The big news this week is that Heidfeld is set to race for BMW in 2006 with a three year contract. Heidfeld, who is also recovering from a cycling accident says that he is looking forward to a future with BMW and that he is confident of their success over the long term. Heidfeld’s move from Williams to Sauber leaves a space open to Jensen Button should his switch from BAR actually take place.

In other news, Klien tops the leader board at the final day of testing at Silverstone with a best time of 1m 20.272. This was half a second faster than the Williams of Pizzonia, with team mate Liuzzi in third. Williams test driver Rosberg finished the day in forth place, nearly a second behind Klien’s time, ahead of the Toyota of Ralf Schumacher.

On the Thursday of the testing at Silverstone, Mclaren debuted their 2.4 litre V8 engine which is set to replace the current V10 engine. This is to fit in with the new regulations set by the FIA to make F1 safer. De la Rossa who tested the car said there was obviously a big difference between the power of the V10 and the V8 so his driving style had to be changed accordingly. He completed 78 laps of Silverstone with the new engine with a fastest lap of 1m 22.974, this is over 5 seconds slower than the current V10.

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