Preview: GP2 Asia finale in Bahrain
Mar.11 (YF1) The 2009-2010 GP2 Asia Series wraps up this week in Bahrain on the new Sakhir layout and alongside the first Formula One Grand Prix of the 2010 season. While F1 will be celebrating its sixtieth anniversary, GP2 Asia will be saying goodbye to the GP2 Series first generation car. This chassis debuted back [...]
Fernando’s Blog: We will give it our all
Dear friends of Ferrari, Finally here we are! After two intense months, on an off the track, the Formula 1 season is about to start – my first season with the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro. I immediately felt at home with my new team and I can’t wait for the Championship, which will be extremely interesting, [...]
Hispania’s garage doors shut in Bahrain
Mar.11 (GMM) One notable anomaly in the Bahrain pitlane on Wednesday was that the new Spanish team HRT’s garage doors remained uniquely closed. The situation coincided with rumours that Bruno Senna and Karun Chandhok’s cars had yet to arrive at the Sakhir circuit. “We only knew we were going to Bahrain on Saturday when the [...]
Drivers dismayed at slower Bahrain track
Mar.11 (GMM) Mark Webber groaned after taking in Bahrain’s revised layout on Wednesday. Like Fernando Alonso who cycled the new 900 metre section on a mountain bike – and Heikki Kovalainen, Robert Kubica, Lucas di Resta and Robert Kubica who sampled it on foot – the drivers were keen to discover if it added a [...]
Rome GP organisers want accord with Monza
Mar.11 (GMM) Rome mayor Gianni Alemanno has played down reports the Italian capital is set to take historic Monza’s place on the 2013 formula one calendar. Bernie Ecclestone said earlier this week that a Rome street race will be on the 20-race schedule in 2013. Milan mayor Letizia Moratti responded to the news by saying [...]
New addition to Renault partner network
Mar.10 (YF1) Renault F1 Team announced that its R30 race cars will feature branding from MOV´IT, beginning at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix. MOV´IT branding will be prominent on the nose cone of the R30. Based in Germany, MOV´IT develops high-performance brake systems for sports, racing and security vehicles, as well as for manufacturers of [...]
Brawn GP and Button scoop Laureus Awards
Mar.10 (YF1) Formula One was a big winner in Abu Dhabi as Britain’s Jenson Button won the Laureus Breakthrough of the Year Award following his first World Drivers’ Championship, and the Brawn GP Formula One Team, for whom Button drove in 2009, was named Laureus World Team of the Year. During the three-day period leading [...]
Cosworth return of a Formula 1 legend
Mar.10 (YF1) Cosworth has had a long and distinguished career in Formula One, beginning in 1963. Two Formula One teams were supplied with Cosworth engines in 2006: the Williams team using Cosworth V8 engines, transmissions, and associated electronics; and the Scuderia Toro Rosso team using rev-limited Cosworth V10s based on 2005 spec engines. The end [...]
Bahrain GP: Cosworth preview
Mar.10 (YF1) Bahrain will mark Cosworth’s return to Formula One as an engine supplier after a three year sabbatical. Cosworth is supplying its CA2010 engines to four teams: AT&T Williams, HRT F1, Lotus Racing and Virgin Racing. Cosworth V8 power helped the Williams team claim the fastest lap of the race in the 2006 event [...]