Reporting from the Ragged Edge
Caterham have become the latest team to announce a launch date for their 2013 car. The new Caterham will be called the CT03, and will be rolled out into the pitlane for the world to see at 08:45 on the morning of 5 February 2013, shortly before the first day of pre-season testing gets underway... Continue Reading →
Testing for the 2013 Formula One season begins on 5 February, which is just 22 days away. All of the teams will be quite far into their pre-season car development and anticipation for the new season is no doubt building in team factories all over Britain and parts of Europe. But at Caterham, a crucial... Continue Reading →
Charles Pic has agreed to drive for Caterham from 2013 on a "multi-year contract", the team announced yesterday. Frenchman Pic is in only his first season of Formula One, having joined Marussia to partner Timo Glock for 2012. Pic has compared well to his much more experienced team-mate, notably out-qualifying Glock by half a second... Continue Reading →
The current Formula One season has seen grid penalties handed out for all sorts of reasons, from gearbox changes to causing collisions to impeding drivers during qualifying. At this weekend's Korean Grand Prix, Marussia's Charles Pic becomes the first driver to receive a grid penalty for an engine change. Each driver is permitted to use... Continue Reading →
Rain can play havoc with the time-sheets, and today was no exception. Free Practice 2 was so wet that only 10 drivers set laptimes, and all of those laps were finished after the chequered flag fell. When the spray settled, Marussia's Charles Pic emerged quickest. Practice times are normally difficult to interpret, as the top... Continue Reading →
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