On a layout designed to give the teams chance to prepare for the upcoming Monaco Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton set the pace on the opening day of a three day Formula 1 group test at Paul Ricard.

Despite completing 84 laps over the course of the day at Le Castelett, Hamilton was the quietest driver on track but still posted a best time of 1min 05.660secs around the 2D SC Short configuration of the high tech test track.

Although he stopped on track at one point, Hamilton...
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Ralf Schumacher has suggested that Ferrari has already elected to pin all its efforts on Kimi Raikkonen for this year's Formula 1 World Championship – despite the reigning title-winner being largely out-qualified by team-mate Felipe Massa in 2008 to-date, and out-raced three times to two.

Massa's spin in the Malaysian Grand Prix means he now sits seven points behind Raikkonen in the drivers' standings, but if anything he has been the more impressive of the Scuderia's performers so...
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Last year was a two-horse race with the Formula One championship being bitterly fought by the two leading teams – McLaren and Ferrari. Much was expected from the then defending champions, Renault, but sadly without their star driver, Fernando Alonso, they couldn’t impress much and leading the rest of the class was a shaky but resurgent BMW Sauber.

But the burning question is: will 2008 turn out to be yet another two-way fight or will the teams stand up and be counted?

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