Lotus Tops the Time Sheets
Romain Grosjean set the fastest time for a 2012-specification car in the Lotus E20 at the four-day pre-season F1 test session at Jerez. Incredible! Read More …
Tag: 2012
Pre-Season Testing Has Started!
There’s an old saying in Formula One that cars that are quick “out of the box” usually prove superior in the season itself. We’ll see. Read More …
Ferrari Nose Best
Richard Williams reminds us that in 1968-69 wings on race cars were universally panned as ugly, so we perhaps should take the hideous stepped noses of 2012 a bit more graciously. Read More …
More Stepped Nose Ugliness
Paul di Resta drives the 2012 Force India VJM05 in the team’s Silverstone launch. This car’s stepped nose may be even uglier than Ferrari’s! Read More …
McLaren MP4/27 Launched
McLaren launched the team’s new F1 car today. Check out the ugly, bulbous nose resulting from new FIA technical regulations for the 2012 season. Read More …
Barrichello Looks To IndyCar
Formula 1 refugee Rubens Barrichello — still mourning the loss of his Williams seat after some 19 seasons in the sport — is rumoured to be testing an IndyCar with KV Racing at Sebring as he searches for a drive in 2012. Read More …
Caterham Reveals 2012 Car
The rebadged Caterham Formula One team has released a picture of its new CT01, thus becoming the first team to show how the new F1 technical regulations have affected the 2012 cars’ design. Read More …
Alonso Slams Testing Restrictions
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso has slammed Formula One’s rules on car testing, describing the regulations as like asking footballers to train with tennis balls or tennis stars to play with bats. Read More …
Kimi Marks Return to F1 With Lotus Test
Kimi Räikkönen, known as “The Iceman” and the 2007 Formula One World Champion, has officially returned to F1 with today’s test run at the Valencia circuit in Spain. Read More …
Circuit of The Americas PSLs
Home to the new USGP at Austin, the Circuit of The Americas — fighting the calendar to finish track construction and highway improvements by November — says it will start accepting personal set licenses (PSLs) this month. Is there any other F1 venue that has adopted a PSL model for seating? Read More …