Timo Glock has made it clear that despite his name not appearing in the 2011 F1 entry list thus far, he will continue driving with the Yorkshire-based outfit Virgin Racing in 2010. The former GP2 champion said he was ‘excited’ about the announcement which will mark his fourth full year in Formula 1: “I’m excited. [...]
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Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher has said that he is hoping for race wins next year, with the 41-year-old only having managed a best of a 4th place in a disappointing season for Mercedes GP. The veteran German commented that while he doesn’t expect to be fighting for a championship, race wins could still be [...]
On opposite sides of the globe Red Bull’s drivers Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber and new Toro Rosso test driver Daniel Ricciardo have been performing in Red Bull demonstrations, with Vettel in Berlin in front of the Brandenburg Gate and Aussies Webber and Ricciardo on home turf at the Perth Festival of Speed. Vettel took to [...]
Sauber’s madman and resident F1 comedian Kamui Kobayashi has recently revealed his overtaking secret in an interview on the team website, also saying that he hopes for “zero mistakes” in the 2011 season. The interview is copied in full below: How would you summarise your season? Kamui Kobayashi: “We had a lot of ups and [...]
Mercedes’ director of motorsport Norbert Haug has warned Nico Hulkenberg against taking up a role as a test driver for next season, after he announced he was without a race seat and that he was parting company with Williams. The 23-year-old who scored a sensational pole position at the Brazilian Grand Prix had been strongly [...]
Red Bull have done the double and have won both the drivers’ and constructors’ titles in what is only their 6th year in Formula 1 – a very impressive feat. They have won the constructors’ title with more points than any other team in a single season, since Formula 1 began. Driver standings Constructor standings [...]
“There is not one bit of me that feels I will ever want to drive for Red Bull,” Lewis Hamilton was quoted as saying yesterday in The Mirror newspaper. “It doesn’t have the character, the history or the appeal to me that McLaren has. “My hero Ayrton drove for this team and I have always [...]
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton‘s slim championship hopes are still alive after escaping a penalty which could easily have been awarded following him appearing to hold up Felipe Massa in today’s qualifying session, during his out-lap in Q2 at the spectacular Yas Marina circuit. The duo came close to contact, with Hamilton appearing not to realise that Massa [...]
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel kept up the Austrian team’s impressive pace throughout the season by topping the times once more in Friday Practice 1, at the Yas Marina circuit. Lewis Hamilton surprised everyone by putting a recently lacklustre MP4-25 on the fastest slot in the second session – maybe his championship hopes aren’t completely over, [...]
The legendary black and gold JPS livery sported by the original Team Lotus will return for the 2011 F1 season, for the first time since 1986. Lotus Racing’s CEO Riad Asmat explained the decision to bring back the classic design: “When we first unveiled our 2010 car there was unanimous praise for our decision to [...]








