Reporting from the Ragged Edge
Following the departure of Nico Hulkenberg to Sauber, Force India are currently in the market for a race driver. Paul di Resta will drive one of the Force India cars, but his team-mate has not yet been chosen. Since testing in Formula One has been all but banned, there is no enormous hurry to choose... Continue Reading →
The Williams team have had everything this weekend. Pole position and Sir Frank Williams' 70th birthday celebration yesterday, followed by the race win today was quite enough excitement already. But just when the weekend was supposed to be winding down, a fire broke out in the Williams garage at the Circuit de Catalunya. Thought to... Continue Reading →
The 2012 season is almost upon us, and so some speculation is appropriate. Pre-season testing yielded very little in terms of concrete performance comparisons, but the behaviour of the teams can be quite telling. The general consensus is that Red Bull are still on top, and McLaren are probably their closest competitors. After that, no-one... Continue Reading →
Nico Rosberg led the way in testing today, beating team-mate Michael Schumacher's fastest time of yesterday by almost a full second. Rosberg clocked up 118 laps in the Mercedes W02 with a fastest time of 1m17.613. It is worth noting, though, that Rosberg and Schumacher's lap times cannot be compared with the rest of the... Continue Reading →
Jules Bianchi has become the first driver to crash a Formula 1 car in 2012. The Frenchman went off in his Force India VJM05 at Sito Pons corner at the Circuito de Jerez at approximately 9:54am CET. @clubforce tweeted: "Jules has gone off the track and looks like he touched the tyre wall. Waiting to get... Continue Reading →
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