Williams to make battery powered KERS
Jul.5 (GMM) Williams will run its own battery-powered KERS system in 2011, technical director Sam Michael has announced. The Grove based outfit runs its own hybrid systems company, and developed an unique flywheel system that is now used by Porsche in GT racing. But Sir Frank Williams revealed recently that the flywheel system is so [...]
Sauber need to solve car pace riddle
Jul.5 (GMM) Sauber must improve its qualifying pace, team boss Peter Sauber insists. The two C29s qualified poorly at Valencia a week ago, but in the race Kamui Kobayashi featured strongly and his teammate Pedro de la Rosa also finished in the points. “So the crucial question for our team is: why is the car [...]
Glock says proximity wing idea dangerous
Jul.5 (GMM) Timo Glock has joined a group of F1 drivers who think the ‘proximity’ wing idea is a bad one. FOTA chairman Martin Whitmarsh has admitted that the proposal, with chasing drivers able to press a button and boost straightline speed next season, might not see the light of day. “I think it’s highly [...]
Kovalainen happy and comfortable at Lotus
Jul.5 (GMM) Heikki Kovalainen has admitted he feels more comfortable at Lotus than he did in the last two seasons with McLaren. The Finn took a big backwards step down the grid with the new Malaysian backed team in 2010, but he told Holland’s formule1.nl magazine that he is not complaining. “Here at Lotus everything [...]
British GP: Toro Rosso preview
Jul.05 (YallaF1.com) After the arriviste venue of Valencia, we now move to the British Grand Prix, which along with the Italian race, shares the honour of being the longest standing fixture on the Formula One calendar. Jul.05 (YallaF1.com) Both races have been run 60 times, but Monza holds the record of staging its national race [...]
British GP: Mercedes GP preview
Jul.05 (YallaF1.com) Round 10 of the 2010 Formula One World Championship, the British Grand Prix, takes place next weekend at the remodelled Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire. Venue for the first World Championship Grand Prix held sixty years ago in May 1950, Silverstone will be the second home race of the season for Mercedes GP Petronas [...]
British GP: McLaren preview
Jul.05 (YallaF1.com) Vodafone McLaren Merceds preview Round 10 of the Formula 1 World Championship, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Jenson Button “Racing in front of your home crowd is one of the biggest buzzes for any racing driver. And racing at Silverstone is always an exceptional experience – the crowds are huge throughout the [...]
British GP: Hispania Racing preview
Jul.05 (YallaF1.com) Hispania Racing, HRT F1 Team is prepared for its debut at the legendary British Grand Prix. Silverstone has a long history, as it held the very first round of the Formula One World Championship back in 1950. Nowadays, it is a very fast and flowing circuit with an average speed of 220 km/h [...]
British GP: Sauber preview
Jul.05 (YallaF1.com) The British Grand Prix at Silverstone is a classic. After last year’s crowd held what they believed was a farewell party, as it looked as if the British Grand Prix would move to Donington, they can now welcome Formula One again on the weekend of the 9th to 11th July and many years [...]