Tag: Gary Paffett
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F1: Jerez testing report 17/09/08
BMW Sauber tester Christian Klien put down a marker for his team in the first full day of Jerez testing after topping the unofficial timesheets.
Tagged as: Circuito de Jerez, F1 testing, Formula One, Gary Paffett, Honda, McLaren, Red Bull Racing
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DTM: how the Brits did at Brands Hatch
This weekend presented a host of options for motorsport fans – you could take your pick from DTM at Brands Hatch, BTCC at Silverstone or Superleague Formula at Donington Park. But wherever you went, you couldn’t escape the weather.
Tagged as: Audi, Brands Hatch, DTM, Gary Paffett, Jamie Green, Katherine Legge, Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Norbert Haug, Oliver Jarvis, Paul di Resta, Susie Stoddart
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Paffett: fans get more from DTM than from F1
McLaren test driver Gary Paffett says he believes the DTM touring car series, in which he currently races, offers fans better value for money than Formula One.
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DTM: Katherine Legge looks forward to Brands Hatch
Yeah, yeah, we know. DTM is tin-top, and we’re supposed to be about open-wheel racing. But we like an excuse to catch up with what Katherine Legge is doing.
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F1: Jerez testing report 22/07/08
Sebastian Vettel’s timesheet-topping performance on the first day of Jerez testing was overshadowed after a malfunctioning component on Christian Klien’s BMW injured a team mechanic.
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F1: Barcelona testing report – June 12
Ferrari tester Luca Badoer topped the timesheet on the first day of Barcelona testing – but didn’t have things entirely his own way. On an opening day that featured unpredictable weather, starting sunny then gradually clouding over until a thunderstorm forced the eight teams testing to abandon the track an hour earlier than expected, BMW’s…
Tagged as: Anthony Davidson, Circuit de Catalunya, David Coulthard, F1 testing, Gary Paffett, Honda, McLaren, Red Bull Racing
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F1: behind the scenes with Gary Paffett
An awful lot of would-be racing drivers probably think Gary Paffett’s got it made – as McLaren’s test driver he’s got a job to die for, regularly getting his hands on one of the world’s top racing machines. On the other hand, what does it feel like to be just one step away from one…
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F1: Prodrive flirts with de la Rosa
The excitement of watching madcap McLaren tester Pedro de la Rosa duelling for race position with his swooping overtakes and seemingly death-defying approaches to his opponents’ exhaust pipes is always guaranteed to make a Grand Prix well worth the trouble of turning on the telly.