Posts Tagged ‘Formula One’
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 [...]
Are Mercedes GP sandbagging?
On the penultimate day of the Barcelona test, Nico Rosberg notched up the fastest time at the Circuit de Catalunya with 1:20.686. Now that maybe just 0.072 seconds off the pace set by Nico Hulkenberg’s Williams on day two but nothing can be read out of it just as yet, except of course that Nico – the Mercedes one – was on a qualifying [...]
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 [...]
A marriage of convenience?
Yesterday there was this bit of news on Autosport that the FIA is to inspect USF1’s preparations for the 2010 season. For this assignment, technical delegate Charlie Whiting is flying to the team’s headquarters. While the FIA has neither confirmed or denied it, the other bit of news is that USF1’s main backer and You Tube owner Chad Hurley [...]
