TEAM LAUNCHES

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro (F2008) - January 6 (Fiorano)
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes (MP4-23) - January 7 (Stuttgart)
Panasonic Toyota Racing (TF108) - January 10 (Cologne)
BMW Sauber (F1.08) - January 14 (Munich)
Red Bull Racing Renault (RB4) - January 16 (Jerez)
Honda F1 Racing (RA108) - January 29 (Brackley)
ING Renault F1 (R28) - January 31 (Paris)

AT&T Williams Toyota (FW30) - TBA
Scuderia Toro Rosso Ferrari (STR3) -TBA
Super Aguri F1 Honda (SA08) - TBA
Force India F1 Ferrari (TBA) - TBA

* All chassis numbers to be confirmed

2008 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR

16th March - ING Australian Grand Prix (Melbourne)
23rd March - Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix (Sepang)
6th April - Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix (Sakhir)
27th April - Gran Premio de Espana Telefonica (Barcelona)
11th May - Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix (Istanbul)
25th May - Grand Prix de Monaco (Monte Carlo)
8th June - Grand Prix du Canada (Montreal)
22nd June - Grand Prix de France (Magny-Cours)
6th July - Santander British Grand Prix (Silverstone)
20th July - Grober Preis von Deutschland (Hockenheim)
3rd August - Maygar Nagydij (Budapest)
24th August - Grand Prix of Europe (Valencia)
7th September - ING Belgian Grand Prix (Spa-Francorchamps)
14th September - Gran Premio d'Italia (Monza)
28th September - Singtel Singapore Grand Prix (Singapore)
12th October - Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix (Fuji)
19th October - Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai)
2nd November - Grande Prêmio do Brasil (Interlagos)

DRIVER LINE-UPS

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro

1. Kimi RAIKKONEN (FIN)
2. Felipe MASSA (BRA)
Luca Badoer (ITA) Test Driver
Marc Gene (ESP) Test Driver

BMW Sauber F1 Team

3. Nick HEIDFELD (GER)
4. Robert KUBICA (POL)

ING Renault F1:

5. Fernando ALONSO (ESP)
6. Nelsinho PIQUET (BRA)
Riccardo Zonta (BRA) Test Driver

AT&T Williams Toyota

7. Nico ROSBERG (GER)
8. Kazuki NAKAJIMA (JPN)
Nico Hulkenberg (GER) Test Driver

Red Bull Racing Renault

9. David COULTHARD (GBR)
10. Mark WEBBER (AUS)
Robert Doornbos (NED) Test Driver

Panasonic Toyota Racing

11. Jarno TRULLI (ITA)
12. Timo GLOCK (GER)
Franck Montagny (FRA) Test Driver

Scuderia Toro Rosso Ferrari

14. Sebastian BOURDAIS (FRA)
15. Sebastien VETTEL (GER)

Honda F1 Racing

16. Jenson BUTTON (GBR)
17. Rubens BARRICHELLO (BRA)
Christian Klien (AUT) Test Driver
James Rossitier (GBR) Test Driver

Super Aguri Honda

18. Takuma SATO (JPN)
19. Anthony DAVIDSON (GBR)

Force India F1 Ferrari

20. Adrian SUTIL (GER)
21.
Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy (MAL) Test Driver
Giedo Van Der Garde (NED) Test Driver
Adrian Valles (ESP) Test Driver
Markus Winklehock (GER) Test Driver

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes

22. Lewis HAMILTON (GBR)
23. Heikki KOVALAINEN (FIN)
Pedro De La Rosa (ESP) Test Driver
Gary Paffett (GBR) Test Driver

CHANGES FOR 2008:

Fernando Alonso - McLaren to Renault
Heikki Kovalainen - Renault to McLaren
Nelson Piquet Jnr - Test team to Renault
Kazuki Nakajima - Test team to Williams
Timo Glock - GP2 to Toyota
Sebastian Bourdais - ChampCar to Toro Rosso
Sebastien Vettel - BMW Sauber to Toro Rosso

RULE CHANGES FOR 2008:

- Bridgestone will be the official tyre supplier for the 2008-2010 seasons
- A standard Electronic Control Unit (ECU) supplied by McLaren Electronic Systems (badged as Microsoft)
- Long life gearboxes
- Long life engines
- Restrictions on the ability of the teams to change their aerodynamics during the season
- Restrictions on the ability of the teams to change their engines during and between the season(s)
- Rev-limited engines
- Full cockpit will be added to shield the driver from flying debris
- Additional 2 groves to be added on rear tyres
- It was announced on March 30, 2007 that traction control is going to be banned from the 2008 season.

What are the changes on the engine regs, and what restrictions on aerodynamics are there?

Also you can add in that tyre warmers are banned :)

Updated launch dates and put in chronological order, also ammended some driver changes.