All Posts Tagged With: "Testing"
Testing Dates Set: Formula One Prepares For 2010
With the ringing in of the new year comes the increased anticipation for the 2010 Formula One season. Although the first race isn’t due to begin until March 12th with Friday Free Practice in Bahrain, testing duties will start at the beginning of February and there are still some announcements due to be made regarding [...]
Ferrari Ask FIA For Permission To Allow Schumacher To Test F60
In the build up to the Hungarian Grand Prix last weekend, much of the talk in the paddock and on the Internet was the debut of the sport’s youngest ever competitor. But it wasn’t so much that Jaime Alguersuari is very young, it was more to do with the fact that prior to the Friday [...]
F1 Clienti Lend Schumacher F2007 For Fitness Testing
With a current ban on in-season testing, that has already posed many questions about the usefulness of test drivers and the difficulty now facing up-an-coming drivers who want to break into the Formula One, Michael Schumacher has found an interesting way around the problem. The seven-time world champion is apparently at Mugello this afternoon pounding [...]
Massa Praises Algeursuari & Criticises FIA
Ferrari’s leading driver Felipe Massa has clarified his comments regarding rookie pilot Jaime Alguersuari and further pointed out the issues surrounding the in-season testing ban currently in place. While Alguersuari did a good job in his practice sessions yesterday and this morning, many drivers on the grid had concerns prior to Friday as Scuderia Toro [...]
Adrian Newey Struggles With The Bull’s Backside
Adrian Newey, the much celebrated areodynamicist currently employed by Red Bull Racing, has been feverishly busy with the rear of the RB5 ever since it was announced that the controversial ‘double diffuser’ was legal. Those who strictly followed the rules and their apparent spirit obviously chose not to design and install a ‘double diffuser’, and [...]
BMW Drop KERS To Focus On Aero Upgrades
Firstly, I must apologise for the lack of updates; I’ve come down with the only thing that is worse than Swine Flu – Man Flu. Oh okay, it’s just a cold, but I’m allowed to exaggerate! But in order to start feeling better, I need to convince myself I am feeling better, so on with [...]
Jerez Test Days Four & Five: Kovalainen & Nakajima Share Fastest Laps
The final two days of testing at Jerez only saw McLaren and Williams participate, the other teams deciding they had done all they could in preparation for the season opener in Melbourne. Both teams were represented by the same driver each day; Heikki Kovalainen and Kazuki Nakajima sharing the circuit in Spain. The times set [...]
Jerez Test Day Three: Button Puts Brawn Back On Top
The third day of testing completed yesterday; the lateness of this post being put down to wanting a day off. But the news isn’t new – Jenson Button once again showed promise in the new Brawn BGP 001 by putting at the top of the timing sheet. Button completed 114 laps en route to the [...]
