Mercedes enjoyed a successful first run of its 2012 Formula 1 car at Silverstone today ahead of its test debut at Barcelona next Tuesday. The Mercedes F1 W03 completed the 100 kilometers of running permitted on a commercial filming day using Pirelli demonstration tires, with both Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher taking turns behind the […]
Felipe Nasr joins DAMS The aim of the DAMS team is to pursue the success it enjoyed in a particularly fruitful 2011 season, and the French team has given itself the weapons to do so. After Davide Valsecchi, the ideal team leader, it has just signed the very promising Brazilian, Felipe Nasr, creating a particularly […]
JIM HALL TO BE HONORED BY RRDC AT LONG BEACH APRIL 12 Hall, known worldwide as one of the significant innovators in the history of American auto racing, will be honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club at the RRDC Evening with Jim Hall on Thursday, April 12, at the organization’s fourth annual West Coast […]
Photo: HRTF1 HRT F1 Team has reached an agreement with Dani Clos by which the young 23-year-old driver from Barcelona will become test driver of the Spanish outfit for the 2012 season. The incorporation of Clos is another step in the team’s aspirations of establishing itself as a platform for young talents to reach […]
The 2012 Toyota Racing Series The 2012 Champion. The Auckland Ace – Nick Cassidy Quick Cassidy & the Dutch Kid. The fifteen races, packed in five weekends, Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand is over. Local talent, Nick Cassidy, defended the home honors against strong foreign invasion to win the championship – after taking second […]
F1weekly podcast number 551 interview with the man himself… Brad Spurgeon has covered Formula 1 for the International Herald Tribune since 1993, and for The New York Times since 1999. His passion began when as a child of 9 he attended the first Canadian Grand Prix, at Mosport in 1967. Brad’s passion grew as he […]