Toyota began its preparations for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix with first, fourth and fifth fastest times in opening free practice, sharing the leading positions with team of the moment McLaren.
The Panasonic Toyota Racing has revealed the launch date for their 2005 challenger. The Toyota TF105 will be unveiled on Saturday, January 8 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona.
It's hard to remember that before last Friday there were other things going on in the world of Formula One other than the demise of Jaguar Racing, with the main story before then being the news that Jarno Trulli was to leave Renault early.
The Renault F1 team lost out at the German Grand Prix Sunday, due to debris on the track, which adversely affected the races of both Fernando Alonso and Jarno Trulli, although the former still managed to finish third.
Jarno Trulli has taken the unusual - and shock - decision to announce his own departure from the Renault team, ending speculation about his future with the Enstone-based squad.
Jarno Trulli was lucky to walk away from his massive accident at the British Grand Prix, but the Italian insists that he is feeling fine after the high-speed smash.
Renault duo Jarno Trulli and Fernando Alonso look ahead to this weekend's Australian Grand Prix, the opening round of the 2004 Formula One world championship, and discuss how they think they will go, the Albert Park circuit and more...
Renault's trio of drivers, Fernando Alonso, Jarno Trulli and Franck Montagny have given the new R24 a massive vote of confidence following the official launch today in Italy, Alonso even going so far as to add that the old R23 is now 'forgotten'.
Last Saturday, the Mild Seven Renault F1 Team made history in Russia, becoming the first team to run a modern Grand Prix car, and the first ever Formula 1 car, on Russian soil. Jarno Trulli, Fernando Alonso and fifty thousand new friends turned out to enjoy the experience!
Fresh from his first Formula One victory, Fernando Alonso has been set a new challenge - driving his Renault R23 racing car round the streets of Moscow. And at the speeds the average Russian taxi driver goes, the youngest Grand Prix winner will have his work cut out to keep up!
The Mild Seven Renault F1 today [Wednesday] announced its driver line-up for the 2004 Formula One season. Maintaining the strong relationship built up over the 2003 season, Jarno Trulli and Fernando Alonso will once again spearhead Renault's Formula 1 challenge next year.