Jacques Bernard "Jacky" Ickx is a Belgian former racing driver who achieved 25 podium finishes in Formula One and six wins in the 24 hours of Le Mans. He was born in Brussels.

Michael Schumacher is the most succesful F1 driver in the history of Grand Prix racing. He was born in Hürth-Hermuelheim, Germany. He entered F1 in 1991 as a replacement of Betrand Gachot in a Jordan but was snatched away by Flavio Briatore to drive for Benetton.

Schumacher quickly displayed potential with 8 podium places in 1992 and his first win at the Belgian GP in Spa Francorchamps. He became world champion with Benetton in 1994 and 1995 before moving to Ferrari. His first of a string of 5 world titles came in 2000. He was unbeatable for 5 years thanks to an astonishing Ferrari every year and sometimes blatant team orders.

The German raced two more years in F1 only to see Fernando Alonso take both championships before leaving racing and taking up the role of Jean Todt's assistant at Ferrari.

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.
http://www.ferrariworld.com/

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.
www.lewishamilton.com/

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.
http://www.toyota-f1.com/

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.

The German/Swiss team will launch the BMW Sauber F1.08 14 January at the new BMW vehicle delivery centre in Munich, Germany.
http://www.bmw-sauber-f1.com/

The 2008 BMW Sauber car debuts at Valencia.
http://www.bmw-sauber-f1.com/

The RB4, Red Bull Racing's 2008 challenger, will make its track debut during the first test session in January at Jerez.
http://www.redbullf1.com/