European GP: Sauber report
Jun.28 (YallaF1.com) At the European Grand Prix in Valencia Kamui Kobayashi and Pedro de la Rosa finished seventh and tenth respectively. They scored seven points for the team and gave it the best result of the season so far. The team had put the drivers on different tyre strategies, which paid off and allowed Kamui [...]
European GP: Lotus report
Jun.28 (YallaF1.com) After a very promising build up to the European Grand Prix, Lotus Racing leave Valencia relieved that Heikki Kovalainen and Red Bull’s Mark Webber both came out of a potentially very dangerous crash on lap 10 unscathed, and encouraged by Jarno Trulli’s race pace after a very unfortunate start to his afternoon’s work [...]
Hulkenberg beats Barrichello without F-duct
Jun.27 (GMM) Only one Williams is running the F-duct in Sunday’s European grand prix. Both Nico Hulkenberg and Rubens Barrichello tried the British team’s improved system in Valencia practice, but Hulkenberg apparently had trouble finding the hole in the cockpit with his knee. So the rookie German elected to remove the system from his FW32 [...]
Tung set to drive Renault in Friday practice
Jun.27 (GMM) Ho-Pin Tung is set to make his grand prix weekend debut at the wheel of a Renault. Last week, the World Motor Sport Council approved a “four-race probationary super license” for the Dutch-born Chinese. He currently races in GP2, but due to his management links to Renault’s new owners, he had been in [...]
European GP: Ferrari qualifying report
Jun.26 (YallaF1.com) A step in the right direction, but with a hint of regret. That sums up the outcome of qualifying at the European Grand Prix, for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, which has its pair of F10s in fourth and fifth places on the grid, with Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa respectively. “We are reasonably pleased [...]
European GP: Renault qualifying report
Jun.26 (YallaF1.com) Renault F1 team report on their qualifying performance for the European Grand Prix in Valencia. Robert Kubica, R30-03, P6, 1:38.137 “It has been a pretty good qualifying and the car was especially strong on the prime tyre. On the options I had a lot more movement so the car felt quite different and [...]
European GP: Toro Rosso qualifying report
Jun.26 (YallaF1.com) Watching the Swiss football team get knocked out of the World Cup on Friday night seems to have spurred on Sébastien Buemi to restore national pride, as he delivered an excellent qualifying performance this afternoon on the Valencia street circuit to post his best result of the season, securing a place on the [...]
European GP: Virgin Racing qualifying report
Jun.26 (YallaF1.com) Virgin Racing enjoyed a positive Qualifying session in Valencia today, in which the order of fastest driver was reversed for the first time this season. Lucas di Grassi posted the faster of the two times, while Timo’s lap was compromised by a mistake out of the last corner of the Valencia Street Circuit [...]
European GP: Williams qualifying report
Jun. 26 (YallaF1.com) Following a succession of recent development upgrades, the team enjoyed some tangible progress at Valencia today as both AT&T Williams drivers secured top ten grid slots for tomorrow’s European Grand Prix. Nico Hulkenberg and Rubens Barrichello set competitive times throughout this afternoon’s three qualifying rounds, with Nico just edging into P8 ahead [...]