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Posted on Thursday, March 24, 2011

Glock getting comfortable after appendix surgery

Mar.24 (GMM) Timo Glock is confident he will feel comfortable at the wheel this weekend despite only recently recovering from appendix surgery.

The German had to skip the final Barcelona test but he insists he will be at full speed when he practices ...

Posted on Thursday, March 24, 2011

New McLaren exhaust is like Red Bull's - report

Mar.24 (GMM) McLaren's new exhaust and floor is a last-minute copy of the Red Bull layout, rather than a reversion to a truly conventional system.

That is the claim of Auto Motor und Sport, after team boss Martin Whitmarsh ordered the scrapping of th...

Posted on Thursday, March 24, 2011

Mercedes car has third pedal for adjustable wing

Mar.24 (GMM) Ross Brawn has laughed at reports of a possible driver strike over the complexity of operating KERS and adjustable rear wings in 2011.

"Because it's hard to do both!" he told Auto Motor und Sport when asked about the complaints, but reve...

Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2011

F1 figures say Vettel favourite for 2011

Mar.22 (GMM) Leading F1 bosses believe Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull are well-placed to defend their titles in 2011.

"The favourite is always the reigning champion, so it's Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull," Mercedes' Norbert Haug is quoted by Germany's...

Posted on Friday, March 18, 2011

Big teams pay parts suppliers more - Gascoyne

Mar.18 (GMM) Even in the race for suppliers, F1's better funded bigger teams are winning the race.

That is the claim of Team Lotus technical director Mike Gascoyne, after a report in Germany's Auto Motor und Sport said the grandees are paying the lim...

Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2011

McLaren has least reliable car for 2011

Mar.17 (GMM) McLaren was the least reliable team of the 2011 pre-season.

An analysis by Germany's Auto Motor und Sport shows that, excluding HRT who did not run a new car at all during the winter tests, Ferrari's 150 Italia did the most mileage.

And...

Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2011

New McLaren a second too slow - Hamilton

Mar.16 (GMM) McLaren's 2011 car is at least a second off the pace, according to Lewis Hamilton.

After ending the final Barcelona test as the fourteenth fastest driver overall, the 2008 world champion insisted to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport that th...

Posted on Monday, March 14, 2011

Williams to use KERS in Australia

Mar.14 (GMM) Williams' FW33 car will feature its KERS system for the season opening Australian grand prix next weekend.

Rubens Barrichello had admitted last week that the British team was considering not using the system in Melbourne due to not fully...

Posted on Monday, March 14, 2011

Vettel says Melbourne overtaking zone confusing

Mar.14 (GMM) Drivers will be allowed to activate their adjustable rear wings on the pit straight during next weekend's Australian grand prix.

The overtaking zone for the Albert Park track was formally decided during a recent F1 team meeting with the ...

Posted on Monday, March 14, 2011

Gascoyne admits KERS for Lotus unlikely

Mar.14 (GMM) Mike Gascoyne has admitted it is unlikely Team Lotus' 2011 car will ever feature a KERS system.

The Renault-powered T128 was designed without the energy recovery technology in mind, but chief operating officer Keith Saunt said last month...

Posted on Friday, March 11, 2011

Pirelli two-stop strategy 'impossible' - Sutil

Mar.11 (GMM) Adrian Sutil has reinforced the view that three or even four-stop pit strategies will be commonplace in 2011.

The Force India driver did a race simulation at the Barcelona test on Thursday.

"We tried to do a two stop strategy," he told ...

Posted on Friday, March 11, 2011

Glock back with doctors after Barcelona visit

Mar.11 (GMM) After spending Thursday as a spectator at the Barcelona test, Timo Glock returned to Switzerland.

Auto Motor und Sport reports that the Virgin driver, who has sat out the entire test following an appendectomy, will be back with the docto...