Tag: F1 testing
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F1: Bahrain and Jerez testing reports 11/02/2008
The sand in Bahrain is mainly on the racetrack, it would appear, after a second day of testing at the Middle Eastern circuit was held up by a sandstorm.
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F1: Bahrain and Jerez testing reports 10/02/2008
Timo Glock put in a surprise fastest lap in Bahrain to put himself at the top of the unofficial timesheet ahead of Felipe Massa and Robert Kubica. Meanwhile, in Jerez, Sebastian Buemi continued his reign and Milton Keynes’ finest engineering was on display.
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F1: Portimao testing report 22/01/2009
And the big news from Thursday’s F1 test session in Portugal is… that there’s nothing to report after a day when the weather was the only player in town.
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F1: Portimao testing report 21/01/2009
Damp conditions on Portugal’s Algarve saw a subdued start to Lewis Hamilton’s 2009 campaign as he took the wheel of the McLaren MP4-24 on his first public outing with the car.
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F1: Portimao testing report 20/01/2009
It was close to being ‘as you were’ on day two of the inaugural 2009 test at the Portimao circuit as Sebastien Buemi topped the timesheet again. Only the kind of weather that would raise eyebrows in Britain, never mind on The Algarve, introduced a note of drama.
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F1: Portimao testing report 19/01/2008
Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi, one of the newest drivers on the F1 grid, brought his timesheet-topping habits into the new year as he continued to make a splash in winter testing.
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A1GP: Test car gets a crack at new Portimao circuit
So, what’s all the fuss about with this new European circuit, we hear you cry? No sooner have McLaren and Ferrari tested there than GP2 announces it will hold its season finale on the Algarve and A1GP takes its car for a run-out.
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F1: Jerez and Portimao test reports 17/12/08
Sebastian Vettel wrested back his crown as Red Bull’s leading young Turk after having been uncharacteristically outpointed by the team’s test driver.
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F1: Jerez and Portimao test reports 16/12/08
We’re not saying it’s quite time to recall the processional days of Michael Schumacher – but we’re handing out no prizes for guessing who topped the timesheets at Jerez yet again yesterday…
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F1: Jerez and Portimao test reports 15/12/08
F1 testing has continued at two venues this week, with five of the nine teams furthering work on their 2009-spec cars.