Posts Tagged ‘Red Bull’
2010 Bahrain GP Qualifying: Vettel takes pole
Red Bull’s Sebastien Vettel took the first pole of 2010 for the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix. He slotted his car, christened Luscious Liz this year, at 1:54.101 in Q3 - only 0.141 seconds ahead of Felipe Massa’s Ferrari. Massa upstaged team mate Fernando Alonso by another 0.4 seconds and that is quite an achievement for the Brazilian who [...]
McLaren rear wing to be inspected in Bahrain
The McLaren MP4-25 rear wing, which kick started a mini controversy last week when Red Bull and Ferrari complained to the FIA, will now only be inspected at the first Grand Prix of the season in Bahrain. McLaren had invited FIA delegate Charlie Whiting to come and inspect the rear of their car before freight containers were shipped out for the [...]
Red Bull deny Raikkonen link
The 2010 Formula One season is one day closer now and Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz has just upped the stakes a wee bit, claiming that nothing short of a world championship would be satisfactory for his team this season. This particular statement is an obvious one. For the simple reason that it is the next step in their evolvement as a top F1 [...]
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 [...]
