Shanghai Day 2: Caterham report
Apr.14 (Caterham Press Release) Chinese Grand Prix FP3 and Qualifying – Saturday 14th April 2012 Caterham F1 Team Partner information GE developed the world’s first autopilot in 1943 Weather FP3: Dry, air temp 19° – 21°, track temp 24° – 27° Q1: Dry, air temp 21°, track temp 25° Fastest laps / positions: FP3: PET [...]
Shanghai Day 1: Caterham report
Apr.13 (Caterham Press Release) Team report Weather FP1: Overcast, drizzle, air temp 13° – 14°, track temp 14° – 15° FP2: Overcast, dry, air temp 15°- 16°, track temp 15° Fastest laps / positions: FP1: KOV 1.41.071, 16th / GAR 1.42.521, 19th FP2: KOV 1.38.990, 19th / PET 1.39.346, 20th Total laps: FP1: KOV 14 [...]
Kovalainen ignores advice to leave Caterham
Apr.13 (GMM) Heikki Kovalainen has dismissed advice that he should quit Caterham as soon as possible. Fellow Finn Mika Salo, a former Ferrari and Toyota driver, told the broadcaster MTV3 he thinks Kovalainen should jump ship now because Caterham has failed for the third year running to move into the midfield. But Kovalainen hit back [...]
Caterham boss Fernandes on defensive over team’s progress
Apr.11 (GMM) Tony Fernandes has given a strident defence of his Formula 1 team, Caterham who have yet to seriously challenge the pecking order despite preseason ambitions targeting the midfield. The former Team Lotus outfit, headed by the cheery Malaysian entrepreneur Fernandes, entered its third season with high hopes it was set to join the [...]
Caterham Chinese Grand Prix view
Caterham Press Release General Race laps: 56 Air / Track temp (°C): 19 / 27 Pitlane altitude (m): 38 ATM Press (HPa): 1022 Hum (%): 35 Wind (kph): NNW 25 Timing 2010 Qualifying P1: 1:33.706 (VET Q3) P2: 1:34.421 (BUT Q3) P3: 1:34.463 (HAM Q3) CF1T best: P19 1.37.894 (KOV Q1) CF1T delta to best [...]
Malaysian Grand Prix: Caterham race report
Press Release Malaysian Grand Prix – Sunday 25th March 2012 Caterham F1 Team Partner Information 95% of fortune 500 companies buy IT equipment from Dell Weather Wet start, rain in early part of race, rain leading to red flag, dry post-restart Final Positions PET: 16th KOV: 18th Team Quotes Vitaly Petrov, car 21, chassis CT01-#2: [...]
Malaysian GP Qualifying: Caterham report
Press Release FP3 and Qualifying Report – Saturday 24th March 2012 Caterham F1 Team Partner Information The lightest ever Caterham Seven weighs under 400kgs, the standard car weighs 520kgs Weather FP3: Damp track in S3 at start of session, dry, air temp 27° – 29°, track temp 32° – 35° Q1: Dry session, air temp [...]
Caterham: Malaysian Grand Prix Friday report
Press Release Caterham F1 Team Partner Information DuPont emplys more than 8,500 scientists and engineers worldwide Weather FP1: Dry session, air temp 30° – 33°, track temp 38° – 43° FP2: Dry session, air temp 31°, track temp 44° – 46° Fastest laps / positions: FP1: KOV 1.40.247, 17th / PET 1.40.857, 19th FP2: PET [...]
Caterham boss optimistic despite bad Melbourne showing
Mar.22 (GMM) Caterham’s hopes of pushing into the midfield in the 2012 F1 world championship are not dead yet. That is the claim of team owner and boss Tony Fernandes, despite the team formerly known as Team Lotus looking to have once again emulated the pecking-order of the past two years by outpacing only Marussia [...]