Williams have today unveiled the livery which they will be running on their FW33 in the 2011 season. It isn’t much different from last year’s car with blue and white the dominating colours, although it features red and gold, similar to the colours used on the ‘Rothmans’ sponsored livery in the 1990s. For pictures of [...]
Archive for February, 2011
The season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix has been postponed in light of the escalating violence in the country, meaning the season will start on March 27th in Australia. The Crown Prince of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa said: “We felt it was important for the country to focus on immediate issues of national interest. [...]
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel has gone fastest at Barcelona testing in the Red Bull RB7 for the second day running. He went over a second faster than yesterday’s time, with Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari in 2nd place. Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso was 3rd and was the cause of the first red flag of the day when [...]
World champion Sebastian Vettel only needed 37 laps in his Red Bull RB7 at a wet Circuit de Catalunya today to prove that he was the fastest man out there. The German was over a second faster than 2nd place Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, who enjoyed the support of home fans again. The teams had [...]
Lotus Renault GP have announced that F1 veteran Nick Heidfeld will replace the injured Robert Kubica, with the German commencing at this week’s Barcelona test. The 33-year-old impressed in the R31, finishing fastest on day two at Jerez, and has been given the chance to race again, despite suggestions in the media that Kubica himself [...]
Below is a gigantic gallery of images from this week’s Jerez test. You will notice some cars sporting ‘get well soon’ messages in Polish on their cars, in reference to the rally crash of their colleague Robert Kubica.
Rubens Barrichello of Williams has set the fastest lap of anyone over the four days of Jerez testing as it came to a close at the Spanish circuit. The veteran Brazilian went over half-a-second faster than anyone else had managed throughout the entire four days, and was the only man into the 1:19s. Kamui Kobayashi [...]
German F1 veteran Nick Heidfeld has staked his claim to replace the injured Robert Kubica at Renault, setting the fastest time of the day on the third day of testing at the Spanish circuit. Heidfeld said: ”I think I couldn’t have done better. I did the best I could, I didn’t do any mistakes. I’ve already helped [...]
Mercedes’ Michael Schumacher has set the fastest lap on day two of testing in Jerez. Only Felipe Massa could match the seven-time world champion in getting into the 1:20s, with the Brazilian finishing 2nd for Ferrari. Massa completed 116 laps, more than any other driver. McLaren’s Jenson Button got to drive the MP4-26 for the [...]
Felipe Massa has set the fastest time of the day at a sun-baked Jerez in Spain. He completed 101 laps, more than every other driver, and was the only one to do into the 1:20s. After an early spin, Sauber’s Sergio Perez recovered to set the second fastest time of the session. Vitaly Petrov and [...]








