Upcoming F1 events

Franck Montagny was born on January 5, 1978 in Feurs, France. Montagny made his F1 debut in 2003 as test driver for the Renault F1 Team and became the team's third driver until the end of 2005.
For the 2006 season, Montagny signed a contract as third driver for the Super Aguri Formula One Team and was promoted race driver as Yuji Ide was demoted by the FIA. Montagny drove his first race during the 2006 European Grand Prix and was replaced by Sakon Yamamoto for the 2006 German GP. Montagny though kept his role as third driver for the team.

The Scuderia Ferrari will unveil their F2008 at their private test track at Fiorano.

Lewis Carl Hamilton was born on 7 January 1985 in Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. After becoming GP2 Champion in 2006, he signed a contract with the McLaren Mercedes Team as their second race driver for the 2007 season.

The McLaren MP4-23 will be revealed on Monday 7 January 2008 at the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart, Germany. It is the first time that the team presents its new car in a Mercedes environment.

Toyota's TF108 is launched in Koln at the headquarters of the team.

Birthday of Italian driver Giancarlo Fisichella. Often called 'Fisico' and seen as a true talent by lots of people. Won his first race in a Jordan in Brazil 2003 but later at Renault seemed to suffer a bit when pressurized. Fisichella was born in Rome and started his career with Minardi in 1996.

Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan was born January 14, 1977 in Coimbatore, India. He has previously competed in Formula One, and is currently an A1GP driver. He made his Formula One debut in 2005 with the Jordan team, and was a WilliamsF1 test driver in 2006 and 2007. He also owns a racing team in the domestic racing in india.

The German/Swiss team will launch the BMW Sauber F1.08 14 January at the new BMW vehicle delivery centre in Munich, Germany.

The 2008 BMW Sauber car debuts at Valencia.

The RB4, Red Bull Racing's 2008 challenger, will make its track debut during the first test session in January at Jerez.

Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve (January 18, 1950 – May 8, 1982) was a Canadian Formula One racing driver. He is considered one of the greatest drivers ever in Formula One and was known for his kind character combined with incredible skills.
Villeneuve died in a 140 mph crash with the March of Jochen Mass during practice for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder.