Archive for February, 2010

Q&A with Lotus’s Jarno Trulli

After minor hydraulic issues interrupted his running on Friday, Lotus’s Jarno Trulli enjoyed a much more successful day at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya on Saturday, covering a total of 102 laps.

Although it was a productive end to Trulli’s pre-season testing, his best time in the T127 was over four seconds adrift of the pace set by quickest runner Nico Rosberg for Mercedes GP. The Italian reviews his progress and looks ahead to the Bahrain Grand Prix?

Barcelona day three – Rosberg on top for Mercedes GP

The weather made life difficult for the 11 teams testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya on Saturday, as sporadic rain hampered their programmes at the Spanish circuit. Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg ended the day at the top of the timesheets with a best time of 1m 21.686s, which he set before the rain began to fall.

Rosberg spent the morning working on qualifying simulations and developing the MGP W01’s set-up, before carrying out a race simulation exercise in the afternoon…

Sebastian Vettel Q&A: Title is the only target for ‘10

After coming so close to clinching the title in 2009, it is clear nothing less than the world championship will do for Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel this season. After climbing out of the RB6’s cockpit following testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya on Friday, Vettel evaluates his progress and the pace of his rivals?

Hornish, 77 team starting to put things together

Travis Geisler’s a Cup Series crew chief, a former dirt tracker and a trained engineer. At Penske Racing, solutions and strategies are his forte. So is committed hard work, leading what he calls “the youngest group of guys” in the Cup garage.

Hamilton shows pace on final morning

Lewis Hamilton delivered the perfect evidence of the step forward McLaren has made at Barcelona as he set the quickest time of the week on an exciting final morning of pre-season testing on Sunday

Q and A with Rubens Barrichello

Q and A with Rubens Barrichello

Barrichello tips Williams to surprise

Rubens Barrichello is optimistic that his Williams team will prove to be one of the surprises of the year after encouraging times in recent tests

Virgin still hindered by hydraulic issue

Virgin Racing is hoping new components will help the team solve the hydraulic leaks that have been hitting the newcomer during pre-season testing.

Schumacher says McLaren very strong

Michael Schumacher says McLaren was ‘very strong’ in the final day of testing at Barcelona, where Lewis Hamilton set the quickest time of the week.

Massa: Ferrari has no advantage

Felipe Massa is happy with Ferrari’s preparation for the 2010 Formula 1 season, but does not believe it heads for Bahrain with any advantage over its rivals