2010 Spanish Grand Prix grid

8 May 2010 |

Here is the grid for the Spanish Grand Prix: Row 1 1. Mark Webber 1’19.995Red Bull-Renault 2. Sebastian Vettel 1’20.101Red Bull-Renault Row 2 3. Lewis Hamilton 1’20.829McLaren-Mercedes 4. Fernando Alonso 1’20.937Ferrari Row 3 5. Jenson Button 1’20.991McLaren-Mercedes 6. Michael Schumacher 1’21.294Mercedes Row 4 7. Robert Kubica 1’21.353Renault 8. Nico Rosberg 1’21.408Mercedes Row 5 9. Felipe … Continue reading 2010 Spanish Grand Prix grid

Red Bull’s pace and Schumacher’s progress (Practice 2 interactive chart)

7 May 2010 |

While other teams turned up with eye-catching performance upgrades, Red Bull got everyone’s attention by dominating the second practice session in Spain by eight tenths of a second. Is that a true reflection of how much quicker the RB6 is than rival teams’ cars? Take a closer look at the times from second practice using … Continue reading Red Bull’s pace and Schumacher’s progress (Practice 2 interactive chart)

Red Bull to the fore in second practice

7 May 2010 |

The Red Bull duo were comfortably the fastest cars around the Circuit de Catalunya in the second practice session on Saturday. Sebastian Vettel was the only driver to set a sub-1m 20s lap and no-one got within half a second of him and team mate Mark Webber.

McLaren lead practice one in Spain

7 May 2010 |

Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button got McLaren’s Spanish Grand Prix weekend off to a strong start by topping the times sheets in the first practice session. Michael Schumacher put the revised Mercedes third fastest as practice got started at the Circuit de Catalunya.

Ferrari change Marlboro barcode design

6 May 2010 |

Ferrari have responded to criticism of their Marlboro ‘barcode’ by changing the design. The space on the car is now predominantly red with a white box outline. The team said they hope they change will “put an end to this ridiculous story”.

F1 Fanatic round-up: 7/5/2010

6 May 2010 |

Practice for the Spanish Grand Prix is coming up later today. Join us for live commenting later today, I’ll be joining in from the track during both sessions. Here’s today’s round-up: Links Drivers want Monaco qualifying split (Autosport) Terrible idea. Coping with traffic is part of racing: Traffic a greater challenge in next races Remembering … Continue reading F1 Fanatic round-up: 7/5/2010