Red Bull continued to dominate and Daniel Ricciardo continued to impress on the second and final day of Young Driver Testing at Abu Dhabi, with the Australian setting the fastest lap of the day once more. The Red Bull protégé Ricciardo smashed the Yas Marina circuit’s previous fastest lap, setting a time nearly nearly 1.4s [...]
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Red Bull continue to dominate the world of Formula 1 as Daniel Ricciardo impressively set the fastest time of the day, a time which would have put him right up in third on last weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix grid. The Aussie impressed greatly, beating drivers with decent F1 experience, including Force India test driver [...]
It’s been a challenging start to Hispania’s Formula 1 life and things didn’t get any easier for the team when they announced that Bruno Senna was to be replaced by ex-Spyker driver Sakon Yamamoto for the British Grand Prix. Hispania claimed their usual places at the back of the grid, but Karun Chandhok may have [...]
Karun Chandhok (22nd, 22nd) “It was a very productive day for me today. We did a lot of work with the suspension to improve the car over the bumps. This afternoon especially we made some good progress with the rear end and were able to do a good comparison between the two tyre compounds. Our [...]
HRT have revealed much to the relief of most of the F1 circus and fans, Bruno Senna will return to the race seat for the next race weekend in Hockenheim for the German Grand Prix, after replacing him with Japanese pay driver Sakon Yamamoto for this weekend’s race. A team press release read: HRT F1 [...]
According to respected F1 journalist Joe Saward, HRT will be replacing Bruno Senna with test driver Sakon Yamamoto for this weekend’s British Grand Prix. Saward said the decision was to try to raise funds for the cash-strapped team, writing on his blog: “Bruno Senna will not be racing this weekend at the British Grand Prix, [...]
McLaren Lewis Hamilton “The first session looked quite good for us. But it was always going to be interesting to see how quickly the blown-diffuser cars could get up to speed – and they looked very competitive this afternoon, particularly over a single lap. And the grip they appear to have through the high-speed stuff [...]
Struggling for inspiration when voting for your driver of the day? Here are all your answers in the Chinese Grand Prix analysis! McLaren Jenson Button, P1 Lewis Hamilton, P2 What a great day for McLaren! Jenson Button’s smooth style worked perfectly to keep enough heat in the tyres, and enough tread on them. His strategy [...]
F1 newcomers Campos Meta have been rebranded Hispania Racing Team, to emphasize their roots in Murcia, Spain, ahead of its official launch, taking place tomorrow. This comes after Jose Ramon Carabante, who was previously a shareholder, took over from Adrian Campos and is now in charge of the team, after the team hit financial trouble. At [...]








