New Williams driver Bruno Senna expressed his satisfaction after another day of running in the FW34. Senna, 28, completed 125 laps despite causing two red flags when his car ground to a halt. "It’s been another productive day with us testing a number of different set-up directions and finding out a lot more about the car". He said. "The car has continued to show good reliability as we completed 124 laps today, which is very satisfying. I’m happy to have started my first two days […]

JEREZ TEST DAY TWO WEDNESDAY 8 FEBRUARY, 2012 Driver: Pastor Maldonado Chassis / engine: FW34-01 / RS27-5326/1 Location: Jerez de la Frontera 4.428km Objectives: Set-up work and long runs Weather: Dry and sunny Ambient & track temps: 12ºC / 15ºC Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: We successfully completed the majority of our planned test programme today with Pastor covering 97 laps. We performed a mixture of mechanical and aerodynamic set-up tests, in addition to continued engine and KERS systems checks. Bruno will have his first […]

Williams unveiled its 2012-spec car, the FW34, at 0830 CET today on the first day of testing at Jerez. The FW34 was rolled out into the pitlane for a photocall with drivers Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna prior to the start of the testing session. Maldonado will drive the FW34 for the first two days and Senna will step into the car on Thursday. The four-day test of the first pre-season testing session is set to take place at the Jerez circuit from February 7-11. […]

Rubens Barrichello is not yet writing off his Formula 1 career. But the veteran Brazilian, who has lost his Williams race seat on the eve of his 20th consecutive season, has admitted he might emerge on the 2012 Indycar grid. Regarding F1, he told Brazil's Jornal Nacional: "If it happens, it will be a great thing. "If not, I had the feeling for nineteen years. If you're asking 'Do I want it to happen" then I do! Because it was always my life. "So Formula […]

America's premier open wheeler Indycar series has emerged as a possible option for Rubens Barrichello in 2012. After 19 consecutive seasons in Formula 1, the 39-year-old veteran has been left without a race seat after Williams signed his Brazilian countryman Bruno Senna. Former Ferrari driver Barrichello, a winner of 11 grands prix, has previously said he will not look to Indycar racing once his F1 career ends. "I think at first I won't look for anything. Perhaps I'll just enjoy my family for a year. […]

Pastor Maldonado trusts he will enjoy a better car for his second season in Formula 1. The 2010 GP2 champion, whose sponsors now pay handsomely for his F1 race seat, made his debut alongside Rubens Barrichello and scored one of Williams' five points last year. Retained for the forthcoming season, 26-year-old Maldonado said he is feeling "calmer" for 2012. "I trust the team that the car we have made will be much more competitive than we had last season," the EFE news agency quotes the […]

Rubens Barrichello will struggle to adapt to life after Formula 1, according to 1996 world champion Damon Hill. Throughout most of Hill's entire career, he shared the grand prix circuits with Barrichello, who has gone on to set the outright record for the number of races contested. But now 39, the veteran Brazilian has lost his Williams race seat and this year will therefore almost certainly be missing from the grid for the first time since 1992. According to Hill, who retired at the end […]

Tuesday's news from the Williams factory was another serious blow to the formula one career of German driver Adrian Sutil. Having lost his Force India race seat and with a grievous bodily harm trial imminently looming, the 29-year-old was hoping to keep his career alive by replacing Rubens Barrichello at Williams. Instead, that job has gone to Bruno Senna, making 2012 a "transitional year" for Sutil, according to his manager Manfred Zimmermann. "The negotiations with Williams were already over in mid December, because there were […]

Rubens Barrichello is so far refusing to comment after losing his Williams race seat this week to countryman Bruno Senna. The news looks set to end F1's longest-ever driver career, with the only other vacant seat for 2012 - at HRT - expected to go to the highest bidder. O Estado de S.Paulo newspaper contacted 39-year-old Barrichello on Tuesday but found the veteran Brazilian unwilling to talk for now. "I will speak later, firstly with friendly journalists," promised Barrichello, who since 1993 has contested 326 […]

Q: Now you’ve been confirmed as a Williams driver, what are your thoughts heading into 2012? BS: I’m really happy to be a part of a team with such a fantastic heritage. I am very proud that Williams has chosen me to race in what will be an important year for them. Everyone is extremely motivated for 2012 and it is great to be part of that motivation. It is true that they didn’t have the best season last year, but it is clear that […]

Bruno Senna's chances of staying on the Formula One grid in 2012 remain more than alive. That is the claim of one of the Brazilian's powerful sponsors, who mid last season helped Senna to take over Nick Heidfeld's race seat at Renault/Lotus. Just after the 28-year-old joined the team and the sponsor deal with oil company OGX was announced, a spokesman for Senna confirmed the driver's links with the holding company EBX. At the helm is multi billionaire Eike Batista, who according to Forbes is […]

Bruno Senna could bring a new title sponsor to Williams. A spokeswoman for the beleaguered British team has confirmed to the Telegraph that American telecommunications multinational AT&T is no longer its title sponsor. "We have reached the conclusion of our partnership, the contract expired on December 31 by mutual agreement," she said. The Reuters news agency said Williams, ninth in the constructors' championship last season, is in "advanced negotiations" over title sponsorship with another telecommunications company. Finland's Turun Sanomat said one candidate is Embratel, a […]