A1GP: Lebanon aims for strong showing
2008-04-08 11:58:00Lebanon aims for strong showing
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Lebanon aims for strong showing
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Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz has said that Fernando Alonso was very interested to join his team in the 2008 Formula 1 season, but as the Spaniard was only available for one season he was not an option for Red Bull Racing. The Austrian business man was only interested in Alonso if he would commit himself for at least two years to the team.
Force India Formula 1 team co-owner Vijay Mallya believes Formula 1 won't get damaged by the current FIA president Max Mosley scandal. Mallya believes it will only harm Mosley himself and not the sport in general.
According to McLaren team boss Ron Dennis the BMW Sauber F1 team won't stay as strong throughout the season as they were in the opening rounds of the season. According to Dennis his team will continue strong developments in the upcoming months while he expects BMW Sauber to be unable to keep up with the developments throughout the year.
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Ferrari's new team principal Stefano Domenicali says the championship is set to be a three-way battle between his team, McLaren and BMW. Surprisingly for most, BMW has enjoyed a consistently competitive first three races of the season and leads the constructors' championship.
McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh expects the next few races of the championship at least to be a case of nip and tuck between Ferrari, McLaren and BMW and doesn't expect one team or driver to quickly establish themselves as the championship favourite.
Kimi Raikkonen left Bahrain on Sunday happy that he was in the lead of the drivers' championship, but slightly concerned that all weekend he was unable to match team mate Felipe Massa.