Williams F1 count the costs of damage after scary blaze in Spain
May 14 (GMM) The day after marking its first win in eight years, the once-great Williams team is counting its losses after their pit garage in Barcelona was gutted by a fire which started while they celebrated Pastor Maldonado’s victory in the Spanish GP. “Everything in our garage is totally destroyed,” said team manager Dickie [...]
Marussia: We’ve not made the progress with the car we wanted
May 13 (Marussia Press Release) This weekend has confirmed that the performance is in the package, but the package did not quite perform for the Marussia F1 Team in today’s Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya. Timo Glock finished in 18th place after a long battle of a race, in which he struggled [...]
Mercedes: A difficult race for us
May 13 (Mercedes Press Release) Nico Rosberg finished the Spanish Grand Prix in seventh place today with Michael Schumacher retiring on lap13. Nico followed a three-stop tyre strategy, pitting on laps 9, 22 and 40 Nico’s tyre usage was soft (9 laps), soft (13 laps), hard (18 laps), hard (26 laps) Michael retired in turn [...]
Lotus: A very strong result and a great reward for the team
May 13 (Lotus Press Release) Kimi Räikkönen and Romain Grosjean ensured that Lotus F1 Team were the strongest points scoring team in a fast-paced Spanish Grand Prix, finishing in third and fourth position to move the team within 14 points of second place in the Constructors’ Championship. Both cars started on used sets of yellow-marked [...]
Red Bull: It was difficult race and a hard day in the office
May 13 (Red Bull Press Release) Team and drivers report on the Spanish Grand Prix at Circuit de Catalunya, in Barcelona, Round 5 of the Formula 1 world championship. Car 1 Sebastian Vettel, Finish Position: 6th, Start Position: 7th “It was difficult race and a hard day in the office. I’m not entirely happy, we [...]
Pirelli review the Spanish Grand Prix
May 13 (Pirelli Press Release) Tyre strategy played a key role in the Spanish Grand Prix, which was won by Williams driver Pastor Maldonado: the first win for the British team since the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix. The Venezuelan became the fifth different winner in five races this year, with five different cars. Maldonado qualified [...]
Sauber: Our development package works as planned
May 13 (Sauber Press Release) The Sauber F1 Team has got ten more points to its tally thanks to Kamui Kobayashi finishing fifth at the Spanish Grand Prix. The Japanese had to start ninth after an hydraulic problem yesterday prevented him from driving in Q3. He showed a great race performance and exciting overtaking manoeuvres [...]
McLaren: Today was always going to be about recovery
May 13 (McLaren Press Release) Team and drivers report on the Spanish Grand Prix at Circuit de Catalunya, in Barcelona, Round 5 of the Formula 1 world championship. Lewis Hamilton: MP4-27A-03 “I’m proud of my performance today, and proud of the team too. They did a great job: a real improvement with the pitstops, following [...]
HRT: Once more we proved a good reliability
May 13 (HRT Press Release) The big day finally arrived today at the Spanish Grand Prix with the fifth race of the season taking place and HRT Formula 1 Team taking part in the first home Grand Prix of its new era. It was also a great day for Pedro de la Rosa who completed [...]