Reporting from the Ragged Edge
"The Marussia F1 Team and its race driver Timo Glock have, by mutual consent, agreed to part company with immediate effect", the team reported on its website this morning. The press release referred to "tough economic conditions" as the reason for Glock's departure, which of course means that they could no longer afford to pay... Continue Reading →
Cosworth is a current engine supplier to Formula One. Its customers are Marussia and HRT, the teams that came second last and last in 2012. It seems, however, that HRT's days in Formula One are over, which halves Cosworth's F1 customer base. How long will it be before Cosworth disappears from Formula One altogether? Formula... 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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