In just a matter of hours, the 2011 Formula One season will get underway in Melbourne, Australia. Five world champions will head out for first practice at Albert Park in new cars, on new tyres and with new technology bolted on. Making predictions at this point of the season is a fools game. Reigning champions… [Read more…]
March 3, 2011
The Bahrain Grand Prix will not be held in the summer break but could be slotted in at end of the season, between Abu Dhabi and Brazil, Bernie Ecclestone has said today. Ecclestone is insisting if the Middle Eastern nation is peaceful, he will “find a way” to fit the race in. This could mean… [Read more…]
February 21, 2011
Cancelling the Bahrain Grand Prix was the right decision but it was a call Bernie Ecclestone should have made himself last week. Passing the buck to the Crown Prince may well have the been the financially sound decision. But it was clear from the outset Formula One had no business taking its circus into the… [Read more…]
February 20, 2011
Formula One’s drivers have started talking about who has the best machine as the teams start to step up performance in testing. What will be a surprise to nobody is Red Bull are incredibly fast: Sebastian Vettel topped the time sheets both of his days in Barcelona on Friday and yesterday. Ferrari are also looking very… [Read more…]
February 17, 2011
Speculation is growing fast that the first Grand Prix of the 2011 season in Bahrain may have to be called off because of political unrest. Tonight, tanks are on the streets of the capital and reports suggest anywhere between five and 11 people have been killed after live ammunition was fired at demonstrators. The GP2… [Read more…]
February 13, 2011
The second test ahead of the 2011 Formula One season has wrapped up in Jerez, ahead of the first race in Bahrain on the weekend of March 12/13. Both Red Bull and Ferrari have looked quick and reliable all week, while we’ve also seen a lot more coming out on the Pirelli tyres. Nick Heidfeld… [Read more…]
February 12, 2011
Nick Heidfeld has topped the time sheets in his day of testing with Lotus Renault in Jerez. The German has surely secured the substitute drive in place of the injured Robert Kubica, who is facing most of the season on the sidelines. Heidfeld underlined his quality, turning laps more than 1s faster than Vitaly Petrov… [Read more…]
February 10, 2011
Nick Heidfeld is to test the Lotus Renault this week as the team investigate him as a possible replacement for the injured Robert Kubica. The team made the announcement ahead of the second test in Jerez, which has started this morning. Vitaly Petrov will do the bulk of the work in the early days but… [Read more…]
February 5, 2011
McLaren have unveiled the final of the likely front runners ahead of the new Formula One season. The MP4-26 is certainly a radical looking machine, with two air intakes over the roll hoop and extreme looking side pods. It’s all in the name of trying to claw back down force lost by the banning of… [Read more…]
February 1, 2011
Formula One’s new cars have been pounding round the Valencia track on the first day of testing ahead of the 2011 season and photographers have been tracking them every step of the way. So far Ferrari, Red Bull, Mercedes, Torro Rosso, Renault, Williams, Sauber and Team Lotus have revealed their cars. Sebastian Vettel topped the… [Read more…]
February 1, 2011
Red Bull have unveiled the RB7 and topped the time sheets on the first day of testing in Valencia ahead of the 2011 season. The champions underlined their status as favourites as Sebastian Vettel ran a near flawless test. The young German champion ran 93 laps on his way to a best time of 1m… [Read more…]
January 26, 2011
Scot Paul Di Resta has been confirmed as Force India’s second race driver, sitting alongside Adrian Sutil with Nico Hulkenberg in the reserve seat. The 2010 DTM champion is stepping up from the reserve seat after being a regular Friday driver for the Silverstone-based squad. He becomes the third British driver on the grid, lining… [Read more…]
January 24, 2011
Formula One’s two Lotus teams will do battle in the British courts on March 21, the BBC is reporting. Assuming they reach a resolution, it’s better than having it hang around for months on end – for a long time it looked like it might not come in court until September. And commercially it will… [Read more…]
March 25, 2011
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