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Posted on Monday, February 21, 2011

Haug admits new Mercedes not in top ten - Haug

Feb.21 (GMM) A confusing message emerged from the Mercedes camp as formula one teams tested in Barcelona.

Late on Saturday, the German marque's Norbert Haug appeared to admit that the W02 is not as good as the Brackley based team would like it to be....

Posted on Friday, February 18, 2011

Hard to copy Renault exhaust concept - Costa

Feb.18 (GMM) It would not be the work of a day to emulate the Renault-like front exhaust system, Ferrari technical director Aldo Costa has admitted.

Of the innovative ideas seen so far in 2011, the R31's forward-exiting exhausts looks potentially the...

Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Reports - new McLaren too radical for 2011 success?

Feb.16 (GMM) Less than a month before the 2011 season begins, one major unknown is the likely performance of the new McLaren car.

Specialist reports in Italy (Autosprint) and Germany (Auto Motor und Sport) say the British team's MP4-26 will be the mo...

Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Williams denies running underweight car at Jerez

Feb.16 (GMM) Williams has rubbished claims it set the fastest time of last week's Jerez test by running an underweight car.

Rubens Barrichello's best lap was comfortably faster than any of his 23 rival drivers, moving one unnamed competitor to declar...

Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Driver doubts Williams have fastest car

Feb.15 (GMM) An unnamed formula one driver has expressed doubt that Williams is truly ready to return to the top of the timesheets.

Rubens Barrichello ended the recent Jerez test with the very quickest time, set at the wheel of the Oxfordshire based ...

Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Karthikeyan not complaining about HRT, Pirelli

Feb.15 (GMM) Narain Karthikeyan has played down reports about Pirelli's 2011 tyres, and also the driveability of the HRT car.

The Indian, who has been signed by the struggling Spanish team for 2011, had not driven a F1 car since 2007 when he was a te...

Posted on Monday, February 14, 2011

Pirelli to supply hard tyre at first races - report

Feb.14 (GMM) Based on the first two tests of the 2011 group pre-season, new official supplier Pirelli has already decided upon which tyre compounds to take to the first four grands prix of 2011.

Auto Motor und Sport said that amid complaints of sever...

Posted on Monday, February 14, 2011

Champions Red Bull retain pace lead for 2011

Feb.14 (GMM) The test timesheets have been confusing so far, but Red Bull is apparently still on top of the formula one world.

Since pre-season group testing kicked off this month in Valencia and Jerez, a plethora of other teams - notably Renault, Me...

Posted on Monday, February 14, 2011

Schumacher fast lap was 'a show for Germany' - Webber

Feb.14 (GMM) Mark Webber cynically raised his eyebrows after Michael Schumacher set the fastest test time at Jerez last Friday.

It had only been one day after Nico Rosberg sounded pessimistic following his stint in the new Mercedes, triggering a wave...

Posted on Monday, February 14, 2011

Renault set to confirm Heidfeld on Monday

Feb.14 (GMM) Renault is expected to announce on Monday that Nick Heidfeld has been selected as injured Robert Kubica's replacement for the start of the 2011 season.

Injured Pole Kubica will be recovering from injuries suffered in a rally crash for mo...

Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011

Marko: STR drivers are not safe

Helmut Marko has warned Toro Rosso duo Sebastien Buemi & Jaime Alguersuari that their seats are not secure for the duration of the 2011 season.
Toro Rosso has Australian Daniel Ricciardo as a third driver this season, and he has already tested the car in Jerez. Ricciardo will also test on some Friday practice sessions in place of Buemi or Alguersuari.

Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011

Kubica must be patient for F1 comeback - Webber

Feb.11 (GMM) Despite suffering broken bones in two falls in recent history, Mark Webber has revealed that he still loves mountain bike riding.

The Australian driver was commenting on Robert Kubica's new battle to recover from horrific injuries suffer...