The official launch of the 2012 McLaren MP4-27 Formula One car has just taken place at the team’s headquarters in Woking, Surrey. The car you see here has been described as an evolution on last year’s MP4-26. Technical Director, Paddy Lowe, says the team had fairly straightforward goals: “Our main objectives for the 2012 season [...]
Later today McLaren will take the wraps off its new MP4-27 F1 car. But a recent article in Gazzetta dello Sport has raised questions over McLaren’s future engine partner when F1 swicthes to V6 turbo engines in 2014. The report claims McLaren has met with new engine maker PURE to discuss a deal that would [...]
Former Force India driver Adrian Sutil has been found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to Eric Lux by a Munich court. The 29-year-old German, who is without a drive in 2012 after being replaced by Nico Hulkenberg, has been given an 18 month suspended jail sentence and a €200,000 fine. The incident happened in [...]
Italian magazine Autosprint has published these technical drawings of what they say is Ferrari’s 2012 F1 racecar. Likely to be dubbed the F12 or F2012 the car is due for an official reveal on 3 February. Like the Caterham CT01, it’s understood the Ferrari will also feature a hump of some sort along its nose. [...]
An article on the new Caterham CT01 which features a series of images published by F1 Racing magazine has given us the first taste of what the F1 cars of 2012 may look like. Strict technical regulations stipulating the front end of the cars can be no higher than 550mm, while the portion behind can [...]
Pirelli has updated its tyre range for the 2012 Formula One season. The most obvious changes are the markings on the side, which hark back to the old Bridgestone look with a bold stripe around the sidewall. Keen observers will also note that the colours used for the intermediate tyres (now green) and full wets [...]
Overnight Kimi Raikkonen got back in a Formula 1 car for the first time in over two years. Fittingly, and to get around F1′s strict testing policies, it was a two-year old Renault R30 chassis running old tyres. And, as you’d expect, Kimi was over the moon to be back in an F1 car. You [...]
Red Bull Racing has confirmed Mark Webber will be the first to test their new 2012-spec RB8 machine when pre-season winter testing commences next month. There are three official pre-season testing windows scheduled prior to the Australian Grand Prix, with a four-day test in Jerez, on 7–10 February to open the 2012 season. Webber will [...]
Bruno Senna will fill the vacant Williams F1 seat after he signed a new deal with the team today. The news means the 19 year F1 career of Rubens Barichello has come to a rather untidy end. With 11 victories to his name and a respected career it’s fair to assume Barrichello deserved a better [...]
Robert Kubica’s comeback to Formula One has been dealt another blow following reports he has broken his right leg. It’s the same leg which suffered fractures in that horrific rally accident which caused him to miss the entire 2011 F1 season. He now faces up to month in plaster. It’s understood Kubica slipped on some [...]
It’s now almost two years since Michael Schumacher returned to F1 at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix. Of course, the 2011 race was cancelled due to civil unrest in the country. Since then the Bahrain royal family has assured us, and more importantly Bernie Ecclestone, that all is now okay in their kingdom and the Bahrain [...]
Patrick Head is synonymous with Williams F1, that is why his departure is big news for the team and the sport of Formula One. He has been with Williams for 34 years after co-founding it with Sir Frank Williams and was the engineering guru behind the team’s 16 world championships (seven driver’s titles and nine [...]
If you find yourself with some downtime on Christmas day we hope you have the chance to reflect back on the 2011 F1 season with this handy reference to our F1 in pictures galleries. It was clearly a great year for Sebastian Vettel who comfortably defended his 2010 world championship, winning 11 out of 19 [...]
A new track development called Velocidad Speedcity, 80km outside of Beunos Aires, wants to bring Formula One back to Argentina. The $100m project was launched on Friday and is being managed by Populous, the designers behind the recent Silverstone redevelopment. Organisers say the new 4.7km circuit would be ready to host a Grand Prix in [...]
Sahara Force India has just confirmed Paul Di Resta will continue racing with the team and will be joined by Nico Hulkenberg. They say that gives them “one of the most exciting pairings on the grid.” Team Principal, Vijay Mallya explains, “I think Paul caught the eye of everybody in the pit lane during his [...]