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Posted on Friday, March 11, 2011

Too early to write off McLaren - de la Rosa

Mar.11 (GMM) Pedro de la Rosa insists it is "too early" for anyone to write off McLaren ahead of the 2011 season.

It was actually the British team's own race drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button who had admitted the MP4-26 is not currently a titl...

Posted on Thursday, March 10, 2011

Webber refuses to rule out Ferrari threat

Mark Webber has refused to rule out Ferrari as favourites for the start of the 2011 Formula 1 season in Melbourne, despite most of Red Bull's rivals pointing to the RB7 as being the pace-setter through testing.The Australian says that while testing for...

Posted on Thursday, March 10, 2011

Q and A with Vitaly Petrov

Vitaly Petrov will complete his winter testing programme today at Barcelona, but the Russian admits he doesn't know where his Renault team stands.AUTOSPORT caught up with Petrov ahead of his final day of testing.Q. How was your day?Vitaly Petrov: Not b...

Posted on Thursday, March 10, 2011

Reliability a concern for Trulli

Jarno Trulli admits the reliability of his Lotus car is still a concern ahead of the start of the season in Australia."Yes, at the moment we still have a lot of stuff that is not correct, and causes some concern," Trulli said in Barcelona following the...

Posted on Thursday, March 10, 2011

Liuzzi looks ahead with new F1 seat, manager

Mar.10 (GMM) Vitantonio Liuzzi is looking to the future this week rather than back at a stop-start formula one career so far.

After being ousted by Force India despite having a 2011 contract, the 29-year-old Italian will complete the grid this season...

Posted on Wednesday, March 9, 2011

GPDA to discuss moveable wing

The Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA) is to meet with the FIA in Barcelona on Wednesday evening, AUTOSPORT has learned, to talk through any concerns they have about Formula 1's latest rules - including moveable rear wings.With only a few weeks lef...

Posted on Wednesday, March 9, 2011

More of the same as Webber flies in Spain

Mar.9 (GMM) After topping the times in the field-leading Red Bull, Mark Webber told reporters in Barcelona that he is tiring of their stale questions.

"It's a bit like a stuck record," said the Australian when asked if his relationship with his teamm...

Posted on Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Perez eyes points from the outset

Sergio Perez is optimistic that he can challenge for points immediately when he gets his Formula 1 career underway with Sauber in Melbourne at the end of this month.The 2010 GP2 runner-up has shown encouraging form through winter testing so far and was...

Posted on Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Webber: RBR ready for season to start

Mark Webber says Red Bull Racing is 'ready' to take its new car into battle for the first race of the season, after another encouraging day of testing at Barcelona on Tuesday.With the new RB7 widely tipped as one of the favourites for victory when the ...

Posted on Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Button: McLaren behind Red Bull, Ferrari

Jenson Button says he is not expecting his McLaren team to be able to match the likes of Red Bull and Ferrari when the season kicks off in Australia later this month.The Briton, however, admitted he has been impressed with his car's progress since the ...

Posted on Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Q and A: Heidfeld on Renault progress

Nick Heidfeld had to call a halt to his test day with Renault at Catalunya this morning due to lingering illness.But he was still well enough to talk to the media, so AUTOSPORT caught up with him to hear how things were going at RenaultQ. First of all,...

Posted on Monday, March 7, 2011

Final test to reveal true tyre picture

Pirelli says this week's Barcelona test is set to confirm that drivers will be making two or three pitstops per grand prix this season, as the teams conduct their most accurate race simulations yet at the Spanish track.All four Pirelli compounds have b...