey 		MON
Monaco 		CAN
Canada 		FRA
France 		GBR
United Kingdom 		GER
Germany 		HUN
Hungary 		EUR
Europe 		BEL
Belgium 		ITA
Italy 		SIN
Singapore 		JPN
Japan 		CHN
China 		BRA
Brazil 		Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Constructors

Pos Constructor Car
No. 		AUS
Australia 		MAL
Malaysia 		BHR
Bahrain 		ESP
Spain 		TUR
Turkey 		MON
Monaco 		CAN
Canada 		FRA
France 		GBR
United Kingdom 		GER
Germany 		HUN
Hungary 		EUR
Europe 		BEL
Belgium 		ITA
Italy 		SIN
Singapore 		JPN
Japan 		CHN
China 		BRA
Brazil 		Pts
1 United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 22 1 14
23 5
2 United Kingdom Williams-Toyota 7 3 9
8 6
3 Germany BMW Sauber 3 2 8
4 Ret
4 France Renault 5 4 5
6 Ret
5 Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 14 7 2
15 Ret
6 Italy Ferrari 1 8 1
2 Ret
— Austria Red Bull-Renault 9 Ret 0
10 Ret
— Japan Toyota 11 Ret 0
12 Ret
— Japan Honda 16 Ret 0
17 DSQ
— Japan Super Aguri-Honda 18 Ret 0
19 Ret
— India Force India-Ferrari 20 Ret 0
21 Ret
Pos Constructor Car
No. 		AUS
Australia 		MAL
Malaysia 		BHR
Bahrain 		ESP
Spain 		TUR
Turkey 		MON
Monaco 		CAN
Canada 		FRA
France 		GBR
United Kingdom 		GER
Germany 		HUN
Hungary 		EUR
Europe 		BEL
Belgium 		ITA
Italy 		SIN
Singapore 		JPN
Japan 		CHN
China 		BRA
Brazil 		Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

Statistics

Drivers

Pos Driver Constructor(s) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F.Laps Points
1 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 1 1 1 1 0 10
2 Germany Nick Heidfeld Germany BMW Sauber 1 0 1 0 0 8
3 Germany Nico Rosberg United Kingdom Williams-Toyota 1 0 1 0 0 6
4 Spain Fernando Alonso France Renault 1 0 0 0 0 5
5 Finland Heikki Kovalainen United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Japan Kazuki Nakajima United Kingdom Williams-Toyota 1 0 0 0 0 3
7 France Sebastien Bourdais Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1 0 0 0 0 2
8 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Italy Ferrari 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Brazil Felipe Massa Italy Ferrari 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Poland Robert Kubica Germany BMW Sauber 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Brazil Nelsinho Piquet France Renault 1 0 0 0 0 0
- United Kingdom David Coulthard Austria Red Bull-Renault 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Australia Mark Webber Austria Red Bull-Renault 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Italy Jarno Trulli Japan Toyota 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Germany Timo Glock Japan Toyota 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Germany Sebastian Vettel Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1 0 0 0 0 0
- United Kingdom Jenson Button Japan Honda 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil Rubens Barrichello Japan Honda 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Japan Takuma Sato Japan Super Aguri-Honda 1 0 0 0 0 0
- United Kingdom Anthony Davidson Japan Super Aguri-Honda 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Germany Adrian Sutil India Force India-Ferrari 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Italy Giancarlo Fisichella India Force India-Ferrari 1 0 0 0 0 0

Constructors

Pos Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre Starts Wins Podiums Poles F.Laps Points
1 United Kingdom McLaren MP4-23 Germany Mercedes B 1 1 1 1 1 14
2 United Kingdom Williams FW30 Japan Toyota B 1 0 1 0 0 9
3 Germany BMW Sauber F1.08 Germany BMW B 1 0 1 0 0 8
4 France Renault R28 France Renault B 1 0 0 0 0 5
5 Italy Toro Rosso STR2B, STR3 Italy Ferrari B 1 0 0 0 0 2
6 Italy Ferrari F2008 Italy Ferrari B 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Austria Red Bull RB4 France Renault B 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Japan Toyota TF108 Japan Toyota B 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Japan Super Aguri SA08 Japan Honda B 1 0 0 0 0 0
- India Force India VJM-01 Italy Ferrari B 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Japan Honda RA108 Japan Honda B 1 0 0 0 0 0

Rumours and speculation

Super Aguri rumours

  • At the end of 2007, Super Aguri did not receive a payment on a sponsorship deal.[99] This has led to them becoming the poorest team in Formula One. Max Mosley has said he has doubts that Super Aguri will make it to the final race in Brazil.[100] It was reported in the last week of January that an Indian consortium led by the CEO of the Spice Group is willing to buy out the team but they have said they want Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan in the line-up, meaning one of the 2007 drivers would have to drop out of a race drive role.[101] However, Super Aguri have said that they want to keep their 2007 Driver line-up of Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson. Despite this Super Aguri have been unable to sign any contracts until agreements have been reached with their sponsors.[102] GP2 driver Luca Filippi was once linked to Super Aguri for a possible race seat in 2008, however he has since signed with the ART Team for 2008. Sato and Davidson were confirmed on 10 March[59].

Possible rule changes

  • At a meeting in May 2006, a majority of the teams voted to scrap the plan to restrict engine development.[103] However, within a few days Max Mosley stated that the homologated engine rule would remain; on 13th January 2008 the teams agreed shorten the engine freeze to five years instead of the originally planned ten.[104]

Spanish Grands Prix rumours

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