Brakes supplier denies role in Vettel DNF
Mar.30 (GMM) Red Bull brake supplier Brembo has issued a statement to clarify that its products did not cause Sebastian Vettel’s retirement in Melbourne. Pole sitter Vettel, 22, spun out of the Australian GP and said immediately on the radio that the RB6 had suffered “braking failure”. In the team’s subsequent press release, the German [...]
F1 reserve driver blues for Heidfeld
Mar.30 (GMM) Nick Heidfeld has revealed his struggle to adapt to merely watching qualifying at the grands prix from the reserve bench. After holding out for the race seat in 2010, the 32-year-old is instead Mercedes’ reserve driver, due to Michael Schumacher deciding to mount a return to F1 following three years of retirement. “It [...]
McLaren play down Malaysian win chances
Mar.30 (GMM) Two days after Jenson Button scored McLaren’s first win of the 2010 season, the British team has warned that a repeat in Malaysia this weekend is unlikely. The MP4-25 car was better suited to Melbourne than it had been at the Bahrain season opener, but reigning world champion Button said on Tuesday: “I [...]
Drivers to be briefed on country laws
Mar.30 (GMM) FIA president Jean Todt will respond to the lingering saga following incidents involving Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber during the 2010 Australian GP event. Lewis Hamilton was charged by local Victorian police for doing a burnout on his way out of the Albert Park circuit late on Friday, prompting Mark Webber to slam [...]
Malaysian Grand Prix facts & figures
Mar.30 (YF1) After Australia, Formula One moves to Malaysia and the race at Sepang certainly has no problem living up to its billing as the year’s hottest race. It’s often punishingly humid and oppressively warm in Malaysia but that’s what sun loungers were invented for. And air conditioning. The heat and humidity are always factors [...]
Video: Webber previews Malaysia
Mar.30 (YF1) Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber previews the 2010 Malaysian GP at Sepang in Kuala Lumpur in the team’s simulator.
Big homecoming for Lotus in Malaysia
Mar.30 (YF1) Lotus Racing is looking forward to another solid performance at the Petronas Malaysian GP in Sepang this weekend said its Deputy Team Principal SM Nasarudin SM Nasimuddin. After Heikki Kovalainen finished the Melbourne Grand Prix in 13th place, the team is confident it can build on its strong start to the season at [...]
Schumi sees positive side of Melbourne race
Mar.30 (YF1) Michael Schumacher has come under fire for what is believed to be below par performances, not only in Bahrain, but most recently at the Australian GP in Melbourne. YallaF1.com reported that Britain’s Sun newspaper called it “an anonymous afternoon” for the German. “That’s not what Mercedes have paid him 30 million to come [...]
Malaysian GP: Hispania Racing preview
Mar.30 (YF1) Hispania Racing Team (HRT F1 Team), the newest F1 team in the paddock, acquired by Jose Ramon Carabante in February and led by team principal Dr Colin Kolles heads to Malaysia, its third ever Grand Prix. The next challenge comes just one week after the team achieved its goal of completing an entire [...]