Formula 1 08 Has Started Early
There are two diary entries for you today, one from me, and one from our leader Christopher Paul.
Minichamps announced some 1:43 2008 F1 showcars and test cars. The show cars are the BMWs of Heidfeld (DC28403P) and Kubica (DC28404P), the Renaults of Alonso (DC28405P) and Piquet Jnr (DC28406P), and the Toyotas of Trulli (DC28411P) and Glock (DC28412P).
The test cars are Alonso’s Renault R27 (DC28405T), and the Williams FW29s of Rosberg (DC28407T) and Nakajima (DC28408T).
We also received Minichamps’ release schedule for the next four weeks. Next week we will see the second batch of the 1:12 Lawrence of Arabia Brough Superior (P135500), Robert Kubica’s 1:18 2007 BMW F1.07 (DC2710), and Vitantonio Liuzzi’s 1:43 2006 Toro Rosso STR1 (DC26420).
The week beginning 10th March we are due to get the 1:12 Valentino Rossi riding figure from 2006 (PO60146), and the 1:18 Maserati Birdcage of Stirling Moss and Dan Gurney that won the 1960 Nurburgring 1000km (PG601205).
The week after the first F1 race of the season we are scheduled to receive the 1:12 Rossi Jerez sidesaddle victory figure (PO79146), and the 1:43 Ford Focus that he used to win the Monza Rally in 2006 (P068446), as well as the 1:18 Bentley Continental Flying Spur in white (PG139461).
The last week of the schedule currently has nothing significant on it, just a couple of rather obscure 1:43s, but, as ever, by the time we get to that week something more interesting may have joined it (at least I hope so!).
