Below you can read the transcript from the post-quali press conference at the 2011 Spanish Grand Prix. Mark Webber will have gained a lot of confidence in beating his teammate to P1 for tonight’s race. As usual, though, he’s not getting too carried away. “It was nice to get a clean lap and get a […]
Search: “pirelli”
We found 184 results for your search.
The the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli kicked off at Monza on the weekend, which meant it was the race debut for the new 458 Challenge. What better way to bring you closer to the action than by taking you onboard the new racer for a full lap of the famous Italian circuit. Stefano Gai, 2010 […]
Another commanding display when it mattered most has seen Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing) claim his second Grand Prix victory of the year in Malaysia today. Most pundits wouldn’t have been surprised by first place, but seeing Jenson Button (McLaren) and Nick Heidfeld (Renault) take the minor placing probably raised a few eyebrows. The Red […]
Sebastian Vettel capped off a dominant qualifying display with a matching performance in the main race today. Put simply, the Red Bull driver was unstoppable. Perhaps the most telling demonstration of this lies in the tale of the pit stops, where Vettel required just two stops compared to his teammate, Mark Webber, who munched his […]
A sublime qualifying performance from Sebastian Vettel has left Mark Webber bewildered ahead of the 2011 Australian Grand Prix. The Red Bull Racing duo were expected to close out the front row, but McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton had other ideas splitting the pair on the way to second on the grid. Vettel’s lap time of 1m […]
Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing) set the quickest time on the first day of the final pre-season test window at Barcelona overnight. An extra test program has been added to the pre-season schedule to make up for the delayed and possible cancellation of the Bahrain Grand Prix. The teams have already been to Barcelona this […]
Categories
James Allen talks about tyres
James Allen, far better suited to life away from the microphone, gives us a great insight into the new Pirelli tyres on his website. If you’ve been following the pre-season testing so far you’ll know the new Pirelli tyres wear much quicker than the Bridgestone tyres that have been used in previous years. Indeed, the […]
Over at the official Lotus Renault GP website they’ve given a brief rundown on how the Kinetic Energy Recovery System, otherwise known as KERS, will be applied to their R31 racecar. First introduced in the 2009 season, where only a handful of teams ran the system, KERS makes a comeback in 2011 and while still […]
“A lot of people would slag us off if we went for supporting a regime that kills its own people,” is how one anonymous senior F1 figure bluntly assessed the current situation in Bahrain to staff reporters at Reuters. This follows an official travel warning issued by the UK Foreign Office. The statement reads, “Following […]
McLaren has officially lifted the wraps of its new MP4-12C supercar. There’s a monster press release available after the break, but to get to the point the key performance numbers are listed below: Engine: 3799cc V8 twin turbo Valvetrain: 32-valve, DOHC, dual VVT Transmission: 7 Speed SSG with Pre-Cog Power: 600PS (592bhp) at 7,000 rpm […]
Categories
Force India unveils 2011 F1 car
Force India became the final team to launch its 2011 Formula Challenger overnight when it released these images of the new VJM04. Cast your minds back to 1991 and you’ll see the Force India team started life as Eddie Jordan’s plaything. The Jordan team went through a few iterations before falling into the seemingly secure […]
Categories
Virgin Racing unveils 2011 F1 car
Marussia Virgin Racing has just become the latest F1 team to reveal their 2011 Formula One car. We’ve only got Force India and HRT left to go. Virgin will not only have a new car on the grid in 2011, again designed by fancy CFD computers, they will also have a virgin F1 driver in […]