Category: F1 Testing

Lewis Hamilton made full use of a heavily revised MP4-25 to top the timesheets during the final day of pre-season testing.

Sunday’s session was the first time that Hamilton could get to grips with McLaren’s new aerodynamic package. However, the Brit took no time to adapt to the revised challenger and set a blistering 1m20.472 during a qualifying simulation.  Read more... (547 words, estimated 2:11 mins reading time)

Nico Rosberg recorded the fastest time yesterday at the Circuit de Catalunya in a rain-hit penultimate day of testing.

The German was followed by a neat-looking Toro Rosso in the hands of Sebastian Buemi, underlining the potential the Italian team has, and Jenson Button, who despite having focused on race simulation for the majority of the day nevertheless pumped in some quick laps towards the end of the day.  Read more... (188 words, estimated 45 secs reading time)

Nascent F1 outfit Stefan GP have been forced to cancel a planned test of their car at the Autodromo do Algarve in Portugal after failing to secure a deal with Bridgestone for tyres.  Read more... (264 words, estimated 1:03 mins reading time)

World Champion Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg will kick off the Barcelona test at the Circuit de Catalunya later this week for their respective McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes GP teams.

The Barcelona test, which will be the teams’ final opportunity to test their machinery before the season-opening Bahrain GP on March 14th, begins on Thursday.  Read more... (182 words, estimated 44 secs reading time)

Fernando Alonso is confident ahead of the 2010 season, declaring that the Ferrari F10 is the best car that he has ever driven.

After sharing the four-day test with team-mate Felipe Massa, the Spaniard was fortunate to enjoy the best of the week’s weather – notching up an impressive 269 laps. With this, the double world champion is relishing the prospect of once again fighting at the front end of the grid.  Read more... (271 words, estimated 1:05 mins reading time)

Jenson Button ended the final day of testing at Jerez on top, as the team’s enjoyed their first rain-free session of the week.  Read more... (341 words, estimated 1:22 mins reading time)

Jenson Button believes that Ferrari has the fastest car out of all of the front runners, after the first day test day of the week at Jerez.

Although Mark Webber set a searing pace in today’s session Button, the reigning world champion, claimed that he was more impressed with the pace of Fernando Alonso, who was second in the F10.  Read more... (326 words, estimated 1:18 mins reading time)

Red Bull Racing has signalled its intent to win both Formula One world championships after Mark Webber set a blistering time to top the third day of testing in Jerez.

Making use of the first dry day of event, Webber demonstrated some of Red Bull’s potential with a lap time of 1:19.299 – 0.284s quicker than any F1 driver at Jerez this year.  Read more... (370 words, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

Jaime Alguersuari topped the timesheets today at Jerez at lunchtime in his Toro Rosso. The Catalan was followed by Pedro de la Rosa in the Sauber and Adrian Sutil in his new Force India, in a session dogged by rain and red flags.  Read more... (177 words, estimated 42 secs reading time)

Japanese wunderkind Kamui Kobayashi ended the second day of testing at Jerez today fastest in his new BMW Sauber, which insiders are saying could be the surprise of the season. Sebastian Buemi continued to impress in his Toro Rosso, meanwhile, and Britain’s Jenson Button posted the third fastest time behind the front two.  Read more... (253 words, estimated 1:01 mins reading time)