Marussia needs to get the basics right before worrying about KERS, Timo Glock explained on the eve of the 2012 season. The experienced German, and his rookie teammate Charles Pic, enter the new season with essentially no testing, after the former Virgin team struggled to push its new car - the MR01 - through the FIA's mandatory crash tests. Last year, the Cosworth-powered team was soundly beaten by its closest rival Team Lotus, who as well as changing its name to Caterham for 2012 has […]

F1 engine supplier Renault is now devoting 70 percent of its efforts into the sport's new 6-cylinder turbo formula for 2014. This year's championship and the next are the last in which the cars will be powered by the current generation of normally-aspirated V8s. "We are now working 70 percent on the new engine," Red Bull supplier Renault Sport F1's Jean-Francois Caubet told Germany's Auto Bild. "Next year it will be 100 percent," he added. Renault also supplies the Lotus, Williams and Caterham teams. The […]

Press Release, 12th March 2012 With two months still to go before the start of the season, the field for the 2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series is already complete. On the grid will be 13 teams and 26 drivers with an average age under 21 and representing 13 countries. And with the leading Formula One-backed driver development programmes all involved, the standard has rarely been higher. The new Formula Renault 3.5 Series season does not get under way until 5 May, with the first collective testing […]

Alexander Rossi has today been confirmed as Caterham F1 Team’s Test Driver, joining Race Drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Vitaly Petrov, and Reserve Driver Giedo van der Garde in the Anglo / Malaysian team’s driver line-up. In his F1 role he will be taking part in FP1 sessions in 2012, helping him to gain further experience at the highest level of global motorsport and further embedding him within the Caterham F1 Team. In addition, Alexander has confirmed today that he will be competing for the second […]

Bruno Senna has confirmed reports he has signed with Williams for a single season only. The former HRT and Renault driver, reportedly taking EUR 14 million in sponsorship to the famous Oxfordshire based team, is guaranteed the seat for 2012 only. With countryman Felipe Massa's Ferrari contract also expiring this year, the situation raises the prospect that there will be no Brazilians in F1 in 2013. "All drivers, Brazilian or not, have great pressure to deliver results," Senna is quoted by Agencia Estado. "Of course […]

T03 Barcelona - Day Four Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona - 4th March 2012 Driver: Vitaly Petrov Chassis: CT01-#3 Total laps: 101 Best lap: 1.22.795 Vitaly Petrov: “I am more than happy with how we went today. The team has done a fantastic job all day and we’ve been improving in every area each time we went out. I had my new seat today so I’m really starting to get comfortable in the car and the laptimes are coming down, the setup is improving and everything […]

T03 Barcelona - Day Three Circuito de Catalunya, Barcelona - 3rd March 2012 Driver: Heikki Kovalainen Chassis: CT01-#3 Total laps: 64 Best lap: 1.22.630 (lap 43) Heikki Kovalainen: “A pretty good day. We were able to complete this morning’s plan and we have found a good direction on setup that is giving me real confidence in the balance which is what we wanted before we head to Melbourne. The afternoon session was cut short by the rain but not before we had finished the tests […]

Circuito de Catalunya, Barcelona - 2nd March 2012 Driver: Heikki Kovalainen Chassis: CT01-#3 Total laps: 104 Best lap: 1.23.828 Heikki Kovalainen: “I’m pleased with how today has gone. I’m still not quite 100% after a bit of food poisoning kept me away from the track yesterday, but I’m pretty much over it and the way today has gone is good news. We keep going in the right direction and seem to have put the little issues that were holding us up behind us and the […]

Romain Grosjean set the fastest time for the second successive day after a lap of 1.22.614 was quick enough to leave Barcelona on top. The Frenchman will hand over his E20 to Kimi Raikkonen for the remaining two days. Grosjean also completed race simulation that featured some fast, consistent times as he pounded around the Circuit de Catalunya 123 times - more than any of his rivals. The day got off to a slow start after heavy fog postponed running for half an hour. The […]

After a tough week at Barcelona, Caterham have announced plans to run an aero test at the IDIADA Automotive Facility on Monday, which will be carried out by Finnish driver Heikki Kovalainen. After the team replaced F1 veteran Jarno Trulli with Russian driver Vitaly Petrov last week, Caterham have been making various changes to their car to accommodate their new driver. This has included great amounts of setup work, with the team searching for the best setup for the Russian driver. “We spent quite a […]

T02 Barcelona - Day Four Circuito de Catalunya, Barcelona - 24th February 2012 Driver: Heikki Kovalainen Chassis: CT01-#2 Total laps: 70 Best lap: 1.26.968 Heikki Kovalainen: “This is the sort of test you look back on and think we’re pleased to have got behind us, but we have still learnt a lot here and have ironed out quite a few issues that could have been more serious later in the season. Things haven’t exactly gone as we would have liked, but I think we all […]

Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi ended the second test in Barcelona atop the timing screens after a morning lap of 1:22.312 was fast enough to ensure his place above his rivals. The final day of the test saw hefty running for most drivers. Pacesetter Kobayashi lapped the Circuit de Catalunya 145 times, closely followed by Nico Rosberg (139) and Pastor Maldonado (134). Most of Friday's red flags were caused by teams running low fuel tests, although Paul di Resta lost the rear of his VJM05 exiting Campsa […]