Renault insist Kubica on two year contract
Jul.10 (GMM) Renault has denied reports Robert Kubica could be contractually free to leave the team at the end of next year. The Enstone based team announced this week that the Pole has signed on for 2011 and 2012. But subsequent reports indicated that, like his multi year deal signed at the end of 2009, [...]
McLaren removes blown diffuser from car
Jul.10 (GMM) Overnight in the McLaren pits, the British team have removed an update package – including the Red Bull-style blown diffuser – from the MP4-25 car. Red Bull’s Mark Webber suspected the championship leaders of “sandbagging” in Friday practice at Silverstone, but in fact McLaren was not happy with the improvements. “It hasn’t been [...]
Silverstone Day 1: Virgin Racing report
Jul.09 (YallaF1.com) A typically un-British summer’s day meant that Virgin Racing’s first ever session on home soil would be on a dry track, although the expectation was that most of the action would take place during the second half of first practice. And so it proved, with Lucas venturing on to the circuit only for [...]
Silverstone Day 1: Ferrari report
Jul.09 (YallaF1.com) A lot of work for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro at Silverstone this Friday. Over the first two sessions of free practice, the team completed a total of 92 laps of the new track layout; 46 with each driver. “We had a good day, especially as we were able to complete a very intensive work [...]
Silverstone Day 1: Red Bull report
Jul.09 (YallaF1.com) Red Bull Racing review their opening day of practice for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Sebastian Vettel: “The sessions were okay today – in the afternoon I had a bit of a spin and flat-spotted a set of hard tyres. We also had a problem with the brake pedal, but nothing big. [...]
Silverstone Day 1: Mercedes GP report
Jul.09 (YallaF1.com) The opening two practice sessions for the British Grand Prix took place today at the Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire giving the Mercedes GP Petronas drivers, Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher, their first opportunity to experience the remodelled and extended track layout. In two busy practice sessions, the pair concentrated on set-up, fuel and [...]
Silverstone Day 1: Hispania report
Jul.09 (YallaF1.com) At the tenth race of its short history, Hispania Racing, HRT F1 Team, made its debut at the “Home of British Motor Racing” in Silverstone. In the morning session, Karun Chandhok ended up on position 22 clocking a best lap time of 1.38.735 and his teammate Sakon Yamamoto, who is celebrating his 28th [...]
Silverstone Day 1: Renault report
Jul.09 (YallaF1.com) AT&T Williams review their opening day of practice for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Robert Kubica, R30-03 “It has been a fairly normal Friday for us. Of course there is a new layout this year, so I had to get a feeling for the braking points and the lines, but to be [...]
Silverstone Day 1: Williams report
Jul.09 (YallaF1.com) AT&T Williams review their opening day of practice for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Sam Michael, Technical Director We’ve had a good day evaluating set-up and tyres, as well as testing the new parts that we’ve brought here. The upgrades all worked as expected, including the exhaust blown diffuser, so we will [...]