Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of the day on the final day of pre-season testing before the opening Grand Prix of the season in Bahrain, which is now under two weeks away! The McLaren man clocked a 1:20.472 from 134 laps. Hamilton spent the morning fine-tuning the MP4-25’s set-up while also carrying out a number [...]

Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg set the fastest lap on the penultimate day of pre-season testing. The German clocked a 1:20.686 from 128 laps – the most laps set by any driver today. He said: “We had a good day today and made some significant progress in terms of set-up which was nice to see. We hadn’t [...]

Stefan GP have announced that they will reveal their car next week. In a statement on their website, they wrote: “StefanGP would like to inform the public that the containers we sent on the beginning of February arrived in Bahrain. During next week we will show our Stefan Formula 1 car to the press as [...]

In 2009 McLaren were in a position they did not expect to be in – at the back of the grid. The MP4-24 was branded by Eddie Jordan as “possibly the worst car McLaren have ever designed.” Team principal Martin Whitmarsh admitted the team “had not done a good enough job”. However the team made [...]

Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg set the fastest lap on the second day of testing in Barcelona. Hulkenberg clocked a 1:20.614 from 99 laps in the FW32. Williams technical director Sam Michael explained the team’s order of the day: “Nico finished his last day of winter testing today with a good run of laps. Our programme included [...]

Mercedes-Benz have revealed images of the 2010 F1 safety car. The ‘gullwing’ Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG will be used this season, and it is the most powerful F1 safety car ever. The SLS is replacing the SL 63 AMG which was previously used. The Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG estate will continue on in its third year as [...]

On the first day of Barcelona testing, it was Aussie Red Bull driver Mark Webber who set the pace, with a 1:21.487 from 109 laps. Nico Hulkenberg was 2nd in the Williams, with a 1:22.407. Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg was 3rd, on what he described as a ‘productive’ day: “We had a productive day today [...]

(L to R) James Key, Willy Rampf The 56-year-old German Willy Rampf has stepped down as technical director at the BMW Sauber team, after 10 years in his position at the Hinwil-based team. Rampf is to make way for 38-year-old Englishman James Key, who will take up his position at the team on April 1st. [...]

Oliver Turvey is Britain’s next up-and-coming motorsport star, currently competing in GP2 Asia. Turvey has quickly progressed through the ranks, and recently won his first ever GP2 Asia race. Turvey tested for McLaren in the MP4-24 late last year at the young driver tests, and won the McLaren Autosport Award in 2006 – an award [...]

Ferrari has unleashed a relentless and scathing rage against the changing landscape of Formula One, on the team’s official website. It was so impassioned and contained a plethora of hyperbole that at times it was comical: “The thirteenth team, USF1, appears to have gone into hiding in Charlotte, North Carolina, to the dismay of those like [...]