There are certainly some benefits to driving for Ferrari, and one of them is using one of their marque’s vehicles as your company car. Fernando Alonso has selected the Maserati GranCabrio to use as his new car on the road. The car boasts a 440bhp V8, and has a dark granite exterior (Grigio Granito) with [...]

Hispania Racing Team have unveiled their 2010 challenger, which is to be driven by Bruno Senna, and announced today, Indian driver Karun Chandhok. Chandhok becomes only the second ever Indian F1 driver, with Narain Karthikeyan being the first. Karthikeyan took part in 19 races for Jordan in 2005. Chandhok, 26, had a disappointing career in [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

McLaren’s Jenson Button was the fastest driver on the final day of Jerez testing today, setting a fastest lap of a 1:18.871. Button completed 108 laps and finished 0.243s faster than second-place Robert Kubica, who declared it a ‘good day’ in the Renault R30: “It was a good day and we tried a lot of [...]

Here is a gallery of the helmets the drivers in 2010 will be using. Bookmark this page if you like your helmets, as it will be updates as more drivers reveal their designs. Which helmets do you like best? Leave a comment!

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of the week with a 1m 19.533s late in the day, which started wet but dried out pretty quickly. Hamilton was working on an aero mapping programme, with measuring rakes fitted to the car. He also evaluated brake and brake materials and worked on weight distribution. His best lap [...]