Formula 1 news from F1Technical
Lotus looking forward to one year anniversary at Monza
The Italian Grand Prix at Monza marks the last European race of the 2010 FIA Formula One™ World Championship. As the Lotus Racing team heads to Jarno Trulli’s home country, Jarno and a number of key team members take the time to look ahead to what promises to be another exciting race for the Anglo-Malaysian squad.
Sunday 5 September 2010
HRT aims for a double car finish at Monza
The next stopover for the 2010 Formula 1 Championship is at the historical Italian Grand Prix in Monza. It is also the last race in Europe, where Hispania Racing, HRT F1 Team has demonstrated it is a reliable team that improves and fights for positions race after race.
Sunday 5 September 2010
Red Bull hit the track in South Korea
Red Bull Racing’s Formula One car completed 14 laps of the all-new Korean Grand Prix circuit today, as part of an event called ‘Circuit Run 2010’. Four thousand spectators travelled to the new track for the event, which included an F1 car driving round the circuit for the first time. The event also included demonstration laps by a Formula BMW and some Korean touring cars.
Sunday 5 September 2010
McLaren to push for an Italian victory
After a P1 and a DNF at the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit, the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Team travels to another of the historic Formula One venues: the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. Once again, the Woking-based outfit will be pushing for victory next weekend.
Friday 3 September 2010
Mercedes hopes to repeat double poinst finish at Monza
The Italian Grand Prix, the final European race of the 2010 World Championship, takes place at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza on Sunday 12 September. One of the most atmospheric venues on the calendar, the original Monza circuit was built in 1922 and today the 5.793km track is the fastest of the year with four long straights enabling the cars reaching top speeds of up to 340kph.
Friday 3 September 2010
Sauber prepares for difficult Monza race
Top speed is the order of the day for the legendary Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, so the two C29s for Pedro de la Rosa and Kamui Kobayashi will be lining up with a special low drag and low downforce aerodynamic package.
Friday 3 September 2010
FIA investigates Massa's Belgian GP grid error
The FIA has launched an investigation why Scuderia Ferrari driver Felipa Massa was able to start last weekend's Belgian Grand Prix slightly ahead of his grid slot. The error was not picked up at the time, but came to light as amateur video footage appeared on the internet.
Friday 3 September 2010
Rosberg doubting future podiums
Without denying himself future opportunities for podiums, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg certainly believes that he will struggle to get his W01 past the Renault's and the other top three teams.
"It's definitely becoming more and more difficult because (based on) pure pace we're going to struggle to get a podium I think," Rosberd told 'ITV'.
Friday 3 September 2010
Spa a positive weekend for Button despite DNF
Following the accident with Sebastian Vettel at the Belgian GP, Jenson Button hasn't had a change of thought and still finds the Red Bull driver at fault for shunting him out of the race and a second place finish. Yet he feels like the drivers championship is still wide open despite being 35 points behind his teammate.
Thursday 2 September 2010
Spa was not what I expected - Massa
Looking back at the Belgian GP Felipe Massa and the rest of the Ferrari crew have the right to feel let down by their performance, as they had been on an upswing and Fernando Alonso was topping the timesheets in all of the free practices, until Webber took over from qualification onwards.
Thursday 2 September 2010
Pirelli back on track at Paul Ricard
F1's tyre supplier for the upcoming year is back to work as it carries out another test session in a Toyota TF109 at France's Paul Ricard Circuit. Nick Heidfeld had the opportunity to run the test circuits high speed configuration, and was greeted by nice 28 degree weather.
Thursday 2 September 2010
Ferrari hard at work in Maranello and Vairano
Work in preparation for the Italian Grand Prix is continuing unabated. Yesterday, Felipe Massa was in Maranello for a series of meetings with his engineers, as well as a session on the simulator. Meanwhile, today at Vairano, Giancarlo Fisichella got one of the rare opportunities this season to drive the F10, even if it was just down a straight.
Thursday 2 September 2010
Q+A with Robert Kubica
Having qualified and finished in third place at the Belgian GP, Renault's Robert Kubica is more than motivated as he finds himself in situation where he can fight against the top three teams. The only blip in the previous weekend was an overshotting of the pit itself, allowing Mark Webber to steal second place.
Thursday 2 September 2010
Nabil Jeffri becomes youngest ever F1 test driver
The Imperial War Museum runway at Duxford played host to the youngest ever test driver in Formula One™ history today, with 16 year old Nabil Jeffri seeing his F1™ dream come true as he conducted a day of aero testing for Lotus Racing on the museum’s Cambridgeshire runway.
Wednesday 1 September 2010
Austin reveals proposal for US track layout
The track layout of the proposed United States GP at Austin has finally emerged. Local newspaper American Statesman have revealed the track, to be designed by Herman Tilke, will feature 40m of elevation changes and 4 real overtaking possibilities.
Wednesday 1 September 2010