Photo: Reuters Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg grabbed the first pole position of his Formula One career, ahead of Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix, beating McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and team mate Michael Schumacher in the process. Rosberg, who clocked 1:35.121, finished half a second ahead of Hamilton to give Mercedes its first pole since the 1955 Italian Grand Prix […]
Photo:Lotusf1 Drivers on Chinese Friday free practice Kimi Räikkönen: “It’s not often that you have a perfect car on Friday and there are certain things we have to improve. To be honest, it doesn’t matter if you are the slowest car on Friday if you are fast for the rest of the weekend. We […]
Photo: gp3media F1weekly podcast number 568 china preview. On the GP3 front MW Arden’s Mitch Evans quickest on day two at Silverstone The final pre-season test concluded in Silverstone today before the GP3 Series heads to Barcelona next month to kick start the 2012 season. The session got underway under dark clouds on a chilly […]
Photo: HRTF1team HRT Formula 1 Team presents driver Ma Qing Hua at the Shanghai International Circuit The official presentation of Ma Qing Hua took place this morning at the Shanghai international Circuit. The Chinese driver joins HRT Formula 1 Team’s driver development programme with the team intending on creating a platform for the formation of […]
Photo: susiewolff.com SUSIE WOLFF APPOINTED DEVELOPMENT DRIVER FOR THE WILLIAMS F1 TEAM The Williams F1 Team today confirmed that Susie Wolff will join the team as its Development Driver. Born in Scotland, Susie Wolff has had the classic racing career, beginning in karting and then moving to junior single-seater series and was twice nominated for […]
Photo: Williamsf1 WILLIAMS F1 CHINESE GRAND PRIX PREVIEW Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: Having secured our first points of the season in Malaysia with what is a much improved and competitive car the team are eager to move onto Shanghai as soon as possible. The fundamental characteristic of the circuit is that it is […]