Posts Tagged ‘Barcelona’
2010 Spanish Grand Prix: Friday Practice
McLaren and Red Bull shared honors at the Friday practice for the first race of the European season, the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona. In the morning session, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button led the field (full results) while in the second session, it was Sebastien Vettel and Mark Webber taking the honors (full results). Since this is the [...]
New Mercedes chassis for Spain, spotlight on Schumacher
Mercedes will be bringing a new chassis of their 2010 challenger to the Spanish Grand Prix in two weeks’ time and seven time world champion Michael Schumacher will be the one racing it. As per the official line, it is the test chassis used by the team during pre-season testing and will be brought in place of the one Schumacher has used in the [...]
Massa, Alonso deny rift in Ferrari garage
One of the biggest talking points to come out of the Chinese Grand Prix was the impact of Fernando Alonso’s overtaking move on team mate Felipe Massa, just as they duo were entering the pits. It was Lap 20 and they were coming in together, Massa ahead of Alonso, when the Spaniard pulled off a move and had Massa fought back, both of them could [...]
Ferrari want improvement in qualifying pace
Ferrari will be focusing on making their cars go quicker in Saturday qualifying, for they believe that is their best chance of winning both the World Championships. Team boss Stefano Domenicali admitted as much after the Chinese Grand Prix. Let us for a moment consider Ferrari’s starting positions. They started 2nd and 3rd at Bahrain, 3rd [...]
2010 Chinese GP: Button takes second win in chaotic race
World champion Jenson Button took his second win of the season in a chaotic, rain-marred Chinese Grand Prix. Button adjudged his tyre strategy correctly once again, this time more his own calling than a possibly lucky one in Australia. Lewis Hamilton completed a McLaren 1-2 while Nico Rosberg collected his second successive podium, finishing third [...]
Last day of pre-season F1 testing
Lewis Hamilton in his McLaren notched up the fastest time of the Barcelona test on the last day of pre-season testing for the 2010 season. His 1:20.472 was the quickest time of the last four days the teams spent at the Circuit de Catalunya. He was just 0.032 seconds quicker than Mark Webber’s Red Bull who clocked 1:20.496. In fact the top [...]
Barcelona Testing Day One and Day Two
After two days of testing at Barcelona, and dry ones at that, the teams are somewhat beginning to show their true colors. It was expected for this one test is the closest the teams get to a Grand Prix circuit before the racing begins and of course the factor that Circuit de Catalunya is an awesome indicator of the readiness of the teams at this [...]
