Michael Schumacher and Mercedes have topped the time sheets in Barcelona as most teams finished their testing ahead of the 2011 Formula One season. The seven time world champion punched in a 1m 21.268s after the final round of updates was installed on the car, the fastest time in testing. It’s a real turn up… [Read more…]
March 7, 2011
Pirelli have said this week’s test will give a clear indication as to whether teams will stop twice or three times in Grand Prix this year. Just the hard and soft tyres are available to the teams, who will all test four of the next five days in Barcelona. The tyres are the same as… [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 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 3, 2011
Robert Kubica has parked Lotus Renault at the top of the time sheets at the end of the first 2011 test in Valencia. The Pole recorded a 1m 13.144s about an hour before the end of the session on the third and final day. The new Renault has an innovative forward facing exhaust aimed at… [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 20, 2011
The introduction of moveable rear wings this season is likely to be flashpoint for a number of reasons. First and foremost because the very introduction will remain controversial: I’ve never been a fan because it risks making the racing artificial. Giving a driver the ability to suddenly go much faster when trailing a car down… [Read more…]
March 11, 2011
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