Lotus F1 technical director James Allision believes the Lotus E21 is both “competitive” and “reasonably reliable” after a strong outing in Jerez last week. “Winter testing is exceedingly precious, we get just 12 days to prove out a very complex vehicle. Twelve days to push the car and the team to make sure that we [...]
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James Allison: the Lotus E21 looks “competitive”11/02/2013 – 15:57
F1 testing day 4: Kimi Raikkonen fastest at Jerez08/02/2013 – 16:44
Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest time on the final day of pre-season testing at Jerez today with a time of 1:18.148 which was just +0.027s faster than second placed Jules bianchi for force India. Early morning saw Pedro De La Rosa suffer a gearbox issue which caused his Ferrari to start smoking. The Ferrari managed [...]
F1 pre-season testing: Vettel leads, Ferrari smokes at midday08/02/2013 – 13:04
Sebastian Vettel currently leads the time at Jerez on the final day of pre-season testing at Jerez. Vettel currently holds a time of 1:18.565 and is currently ahead of Esteban Gutierrez in the sauber and Lewis Hamilton who is third of Mercedes. The big news of the morning comes from Ferrari, Pedro De La Rosa [...]
Sebastian Vettel: It will be close at the front08/02/2013 – 11:14
With minimal rule changes and many cars an evolution of last year, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel says the season will be “at least as tight as last year”. Rules for the 2013 F1 season have remained stable with only minor changes such as the ban on the double DRS system as pioneered by Mercedes [...]
Kimi Raikkonen: Lotus “feels better than last year”08/02/2013 – 11:08
“It feels better than last year at this time,” said Raikkonen, when asked by AUTOSPORT for his general feelings on the new Lotus. “I think we have a good car, but how good it is this year we will only see it during the races and during the season. But it is not a [...]
F1 Pre-season Testing Button leads the way at Jerez05/02/2013 – 16:01
Jenson Button led the way at Jerez today covering 37 laps and setting a fastest time of 1:18.861s on the hard tyres. Button had a late surge in the closing minutes and topped early morning pace sitter Romain Grosjean with a 1:18.861stime, edging second placed Mark Webber by +0.848s Jenson Button caused the first red [...]
McLaren to unveil MP4-28 at 11am31/01/2013 – 08:33
McLaren are set to launch their 2013 Formula 1 (f1) season challenger later today. The launch starts at 10:30am GMT with the big unveil at 11:00am. Be sure to check back for all the latest photos and news from the launch.
New Ferrari to be named F13830/01/2013 – 11:30
The 2013 F1 season challenger from Ferrari, its 59th single seat racer, will be named the F138. Ferrari say the name F138 comes from a combination of the current year and the number of engine cylinders. The new Ferrari F138 will be unveiled Friday.
Kimi: Lotus can win the 2013 F1 title29/01/2013 – 11:00
Kimi Raikkonen believes Lotus have what it takes to end Red Bulls “triple double” world titles. “It’s clear from working with them that they are racers, and you can see in their history that they’ve won championships,” said Raikkonen. “Nothing I saw last year made me think that another championship was impossible in the future.” [...]
De La Rosa to test new Ferrari before Alonso25/01/2013 – 10:58
Fernando Alonso will NOT be inaction at the first pre-season test in Jerez on February 5, Fernando instead opting to improve his personal fitness. Felipe Massa will be in action for the first 3 days, New test driver Pedro De La Rosa, who signed after HRT folded last year, will be in action on the [...]
Barcelona test 2: Day 4 – Raikkonen best on final day04/03/2012 – 16:05
Kimi Raikkonen sets the pace at the Circuit de Catalunya on the final day of pre-season testing; Fernando Alonso is second, 0.220 seconds slower, followed by Bruno Senna, Nico Hulkenberg and Kamui Kobayashi; Sebastian Vettel props up the times, only completing 23 laps with the revised RB8, after gearbox issues and an off… Barcelona [...]
Barcelona test 2: Day 3 – Perez on the Button!03/03/2012 – 16:05
Sergio Perez leads the way at the end of the penultimate day of pre-season testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya; Jenson Button is second, just 0.009 seconds slower, followed by Daniel Ricciardo and Felipe Massa; Paul di Resta completes the top five… Barcelona test II: Day 3 1. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m 22.094s 2. Jenson [...]
Barcelona test 2: Day 2 – Grosjean, Lotus stay top02/03/2012 – 16:58
Romain Grosjean keeps Lotus at the head of the times on the second day at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya; Jean-Eric Vergne is second, half a second slower, followed by Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso; Heikki Kovalainen completes the top five for Caterham… Barcelona test II: Day 2 1. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m 22.614s 2. [...]
Frank Williams confirms board exit02/03/2012 – 11:07
Sir Frank Williams announced his decision to step down from the board of Williams Grand Prix Holdings today. Williams, who is approaching his 70th birthday, said this was the ‘next stage in the gradual but inevitable process of handing over the reins to the next generation’. He will cease to sit on the board at [...]
Barcelona test 2: Day 1 – Grosjean, Lotus bounce back01/03/2012 – 17:06
Romain Grosjean tops the times at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya as the final pre-season test gets underway – a good boost for the Lotus F1 team after the squad had to abandon testing last week due to an issue with the chassis; Jenson Button ends the day second, 0.258 seconds slower in his McLaren, followed [...]
Marussia to miss final test28/02/2012 – 11:03
The Marussia F1 Team has announced that it will have to skip this week’s final pre-season test in Barcelona, after the squad’s new car, the MR01, failed one of the mandatory crash tests. A statement from the outfit, formerly known as Virgin Racing, added that MR01 had passed 17 of the 18 tests. The team [...]
Massa: Ferrari have improved car in ‘significant’ way27/02/2012 – 16:54
Felipe Massa has confirmed that the Scuderia made a big step forward last week during testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya and that they will now be able to really start ‘true and meaningful testing’. Massa finished up fifth overall on the timesheets on Friday, his best lap a 1 minute 23.563 seconds. In total he did [...]
Williams CEO named ‘Industry Champion’27/02/2012 – 13:27
Williams F1 CEO, Alex Burns, was named as a Make it in Great Britain Industry Champion in an address at the Government’s Manufacturing Summit at the Bristol and Bath Science Park last week. Burns joins other Industry Champions who are leaders in their field across a variety of sectors within manufacturing, and who have signed [...]
Mercedes ‘making good steps forward’25/02/2012 – 11:26
Nico Rosberg has revealed that Mercedes GP made ‘evident progress’ each day this week during testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, the first test with the new F1 W03. Rosberg completed 139 laps with the car on Friday, the equivalent to 647 kilometres and not far off the total number of laps he [...]
Webber: We got through a lot of stuff!25/02/2012 – 10:54
Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber has said the team enjoyed a ‘pleasing’ finish to the four-day test at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya on Friday, the second official pre-season test of the year. Webber, who was in action on day’s three and four, having taken over from team-mate and two-time F1 World Champion, Sebastian Vettel on [...]
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