McLaren F1 launches new website
Thursday, March 11th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, McLaren | No Comments »McLaren have just launched their new website for the 2010 Formula One season. As you would expect there's lots of bells and whistles, perfectly placed logos and a general order about the way things are done. There's some good info on ...
17 men, three and a half seconds
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Renault | 5 Comments »According to the Renault F1 team 3.5 seconds is all it will take to service an F1 car in 2010. That is, with the newly introduced ban on refuelling, their target time for changing a full set of tyres is ...
1950: The Formula One World Championship begins
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1 | 1 Comment »There's now just a few sleeps until the first Grand Prix of the 2010 season starts in Bahrain. This year the sport celebrates the 60th anniversary of the World Championship era. An era that began at Silverstone back in 1950, ...
Mark Webber drives virtual lap of Bahrain
Saturday, March 6th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1 | No Comments »There's less than a week to go until the first race of the 2010 F1 season. Bahrain is the first stop this year and Mark Webber helps build anticipation levels by taking us on a virtual lap of the circuit ...
Final 2010 Formula One entry list
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1 | No Comments »The FIA have released the final entry list for the 2010 Formula One season. Most of the news we already know, but we can now confirm that US F1 will not partake in the upcoming season and nor will Stefan ...
US F1 on the brink of collapse - looking ahead to 2011
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 Posted in Formula 1 | No Comments »According to Autosport.com the future of US F1 has already been sealed. While not officially confirmed, it has been reported that Production Manager Dave Skog has informed US F1 staff they will be placed on unpaid leave. So, they're technically ...
F1 Safety Car gives you wings
Friday, February 26th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Mercedes-Benz | 1 Comment »Mercedes-Benz are pretty chuffed with their new F1 Safety Car. So much so they've written a long press release and released a bunch of new pics. The car, of course, is the SLS AMG 'Gullwing'. And this is the fifteenth ...
Mark Webber sets the pace at Barcelona
Friday, February 26th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1 | 1 Comment »Mark Webber quickly found his way to the top of the time sheets in his RB6 during pre-season testing at Barcelona overnight. Once Webber found his rhthym he was never headed and settled with a best time of 1:21.487, almost ...
F1 pre-season: Barcelona test schedule
Thursday, February 25th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1 | 2 Comments »The final Formula One pre-season test window opens at Barcelona later tonight (Australian time) and will run until Sunday. So far the form at Valencia and Jerez has played out as expected, with the major players of Ferrari, McLaren, Red ...
Division bell
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 Posted in Ferrari, Formula 1 | No Comments »An anonymous blog entry on the Ferrari website has savaged Max Mosley's Formula One legacy. The article under the banner of The Horse Whisperer is titled "For whom the bell tolls" and brings in to question the merits of introducing ...
Button fastest at Jerez
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, McLaren | 1 Comment »Jenson Button saved his best for the last day of pre-season testing at Jerez when he became the first and only driver to break the 1:19 barrier. Button's time of 1:18.871 was four tenths quicker than the previous best lap ...
Webber leads the pack at Jerez - photo gallery
Saturday, February 20th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1 | 2 Comments »Formula One pre-season testing at Jerez finally saw some sunshine overnight and Australia's Mark Webber made the most hay while it did. Webber piloted his Red Bull RB6 to the quickest time posted at Jerez so far in 2010 with ...
VR masters of PR
Friday, February 19th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1 | No Comments »Virgin Racing looks set to be making the most of the PR opportunities that Formula One offers. Here is a YouTube clip which is described on the team's official twitter page as being a "Jerez round-up". Now, if the F1 ...
F1 pre-season: Jerez test #2 schedule
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1 | 1 Comment »Tomorrow night (Australian time) the F1 circus returns to Jerez for the third of four sanctioned pre-season test windows. There will be four days of testing and as with the previous sessions the teams generally run one driver per day. ...
VIDEO: Lotus T127 launch & shakedown
Sunday, February 14th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Lotus | 1 Comment »Lotus Racing have provided some behind the scenes footage of the launch of their new Lotus Cosworth T127. There's three clips in all and they can be seen below. The first Lotus in Formula One since the mid 90s was ...
