Former FIA president Max Mosley has continued his haranguing of Ferrari’s Luca di Montezemolo. Mosley told the Daily Mail di Montezemolo urged him to ban double diffusers when the legality of the devices was being investigated last year: Luca does have this silly idea that if it is Ferrari then it is OK. When we … Continue reading Mosley continues di Montezemolo attacks
It’s a bumper day of motorsports action today with not just the Turkish Grand Prix but also the Indianapolis 500 this evening. And I’ll being keeping an eye on the GP2 and GP3 action from Turkey as well. Here’s today’s round-up: Links Michelin makes last minute bid to wrest F1 tyre contract from Pirelli (Adam … Continue reading F1 Fanatic round-up: 30/5/2010
McLaren successfully gave the flying Red Bulls some rare opposition in qualifying. Can they go one step forward and keep them from victory in the race? The start will be crucial – and history shows having both their drivers on the left-hand side of the grid could be a disadvantage for McLaren.
Turkish Grand Prixqualifying pictures Fernando Alonso will start Ferrari’s 800th Grand Prix from 12th place tomorrow after a disappointing qualifying session in Turkey. He was out-qualified by team mate Felipe Massa for the first time since the first round of the season (excluding Monaco where Alonso did not participate in qualifying). In a closely-fought second … Continue reading Alonso misses Q3 as Ferrari struggle
HRT out-qualified a rival team on merit for the first time at Istanbul this weekend – though it was partly thanks to Lucas di Grassi suffering a technical problem. The Virgin driver revealed on Twitter he had “massive engine problems” during qualifying. He lines up 23rd for tomorrow’s race behind Bruno Senna in one HRT … Continue reading Di Grassi 23rd after engine problem
Mark Webber continued Red Bull’s run of dominance in qualifying with his third consecutive pole position at Istanbul. But Lewis Hamilton prevented a Red Bull lock-out of the front row. Last year’s front row occupants Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button share the second row.
Row 1 1. Mark Webber 1’26.295Red Bull-Renault 2. Lewis Hamilton 1’26.433McLaren-Mercedes Row 2 3. Sebastian Vettel 1’26.760Red Bull-Renault 4. Jenson Button 1’26.781McLaren-Mercedes Row 3 5. Michael Schumacher 1’26.857Mercedes 6. Nico Rosberg 1’26.952Mercedes Row 4 7. Robert Kubica 1’27.039Renault 8. Felipe Massa 1’27.082Ferrari Row 5 9. Vitaly Petrov 1’27.430Renault 10. Kamui Kobayashi 1’28.122Sauber-Ferrari Row 6 11. … Continue reading 2010 Turkish Grand Prix grid
Sebastian Vettel is eyeing pole position for the Turkish Grand Prix after finishing fastest in the final practice session. Nico Rosberg pipped Lewis Hamilton to third place after the McLaren driver suffered a lurid spin at turn eight early in the session.
The start of final practice for the Turkish Grand Prix is nine hours away so make sure you enter your race predictions here before then. Here’s today’s round-up: Links Ecclestone sees long-term future for Turkish GP (Reuters) “It’s not good but you’ve got to remember that if you’d have come here 10 years ago and … Continue reading F1 Fanatic round-up: 29/5/2010
The second practice session in Istanbul ended with the top teams not far apart on lap time. But each seems to be strong at different points on the Istanbul track. Read on for analysis and interactive data from second practice.
McLaren were fastest again in the second practice session for the Turkish Grand Prix. Close behind Button were the two Red Bulls. But both suffered reliability problems on their cars, with Mark Webber coming to a stop at the end of the session.
Can you predict the pole sitter and the top five finishers in the Turkish Grand Prix? We’ve got F1 DVDs and paintings to be won this weekend – and the overall winner of this year Predictions’ Championship will be going to the British Grand Prix. Enter your predictions here now.
McLaren grabbed the headlines with the fastest time in first practice at Turkey but there’s no missing the potential of Red Bull either. Take a closer look at the data from first practice below.
Lewis Hamilton was the fastest driver in the first practice session in Turkey, setting setting a lap almost a second quicker than team mate Jenson Button. The two Mercedes were behind them, followed by Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull.
It’s Turkish Grand Prix practice day – see you in the live comments soon! Here’s the round-up: Links Ferrari set to hold on to Felipe Massa for 2011 (BBC) “Although Domenicali’s words are not definitive, his tone and manner in the interview give the impression that keeping Massa is the team’s strong preference.” What went … Continue reading F1 Fanatic round-up: 28/5/2010
F1 Fanatic spoke exclusively to Virgin driver Timo Glock ahead of the Turkish Grand Prix. Here’s what he had to say about his team’s closely-fought battle with Lotus, racing with Fernando Alonso in Monaco, and those pesky blue flags.
Lotus have brought a new rear wing for their T127 following the car’s substantial update just two races ago. Chief technical director Mike Gascoyne said: We’ll be using our new pillar mounted rear wing here, and have some new parts which will enable us to optimise the weight distribution, so again, I’m quietly confident we’ll … Continue reading More updates for Lotus in Turkey
Have all the important information for this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix at your fingertips with the F1 Fanatic unofficial race programme including a video lap of the track:
Practice for the Turkish Grand Prix starts tomorrow. Remember if you want to join in our live blogs you can find details of all the sessions here. Also predictions for the race are now open. Make your predictions here now. You have until the start of final practice on Saturday to get your entries in. … Continue reading F1 Fanatic round-up: 27/5/2010
Red Bull head to the Turkish Grand Prix as the team to beat. Does the Istanbul circuit offer their rivals any hope of catching the RB6s?