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Posted on Monday, March 28, 2011

Dominant Vettel paced himself in Aus - Marko

Mar.28 (GMM) Dominant Sebastian Vettel did not play the RB7's full hand of cards in Melbourne, according to Red Bull motor sport consultant Helmut Marko.

Reigning world champion Vettel got his 2011 defence off to the best possible start at the weeken...

Posted on Monday, March 28, 2011

Tyre lettering colours hard to see in Aus - Hembery

Mar.28 (GMM) Paul Hembery has acknowledged the criticism about Pirelli's method for visibly distinguishing the two compound types in Melbourne.

The hard and soft compounds at the 2011 season opener were distinguishable by the colour of the 'Pirelli P...

Posted on Monday, March 28, 2011

Boss criticises FIA after Button penalty

Mar.28 (GMM) Martin Whitmarsh criticised FIA officials after Jenson Button served a drive-through penalty in the Australian grand prix.

The British driver took a short-cut on the inside of Albert Park's high-speed chicane on Sunday as he passed Ferra...

Posted on Monday, March 28, 2011

Horner jokes after Mercedes' Melbourne struggle

Mar.28 (GMM) Christian Horner poked fun at Mercedes after the German team's bad start to the 2011 season.

As the paddock took shape last week in Melbourne, Michael Schumacher predicted the W02 car might be Red Bull's closest challenger this year.

Bu...

Posted on Monday, March 28, 2011

Red Bull to use KERS in Malaysia

Mar.28 (GMM) Red Bull will use KERS at next weekend's Malaysian grand prix.

The reigning champions did not have the energy-recovery system fitted to their RB7 cars in Melbourne as Sebastian Vettel strolled to pole position and the win.

But team boss...

Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2011

Walk in the Park - Australian Grand Prix report

It was a different car on a different track but Sebastian Vettel picked up where he left off with a dominant victory in the Australian Grand Prix, his third win on the bounce but more crucially, he takes a very early advantage in the title race. Having usually started a season poorly – he took 12 points from the first two events in 2010 and failed to score in the first two in 2009 – Vettel set himself the target of starting the season on […]

Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2011

Webber had chassis problem in Australia - Marko

Mar.27 (GMM) Helmut Marko has suggested Mark Webber suffered with a chassis problem in Melbourne.

The Australian was almost nine tenths off dominant teammate Sebastian Vettel in qualifying, before finishing almost 40 seconds down in Sunday's 2011 sea...

Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2011

F1 'laughing' at struggling HRT - reports

Mar.27 (GMM) The media centre fell into sarcastic applause on Saturday when an HRT completed a flying lap.

Germany's Bild newspaper claims the entire paddock "is laughing at Hispania", whose cobbled-together F111 car failed to qualify in Melbourne an...

Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2011

Rivals eye Red Bull's KERS, flex, dominance

Mar.27 (GMM) On race day in Australia, the buzzword is 'mini-KERS'.

After it emerged that runaway pole sitter Sebastian Vettel nor Mark Webber used the energy-recovery system in qualifying, reports emerged that Red Bull's KERS is ultra-compact and li...

Posted on Saturday, March 26, 2011

Stewards say no to HRT 107pc rule exemption

Mar.26 (GMM) HRT applied for an exemption from the 107 pc qualifying rule in Australia but it was thrown out by FIA stewards.

"Our times were not good enough, but given the number of laps we've done this weekend, we probably are not so bad," said the...

Posted on Saturday, March 26, 2011

Pirelli's tyre wear defence 'a bluff' - Panis

Mar.26 (GMM) Olivier Panis has revealed he does not believe Pirelli when F1's new supplier said it designed its 2011 tyres to wear so rapidly.

"Pirelli is a good manufacturer but they're new to formula one and it's normal that it takes them some time...

Posted on Saturday, March 26, 2011

Red Bull 'still way ahead' - Haug

Mar.26 (GMM) Red Bull is keeping cards up its sleeve ahead of the crucial qualifying session in Melbourne.

That is the view of Mercedes' Norbert Haug, who warned that the practice timesheets so far should be read with caution.

"If Sebastian Vettel w...