Formula One News — September 2007

Negotiations behind the scenes are keeping the phone lines buzzing at the moment as McLaren, the FIA, Bernie Ecclestone, Ferrari and perhaps other teams try to find what Ron Dennis refers to as "closure" in the Stepneygate business.

The brand new Speedcar Series will feature an eight-date, 16 race calendar on tracks across Asia and the Middle East, kicking off at the Bahrain International Circuit on November 3. This will be followed by a race in Dubai on November 17. There will be an event each month during the winter and then the series will link up with F1 at Sepang on March 22, and Bahrain on April 5.

A1 Team Switzerland has signed James Robinson to engineer for the forthcoming season. The 47-year-old Yorkshireman boasts an impressive motor racing career, winning World Championships as a race engineer with Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna, Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve.

Ferrari dominated the Belgian Grand Prix from start to finish. It looked a lot like a massacre but the list of fastest laps made for interesting reading. Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen were evenly matched and Fernando Alonso was just a tenth behind. And Lewis Hamilton was just a tenth behind his team-mate.

Belgian GP - Race Notes

Belgian GP - Sunday Photos

Belgian GP - Sunday Press Conference

Belgian GP - Sunday Team Quotes

Belgian GP - Race Incidents

Belgian GP - Race Results

Ferrari qualified 1-2 for the Belgian Grand Prix in a dramatic last minute showdown at Spa. Kimi Raikkonen emerged ahead of Felipe Massa by a tiny margin after the Brazilian locked his brakes in the final chicane.

Belgian GP - Saturday Photos

Belgian GP - Saturday Press Conference

Belgian GP - Saturday Team Quotes

Belgian GP - Qualifying Results

McLaren boss Ron Dennis has to decide in the next few days whether he will pay the $100m fine to the FIA or whether he will fight the fine and cause more disruption in the sport.

Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest time of the Saturday morning session in Spa with a time that was two-tenths ahead of his team-mate Felipe Massa.

Belgian GP - Practice 3 Results

Sources in the Formula 1 paddock say that there are four bidders for shares in Super Aguri F1. These are believed to be the South African wheeler-dealer Tony Teixiera; Dutch billionaire Marcel Boekhoorn; Spain's Alejandro Agag and a fourth mysterious buyer who is believed to be from Asia.

Belgian GP - Friday Press Conference

Belgian GP - Friday Photos

Belgian GP - Friday Team Quotes

The FIA has issued a 14-page judgement from yesterday's World Motor Sport Council hearing. As expected, this includes evidence that suggests that Pedro de la Rosa and Fernando Alonso received specific information from Mike Coughlan and even knew that the information had come from Ferrari's Nigel Stepney.

Here is the full decision of the FIA World Council.