Silverstone looks set to be a fight between Red Bull and Ferrari with home favourites McLaren struggling. After a sodden opening day in Northamptonshire, Sebastian Vettel assumed his familiar position at the top of the time sheets in third practice. The championship leaders have not yet been obviously hurt by changes to the diffuser rules.… [Read more…]
May 26, 2011
We could be in for a lively weekend in Monaco as the Formula One circus arrives on the streets of the principality. Sebastian Vettel has already laid a marker by topping the times in practice one but, as we saw with Fernando Alonso’s bad error last year, a whole weekend can be undone with a… [Read more…]
April 15, 2011
Sebastian Vettel eased to his familiar position at the top of the time sheets in free practice for the Chinese Grand Prix. The German Red Bull driver was ahead in both sessions, leaving his McLaren rivals behind in a cloud of Shanghai dust. It’s hard to see past the world champion for a third consecutive… [Read more…]
March 25, 2011
Qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix gets underway in just a few hours and little is clear beyond the fact it is all very exciting. Like many others, I see little outcome other than the Red Bull cars pummeling the opposition though hopefully it will be closer than that. Like last season, especially over one… [Read more…]
July 30, 2010
Sebastian Vettel has destroyed the field in practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix, laying down the strongest possible marker of his intent. The Red Bull cars were clearly quickest today, though the Ferrari of Fernando Alonso is not far behind. McLaren look set to struggle as they still do not have their blown diffuser package… [Read more…]
July 9, 2010
McLaren has abandoned its blown diffuser set up for the rest of the British Grand Prix weekend, Autosport is reporting. Aside from being a long night for the mechanics – this will require huge changes to the rear of the car and possibly the floor – it’s a very bad sign for the prospects of… [Read more…]
June 12, 2010
McLaren have probably their best chance of the season to dominate a Grand Prix weekend in Canada. But it was the Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel which topped the time sheets in second practice, against expectations. Red Bull are clearly keen to show they have put Turkey behind them and dragging a result out of… [Read more…]
May 28, 2010
McLaren will be hoping to take advantage of their f-duct technology to reign in the Red Bull team in Turkey this weekend. And after the first two practice sessions, the omens are looking good: the Woking squad have topped the time sheets in both of today’s sessions, with Lewis Hamilton almost a second clear of… [Read more…]
May 13, 2010
The glitz and glamour of Monaco is underway, with diamonds galore, extraordinary motorhomes in the paddock and lavish boats in the harbour. And after FP1 the field looks pretty level on the track as well. Practice results are notoriously troublesome when it comes to race predictions but everybody is pretty closely bunched, with less than… [Read more…]
May 8, 2010
Sebastian Vettel topped the time sheets on Friday as the Red Bull squad made clear they have no intention of letting their opponents catch up. Adrian Newey has developed a new front wing and a revised floor for the car and it’s hard to see past Vettel for the pole later this morning. He’s said… [Read more…]
April 2, 2010
The forecast is for heavy rain on and off throughout the weekend in Malaysia, just like last year. And we know how that went: cars falling off, completely unpredictable monsoon conditions, the race red flagged and an imperious drive to victory from Jenson Button. With a similar late afternoon start, we could well be in… [Read more…]
July 9, 2011
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