Singapore Qualifying: Virgin Racing report
Sep.25 (Virgin Racing) For the start of the third free practice session for tomorrow’s Singapore Grand Prix, the circuit was still damp after an earlier downpour, so the track was declared wet, allowing the engineers the possibility of running the installation lap on wet tyres. The drivers reported that the track would soon be dry [...]
Chandhok will not speculate on Yamamoto
Sep.25 (GMM) Karun Chandhok on Saturday refused to buy into a conspiracy theory surrounding the occupant of his old HRT race cockpit this weekend. Many paddock figures were bemused on Friday when, as it emerged that Sakon Yamamoto was holed up in his Singapore hotel with food poisoning, it was Christian Klien who was called [...]
Group Lotus not interested in F1 team
Sep.25 (GMM) Tony Fernandes on Friday admitted he would like Group Lotus, the Proton-owned maker of British sports cars, to be involved with his formula one team. But in reality, Lotus Racing – Fernandes’ entirely separate Malaysian-owned outfit – and Norfolk based Group Lotus, seem to be moving even further apart. Group Lotus is reportedly [...]
Singapore Day 1: Lotus report
Sep.24 (Lotus) Friday in Singapore began with a momentous announcement off-track when Team Principal Tony Fernandes confirmed that Lotus Racing will become Team Lotus for the 2011 FIA Formula One™ World Championship and beyond. As the action returned to the track Fairuz Fauzy deputised for Jarno Trulli in FP1, whilst Heikki Kovalainen showed good pace [...]
Red Bull duo have wings and fly in Singapore
Sep.24 (GMM) Red Bull looks to be back to its dominant best on the street confines of the Singapore grand prix city venue. Despite some rivals expecting the RB6′s speed on high downforce tracks to have been muted by the flexibility tests, championship leader Mark Webber and Sebstian Vettel both tasted the top of the [...]
Singapore Day 1: Ferrari report
Sep.24 (Ferrari) It was rather a difficult day for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro under the artificial lights of Singapore’s Marina Bay circuit. The first free practice session took place on a track that was still wet from rain that fell in mid-afternoon, which made it something of a struggle to get through the planned programme, centred [...]
Singapore Day 1: Virgin Racing report
Sep.24 (Renault) A heavy downpour before the start of first free practice for Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix meant that the track would be wet for the start of the session, which was to be the first for Virgin Racing’s new reserve driver Jerome d’Ambrosio. After exploratory laps on wet tyres, the lap times started to [...]
Singapore Day 1: Renault report
Sep.24 (Renault) Team and drivers review the first day of the Singapore Grand Prix weekend at Marina Bay Circuit, Round 15 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship. Robert Kubica, R30-05 “It was a more difficult Friday than usual because we had a problem with the hydraulics during the second session, when the track was [...]
Singapore Day 1: Mercedes GP report
Sep.24 (Mercedes GP) After a late afternoon rain shower, the track was declared wet for the start of the first session at 6pm. For his first experience of the Singapore circuit, Michael went out on the damp track for valuable track acclimatisation whilst Nico completed an installation lap and waited in the garage until dry [...]