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Features for December 2006 21 December 2006 SUTIL LANDS SPYKER RACE SEAT German Adrian Sutil has landed the second race seat at Spyker for 2007 and will partner Christijan Albers. Click for Images GLOCK NAMED AS BMW SAUBER SECOND TEST DRIVER BMW Sauber have named Timo Glock as the teams second test driver for 2007 alongside Sebastien Vettel. Click for Images 20 December 2006 LIFE THRU THE LENS - PICTURES OF THE YEAR Photographer Mark Sutton presents his favourite shots of the year. Click for Images Click for press release KIMI TO MAKE JANUARY FERRARI DEBUT Kimi Raikkonen will make his testing debut with Ferrari in late January at Mugello. Click for Images VAN DER GARDE TO MAKE SUPER AGURI F1 DEBUT IN JAN 2007 Newly signed Super Aguri F1 Team third and reserve driver Giedo van der Garde is to make his F1 debut with the team in Valencia in the last week of January. Van der Garde will drive an old chassis in order to earn his Superlicence. Click for Images BOURDAIS IN TORO ROSSO'S SIGHTS FOR 2008 Sebastien Bourdais has been told that he is on the list for a possible race seat with Scuderia Toro Rosso following the Frenchman's successful test with the team in Jerez last week. Bourdais has a Champ Car contract with Newman Haas Racing for 2007. Click for Images 19 December 2006 MOSLEY WARNS GPDA OVER CIRCUIT SAFETY ISSUES FIA President Max Mosley has warned the GPDA to stay out of circuit safety issues. Mosley wants FIA technical experts to make the decisions to avoid complications. Click for Images 18 December 2006 UNBRANDED CARS IN F1 Fernando Alonso's test in an unbranded McLaren was not the first time F1 cars have run without sponsorship branding. Click for Images PURNELL JOINS FIA Former Red Bull Racing and Jaguar boss Tony Purnell is to join the FIA as a technical consultant alongside Charlie Whiting and Peter Wright. Click for Images PAUL STODDART JOINS CHAMP CAR RANKS Paul Stoddart has today announced that he will field a multi-car team in the 2007 Champ Car World Series under the Minardi Team USA name. Stoddart has bought a controlling interest in the CTE Racing HVM Team. Click for Images Click for press release 15 December 2006 CLAY REGAZZONI KILLED IN CAR CRASH Former Williams and Ferrari F1 driver Gianclaudio 'Clay' Regazzoni has been killed in a car accident in Italy. He was 67 years old. Click for Images ALONSO MAKES MCLAREN DEBUT Fernando Alonso has made his McLaren debut in Jerez this morning, both car and driver running unbranded. A last minute deal was secured late last night to release Alonso from his Renault contract. Click for Images ANDRETTI MAKES F1 DEBUT Marco Andretti has made his Formula One debut testing for Honda this morning in Jerez. Click for Images LIUZZI TESTS FOR RED BULL RACING Scuderia Toro Rosso's Vitantonio Liuzzi has tested for sister team Red Bull Racing this afternoon in Jerez. He wore a plain black helmet for the test. Click for Images SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM ANNOUNCE GIEDO VAN DER GARDE AS THIRD DRIVER The Super Aguri F1 Team have announced that Giedo van der Garde will be the team’s reserve and test driver for the 2007 season. Click for Images Click for press release GIEDO VAN DER GARDE CAREER HISTORY Super Aguri F1 Team third driver Giedo van der Garde has already had a successful career in the Formula 3 Euroseries and karting. Click for Images BUTTON ATTENDS JEREZ TEST Jenson Button, currently resting after fracturing some ribs in a karting accident, has attended F1 testing today in Jerez but will not drive. Click for Images HISTORY OF THE ANDRETTI FAMILY IN F1 Mario Andretti Click for Images Michael Andretti Click for Images Marco Andretti Click for Images WILLIAMS TO HIRE NELSON? There are reports that Renault F1 engineer Rod Nelson, who was race engineer to Fernando Alonso, is to join Williams. He is currently on gardening leave from Renault and will not return to the team. Click for Images 14 December 2006 MARCO ANDRETTI PREPARES FOR F1 DEBUT IRL Indycar Series star Marco Andretti is in Jerez with his Father Michael preparing for his debut Formula One test with Honda tomorrow. Click for Images LAST TEST FOR PANIS Olivier Panis is conducting his last ever F1 test at Jerez this week. Click for Images OLIVER PANIS CAREER HISTORY Click for Images 13 December 2006 SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS TESTS FOR TORO ROSSO Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais has made his debut test for the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One team in Jerez today. Bourdais has stated that he will remain in Champ Cars in 2007 where he is contracted to Newman Haas Racing. Click for Images TODT CONSIDERED LEAVING FERRARI Ferrari CEO Jean Todt considered leaving the Italian team at the end of this year but major management changes and a personal sense of duty changed his mind. Click for Images 12 December 2006 BUTTON TO SIT OUT FINAL TEST OF 2006 Jenson Button will attend the final F1 test of 2006 in Jerez this week but won't take part due to the injury he received whilst karting. Click for Images 11 December 2006 F1 TEST FOR BOURDAIS Multiple Champ Car Champion Sebastien Bourdais is to test for Scuderia Toro Rosso at the F1 test in Jerez this week. Click for Images Click for press release A1GP SAYS FINAL FAREWELL TO MAKTOUM A1GP founder Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Al Maktoum has bid farewell to the series by selling his entire shareholdings to RAB Capital. Maktoum founded the "World Cup of Motorsport" in 2004 and was the series director and chairman until recently. Click for Images MARCO ANDRETTI TO TEST HONDA F1 Marco Andretti is to test for the Honda Formula 1 team at Jerez this week. Click for Images MICROSOFT AND MCLAREN TO SUPPLY F1 ECU'S Microsoft and McLaren Electronic Systems, in a venture to be known as Microsoft MES, have won the FIA tender to provide F1 Electronic Control Units (ECU's) to all F1 teams from 2008. Click for Images 8 December 2006 F1'S FUTURE MAPPED OUT Following FIA President Max Mosley's keynote speech at the Monaco Motorsport Business Forum, The World Motorsport Council have met and outlined their views for the future of F1. Click for Images Click for press release BARBARA FLORENTINE BEHLAU 1944-2006 Barbara Behlau, the Monaco-based sports manager who personally sponsored the Simtek and Tyrrell F1 teams, has passed away aged 62. Click for Images SOOHO CHO 1954-2006 Mr Sooho Cho, Chairman of Renault sponsors Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd., has passed away at the age of 52. Click for Images NEW GP2 CAR AT MOTORSPORT BUSINESS FORUM The 2007 version of the GP2 series car was on show at the Motorsport Business Forum in Monaco. Click for Images NAKAJIMA TESTS FOR WILLIAMS Kazuki Nakajima has made his official test debut for Williams today at Jerez. Click for Images 7 December 2006 KIMI IN JEREZ Kimi Raikkonen has made an unexpected appearance in the Paddock at Jerez testing today. Click for Images 6 December 2006 HIRATE MAKES F1 TEST DEBUT Kohei Hirate has made his F1 test debut with the Toyota team at Jerez today. Click for Images JEREZ MEDICAL FACILITIES INSPECTED The Grand Prix Drivers Association has undertaken an inspection of the medical facilites at the Jerez circuit prior to this weeks test. Click for Images WADA MOVES ON UP Honda's Yashurio Wada has been promoted to World Wide Head of all Honda's racing programmes. Click for Images DI GRASSI AND AMMERMULLER CONFIRMED AT ART FOR 2007 GP2 championship winners ART Grand Prix have confirmed that Lucas Di Grassi and Michael Ammermuller will race for the team in 2007. Click for Images 5 December 2006 BRIDGESTONE STILL CONSIDERING RED TYRE RULE Bridgestone is still in consideration about introducing a coloured side wall into Formula One, as it does in CART, so fans can differentiate between hard and soft compounds. Click for Images BUTTON TO MISS JEREZ TEST Honda's Jenson Button is set to miss the upcoming winter test at Jerez as his recuperation continues following a karting accident. Click for Images 4 December 2006 ADAM CARROLL TO TEST FOR FORSYTHE GP2 race winner Adam Carroll will test for the Forsythe Champ Car team at Houston next week. Adam has previously tested for the RuSport team. Click for Images TURVEY WINS AUTOSPORT AWARD After finishing 2nd in the Formula BMW UK Championship this year, Oliver Turvey has recieved the Mclaren Autosport BRDC award. Click for Images 1 December 2006 LIFE THRU THE LENS - SO MANY F1 FAREWELLS F1 photographer Mark Sutton brings you up-to-date with the goings on behind the scenes at the final F1 round in Brazil. Click for Images Click for press release