Takuma Sato will drive a Lotus-branded IndyCar in certain rounds of this year’s IndyCar championship. The car will be run by KV Racing and is set for its first outing at St Petersburg in Florida in two weeks’ time. The series holds its first round at a new street circuit in Sao Paolo tomorrow. According … Continue reading Sato to drive Lotus-Cosworth IndyCar
Sebastian Vettel will start the first race of the year from pole position after heading qualifying for Red Bull. He needed just one run at the end of Q3 to displace the Ferrari duo at the front of the field. But Michael Schumacher could only manage seventh on his return to F1. Q1 It was … Continue reading Vettel holds back Ferrari charge for pole
A third different car headed the third practice session ahead of qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso lapped the extended Bahrain circuit in 1’54.099 to head the times by almost three-tenths of a second. Nico Rosberg, fastest in yesterday’s session, was second for Mercedes.
Final practice and qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix are coming up soon but before then make sure you’ve sent in your F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship entry. Here’s the round-up for Saturday: Links Bahrain GP Chalk Talk (Speed) Steve Matchett explains McLaren’s ‘F-Duct’. And, er, rabbits…Ferrari boss on racing Schumacher, tyre and money problems (James … Continue reading F1 Fanatic round-up: 13/3/2010
Who’s going to take pole position for the first race of 2010? Who will finish in the top five? Predict that right and you could win an F1 DVD box set and join the running for the grand prize in the F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship – tickets to the 2011 British Grand Prix. But you … Continue reading Enter your Bahrain GP predictions to win F1 tickets, DVDs, books and more
The second practice session at Bahrain brought further evidence of Ferrari’s long-run pace but Mercedes and McLaren are up there with the on one-lap performance. We look set for an entertaining qualifying session tomorrow. Here’s how all the teams got on in second practice today:
Adrian Sutil was fastest in the first practice session at Bahrain but Felipe Massa impressed with his consistency in the Ferrari. Here’s a look at the data from free practice 1.
Mercedes power remained on top of the times sheets in the second practice session at Bahrain but this time it was the works Mercedes team that headed the times. Nico Rosberg was fastest of all followed by three more Mercedes-powered runners: Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Jenson Button.
Adrian Sutil put Force India at the top of the times sheets at following free practice one at Bahrain. Ferrari and McLaren also headed the times during the 90-minute session with Fernando Alonso ending the session second quickest ahead of the man who replaced him at Renault, Robert Kubica.
Our first live blog of the year is coming up shortly for free practice one in Bahrain. Until then, here’s today’s round-up: Links Q & A with Martin Whitmarsh (Autosport) On McLaren’s radical snorkel/rear wing design. McLaren Snorkel: How it works (Scarbs) More on the snorkel. A New Code of Practice (Viva F1) “It’s a … Continue reading F1 Fanatic round-up: 12/3/2010
Our 2010 F1 season preview has come to an end – which is just as well because the season starts soon! Review the F1 Fanatic 2010 Season Preview in full below:
Have all the important information for this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix at your fingertips with the F1 Fanatic unofficial race programme:
Participants: Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), Jenson Button (McLaren), Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) Q: A question to all of you. What are you most looking forward to during this season? Who is going to start? The World Champion. Jenson Button: The same as all of us I think, and that is getting … Continue reading Bahrain GP press conference: Schumacher, Hamilton, Alonso, Button and Massa
Michael Schumacher has been appointed as the drivers’ representative on the FIA’s Circuits Commission. The Circuits Commissions reports to the World Motor Sports Council on – you guessed it – matters to do with circuit design, particularly safety. Schumacher has played a role in circuit design before and helped design the Veedol-S chicane at the … Continue reading Schumacher and Donnelly join Commissions
The FIA will try to fill the vacant place on the grid left by US F1 next year. Following a meeting of the World Motor Sports Council in Bahrain today the FIA also said it will appoint a reserve entry for the 2011 season, in case the new team or one of the existing teams … Continue reading FIA opens 13th team applications for 2011
Bernie Eccletone has told the FIA the Indian Grand Prix will appear on the 2011 F1 calendar. An FIA statement said: Subject to final approval of the calendar by the World Council, Mr Bernie Ecclestone, President of FOM, has informed the FIA that India will host a Formula One event in 2011. The Indian Grand … Continue reading Ecclestone confirms 2011 Indian Grand Prix
Renault has announced two new sponsorship deals in the last two days. The R30 will carry HP logos on its engine cover having announced a two-year deal with the computer manufacturer. HP logos last appeared in F1 when it sponsored Williams until the end of the 2005 season. The team has revealed two renderings showing … Continue reading Two new sponsors for Renault (Pictures)
In less than 24 hours’ times we’ll start to get answers to all the questions we have about the hugely anticipated new Formula 1 season. As is traditional, now’s the time to make your guesses on the big stories of the season ahead. Answer these 20 questions on the 2010 season below and we’ll check … Continue reading The 2010 F1 season in 20 questions
Ferrari narrowly lead McLaren as the favourites to win this years constructors’ championship, according to F1 Fanatic readers. Over 17,500 votes were cast in the polls to name the winner of the 2010 constructors’ championship.
The off-season finally draws to a close and the teams have assembled at Bahrain for the first round of 2010. After little to no testing the 12 teams have to tackle one of the most punishing tracks on the calendar in the first race of the year. With Michael Schumacher returning, exciting new driver pairings … Continue reading 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix preview
