In addition to Friday’s unofficial preview, the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team has given us an excellent driver’s eye view of their 2012 F1 car, the W03. Nico Rosberg is at the wheel and it’s perhaps the chest-mounted camera that gives the most revealing insight into a modern day Formula One car. Check out the [...]
The 2012 Mercedes GP F1 car is due for its official reveal at Barcelona next Tuesday, but the car has been photographed early during a secret shakedown test at Silverstone yesterday. As you can see Michael Schumacher was at the wheel during the light run. It’s also evident that Ross Brawn and his merry men [...]
In not totally unexpected news, Caterham F1 Team today announced they have brought in Vitaly Petrov and sent the likeable veteran Jarno Tulli on his way. The 27-year-old Russian was at Caterham’s base in Hingham earlier today for a seat fitting and will be with the team in Barcelona next Tuesday ready for his first [...]
Pirelli has kindly gathered a bunch of stats from the recent F1 testing in Jerez that offers a valuable insight into their role as tyre supplier. For the conservationists reading, you might want to look away now. Over the four days of testing 23 drivers completed almost 15,000 kilometres and used a total of 724 [...]
Last week we saw the emergence of the ‘platypus’ nose in Formula One. A result mainly due to a requirement forcing teams to lower the nose to meet new crash regulations. That messes with the current belief in F1 that a high nose helps contribute to optimum downforce; hence the stepped look we see today. [...]
Fernando Alonso put three pretty ordinary days for Ferrari behind him by setting the fastest time on the final day of testing at Jerez. Although, it’s worth noting the time was set early in the day before a hydraulic problem in the F2012 interrupted his afternoon. Alonso’s time of 1:18.877 was the second quickest of [...]
The 2011 Mercedes W02 shapes as being the fastest car in F1 in 2012! At least that’s the conclusion after the last two days of testing with Schumacher quickest yesterday and Nico Rosberg 0.8 seconds faster than anyone else overnight. Don’t forget the W02 has the blown exhaust to aid rear end grip. Mercedes will [...]
Michael Schumacher, driving the 2011 MercedesGP W02, was six tenths quicker than anyone else on Day 2 of pre-season testing in Jerez. The 2012 W03 will debut at Barcelona (21–24 February). Mark Webber in the RB8 was fastest of the 2012 cars with his Australian compatriot Daniel Ricciardo next in the STR7. Perhaps in an [...]
Mark Webber got off to a delayed start in pre-seaon testing at Jerez, before recovering to post the fourth quickest time of the day (1m20.496s). The track debut of the RB8 had to be postponed while the team waited for new parts to arrive and around three hours were lost. Webber said he was satisfied [...]
The Caterham F1 Team took an unorthodox approach to launching their car this year, by running an article in F1 Racing magazine. That means there hasn’t been any photos showing the car in full that we can access until today. Here, then, are a handful of images of the CT01 as it heads out for [...]
The Williams F1 Team has just shown its 2012 F1 car for the first time. And, yep, it’s down with the ‘platypus’ nose like everyone else, except McLaren. The FW34 is currently running the team’s traditional navy blue testing livery 2012 race livery. It’s a genuinely fresh start for the team this year. For the [...]
Overnight a number of video clips featuring the Red Bull Racing RB8 have been uploaded to YouTube. We’ve assembled them together here in one place for you. Also included are Q&A interviews with the team’s major players. The image above, captured from the first video, gives one of the best looks yet at Adrian Newey’s [...]
Overnight the covers came off the Scuderia Toro Rosso STR7. As has become the norm a ‘platypus’ style nose is featured and on the STR7 it’s one of the more elegant examples we’ve seen to date. Although it doesn’t have an intake/scoop as seen on the sister Red Bull car. Following the fortunes of Toro [...]
Here’s a quick comparison of the last two Red Bull Racing F1 cars, the RB8 and the RB7. We don’t have a lot of comparable pics at this stage, but click on the pic above to launch a 2000px super image. Despite a poor angle, the change in the nose design is clear to see. [...]
Red Bull Racing has just unveiled is title-defending RB8 racecar in Jerez. For now we have just two studio images of the most eagerly awaited car in F1. Already we can see the RB8 features the now ubiquitous ‘platypus’ style nose. Click on the pics to view them at 4000px. The RB8 appears to bring [...]