Lotus have said that their 2010 car will debut next month at the Jerez test in mid February. With Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen driving for the team with Fairuz Fauzy at the test driver, Lotus is currently based in Norfolk, although a second facility based at Kuala Lumpur’s Sepang circuit is also set to [...]

Some would say it was about time, but today Lucas di Grassi has confirmed that he will be driving in F1 next year with one of the four new teams, be it; Virgin, USF1, Lotus or Campos. di Grassi said; “It will be in one of the four new teams entering the sport. It’s a [...]

In the final day of young driver testing at the Jerez circuit in Spain, it was reigning British F3 champ Aussie Daniel Ricciardo in the Red Bull who set the quickest time – a 1.17.418s, despite having a premature end to the day. The engine in Ricciardo’s Red Bull gave up the ghost after completing [...]

Gary Paffett of McLaren topped the timesheets in today’s second young drivers test at Jerez, with the 2005 DTM champion and long-time McLaren test driver setting a fastest time of 01:18.718 in a day dogged by rain. The Williams driver Nico Hulkenberg with a 2010 race seat for the team set a time of a 1:19.184 in his [...]

The 2009 Formula 1 cars were back on track today as 12 of the hottest young chargers tried to top the timesheets. And it was Spanish driver Andy Soucek who took the spoils in the Williams-Toyota, with the fastest time of 1m19.158 from 87 laps of Jerez. It wasn’t all plain sailing for the current [...]

McLaren have today announced that 22 year old Brit Oliver Turvey will test for the team at the young drivers test in Jerez, which starts tomorrow and runs to December 3rd. Turvey is currently driving in the GP2 Asia series for the iSport International team. Turvey gets to drive the 2009 McLaren as a prize [...]

Force India have today announced their drivers for next season – the two who finished the season with the team; Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi. The team will announce the third driver following the Young Driver’s Test at Jerez in early December. Force India’s team boss Vijay Mallya said; “We are very pleased to retain [...]

The new Mercedes team have today announced their two drivers for the Young Drivers Test at Jerez, Spain which will take place later this month – Mike Conway and Marcus Ericsson. Mike Conway, the 26 year old from Kent, England has previously won the Formula Renault and British F3 titles. This year he has competed [...]

They may not be competing in the F1 season next year after announcing their withdrawal earlier this year, but the BMW Sauber team are staying true to their word  and will give two Formula BMW drivers – Alexander Rossi and Esteban Gutierrez their first taste of an F1 car at next week’s test for young [...]

Force India are obviously keeping their options for 2010 drivers open – no less than 6 drivers are in the running for the seats, including the drivers who ended last season with the team; Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi. Giancarlo Fisichella who went to Ferrari last season to cover for the injured Felipe Massa will [...]