Renault test drivers Jerome d’Ambrosio and Jan Charouz sampled the team’s 2009 F1 car in a shakedown test at Silverstone earlier this week. It was the first time behind the wheel of an F1 car for both drivers.
A weekend off before two races back-to-back in Australia and Malaysia. Keep an eye out for a technical review of the cars seen at the opening round hitting the site later today. Links McLaren and Magnussen come full circle (BBC) “McLaren, regarded by some as a cold and clinical team, have recently signed up to … Continue reading F1 Fanatic round-up: 20/3/2010
Why bring back a rule which would only serve to make life even harder for the sport’s most vulnerable teams?
Every F1 car will carry the branding of the FIA’s “Make Roads Safe” campaign from the next round of the world championship in Australia. The Formula One Teams’ Association announced the backing for the FIA’s global road safety initiative today. F1 cars already show support for the FIA’s “Make Cars Green” campaign via the green-rimmed … Continue reading F1 cars to promote “Make Roads Safe”
Yesterday FOTA were supposed to be having a meeting to discuss what, if any, changes should be made following the anti-climatic season opener at Bahrain. Let’s see if we here of any immediate developments. Here’s today’s round-up: Links F1 diary: Bahrain Grand Prix (Daily Telegraph) “HRT finally gets its second car finished: it was ready … Continue reading F1 Fanatic round-up: 19/3/2010
The Italian Grand Prix will remain at Monza at least until 2016, the BBC has reported. Last week Bernie Ecclestone claimed Rome would hold a Grand Prix in 2013. If it does, it would mean Italy having two rounds of the world championship for the first time since 2006. The Italian round is one of … Continue reading Monza keeps Italian Grand Prix until 2016
McLaren officially launched its MP4-12C today – the sports car which will rival Ferrari’s 458 model. The company is entering a new era as it begins production of road vehicles in greater numbers than it has done before and ends its association with Mercedes. It has begun buying back the 40% stake Mercedes acquired in … Continue reading McLaren’s MP4-12C puts it in competition with Mercedes and Ferrari off the track
The 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed will celebrate 60 years of the F1 world championship with at least five current teams in attendance. Champions Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton will both be present for McLaren as will reigning constructors’ champions Mercedes. Ferrari, Red Bull and Williams will also have cars at this year’s Festival.
No Grand Prix this weekend – what will you be doing instead? Watching some other kind of racing? Adjusting your body clock to a time zone closer to Australia and Malaysia for the next two rounds? Let us know in the comments. Here’s today’s round-up: Links Lopez critical of US F1 team (Autosport) “As soon … Continue reading F1 Fanatic round-up: 18/3/2010
Codemasters claim “F1 2010” will be “a departure for F1 games”. F1 fans have been waiting four years for a new official F1 game for the latest generation console formats. In the last 12 months we’ve had hundreds of comments on this site discussing what should be in the game. F1 Fanatic put your questions … Continue reading “F1 2010” – first play (Pictures & video)
The Bahrain Grand Prix organisers brought together 18 of the 20 living F1 champions for a special event to mark the 60th anniversary of the world championship last weekend.
Today I’m going to an event run by Codemasters where I hope to find out more details about their “F1 2010” game for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. If there’s anything you’d particularly like to find out about it please let me know in the comments. Here’s the round-up for today: Links Schumacher return a … Continue reading F1 Fanatic round-up: 17/3/2010
Hanalou and Arpi_ are our first prize winners of the 2010 F1 Fanatic Predictions’ Championship. They are tied for the lead of the championship with a third player, J-Canada, after the first round.
Find all the F1 Fanatic Bahrain Grand Prix coverage in one place below – from the first sight of the 2010 season’s new cars through to detailed analysis of how every driver fared in Sunday’s race.
If the point of the new course at Bahrain was to give us a greater appreciation of the old track it worked. I didn’t hear many people have a positive word to say about the new layout. But the organisers claimed the new loop was designed to improve overtaking opportunities – at which it failed … Continue reading Which track should Bahrain use in 2011?
Later today we should have the results of the first round of the F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship so keep an eye out for that to find out if you’ve won. Links Michael happy with the first race (Michael Schumacher) “I am very, very happy and proud about how it went, considering I was completely out … Continue reading F1 Fanatic round-up: 16/3/2010
Michael Schumacher was overshadowed by team mate Nico Rosberg on his return to F1. Elsewhere Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton drew first blood as they began a new season alongside highly competitive team mates. Yesterday we got our first glimpse of how many of the intriguing team mate battles will play out in 2010. Take … Continue reading Rosberg surprises against Schumacher (Bahrain Grand Prix team mate battles)
Fernando Alonso emulated Kimi Raikkonen and Nigel Mansell by winning on his debut for Ferrari. The win means he is now among the top ten drivers who have won the most F1 races. And it was a return to form for the red cars who recorded their first one-two finish since 2008. Here’s the stats … Continue reading 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix stats and facts
We’ve got the first race of 2010 in the books – more reaction to the Bahrain Grand Prix later today. Here’s the Monday round-up: Links James Allen’s Bahrain GP verdict (ITV-F1) “This handed the lead to Alonso, who was in that position because he had passed Massa at the start. It was a very smart … Continue reading F1 Fanatic round-up: 15/3/2010
After months of anticipation and despite a mouth-watering line-up of teams and drivers, not to mention the biggest grid in 15 years, the Bahrain Grand Prix was a damp squib. And that’s putting it politely. But the F1 community – be it the fans, the teams or the rule makers – should not be too … Continue reading Bringing back refuelling will not solve F1’s overtaking problem
