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 [...]

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 [...]

Renault’s team boss Eric Bouiller has confirmed that Toro Rosso’s Sébastien Buemi has a ‘special place’ on their list of potential drivers for the 2011 season. “Sébastien is on our list of potential drivers for 2011,” Boullier confirmed, speaking to Swiss daily newspaper Le Matin. “He even has a special place on it, because I [...]

Renault have been the best of the middle runners so far in 2010, seemingly being able to keep up with Mercedes. However, they couldn’t manage that today as Robert Kubica retired and Vitaly Petrov finished outside the points in 13th. Kubica got off to a great start, and was right in the fight for 3rd [...]

Robert Kubica (P3, P11) “It has been a fairly normal Friday for us. Of course there is a new layout this year, so I had to get a feeling for the braking points and the lines, but to be honest it only took a couple of laps. We then evaluated a new front wing, but [...]

Renault have today announced that their driver Robert Kubica will stay at their team until 2010. Kubica described the decision to stay at the French team as ‘straightforward’: “It was a straightforward decision for me to continue with a team where I feel at home,” the Pole said. “What’s important for me is to be [...]

Renault are hoping for a very successful weekend at Silverstone this weekend, with team boss Eric Bouiller saying that the team are looking for ‘big points’ at the Northamptonshire track. Here’s the quotes in full, starting with Robert Kubica, who has joined the list of drivers praising the circuit, saying: “It’s an exciting circuit, a very [...]

The latest rumour flying around the paddock is whether Robert Kubica will stay at Renault or join Mercedes in 2011. It sounds reasonable, but I believe that he will be staying put at Renault. Robert Kubica is undoubtedly a talented driver, and would certainly be winning races if he was at a better team further [...]

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 [...]

As we have expected for a while, it has been confirmed that Pirelli will supply Formula 1′s tyres in 2011. This is just one of decisions taken at the World Motor Sport Council meeting that took place today in Geneva. Other big changes include the inclusion of the 107% rule from 2011 and Renault’s reserve [...]