Kimi Raikkonen has said that there is still more to come from him and Lotus following their victory in Abu Dhabi. Raikkonen took his first win in three years at the Yas Marina Circuit, the 19th of his career. "We did it! It took us a while, but we did it. All the work by the team came good and we were able to show what we knew all along; we have a car that can compete at the front. And more than that, we […]

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Fernando Alonso has said he will go to sleep with the glass 'half full' after fighting his way up to second place in Abu Dhabi. Alonso started from sixth place but was only 0.8s shy of winner Kimi Raikkonen after fifty-five scintillating laps. "I’m happy with the way this weekend turned out. It’s true that with Sebastian last, there was an opportunity to reduce the gap more significantly but it’s equally true that our performance and our grid position could have seen us lose points […]

Lotus F1 Team is honoured to be the first team to take to the new Circuit of the Americas track ahead of the United States Grand Prix at Austin, Texas next month. American racing legend Mario Andretti, actor Patrick Dempsey and Lotus F1 Team third driver Jérôme D’Ambrosio will all complete demonstration runs behind the wheel of the team’s 2010 F1 challenger – the R30 – during the circuit’s Official Opening Ceremony on Sunday October 21. 1978 Formula 1 World Champion Mario Andretti will formally […]

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Formula One tyre supplier Pirelli has announced the tyre nominations for the final three grands prix of the year. In Abu Dhabi, the teams will use the P Zero White medium tyre and the P Zero Yellow soft tyre. For the all-new United States Grand Prix, Pirelli will bring the P Zero Silver hard and P Zero White medium tyre. Exactly the same nomination – hard and medium – will be used for Brazil. The Abu Dhabi race is run in the late afternoon and […]

A provisional 2013 calendar has been sent to teams ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix. The season is scheduled to begin in Australia in March and end in Brazil in November, much like the current season. March 17 Australia (Melbourne) March 24 Malaysia (Sepang) April 14 China (Shanghai) April 21 Bahrain (Sakhir) May 12 Spain (Barcelona) May 26 Monaco (Monte Carlo) June 9 Canada (Montreal) June 16 America (New Jersey) * June 30 Britain (Silverstone) July 21 Germany (Nurburgring) July 28 Hungary (Hungaroring) September 1 […]

The former home of the French Grand Prix, Circuit de Magny Cours, is to host the second Young Driver test after next month's Italian Grand Prix. The circuit has not been used by Formula One since financial problems caused organisers to cancel the 2009 event. It is understood that Mercedes, Ferrari and Force India will use the venue from September 11th to 13th. The past two tests have taken place following the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November, but several teams had voiced concerns about […]

Pirelli’s latest specification of the P Zero Silver hard tyre was scheduled to make its debut in free practice at Silverstone – before the famous British weather decided otherwise. Consequently, the new hard tyre will now be brought to Germany for the drivers to try out in free practice on Friday. They will have two sets of the new tyre on top of their usual allocation of 11 sets, with the P Zero White medium compound and P Zero Yellow soft nominated for Germany. Hockenheim […]

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