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Pirelli promises more excitement
January 25th, 2012
Pirelli has promised Formula 1 fans that it will deliver even more exciting racing in 2012 thanks to a more aggressive approach with its tyre compounds. At a season launch media event in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, Pirelli revealed that it was closing up the gap between compounds for the season ahead to ensure that drivers and teams faced a challenging time at race weekends.
Petrov in frame for Pirelli test role
January 25th, 2012
Vitaly Petrov is in the frame to land a test driving role with Pirelli for 2012 if he fails to land a race seat for the season ahead. The Russian, who has most recently been linked with a drive at Caterham following his dismissal from Renault at the end of last season, made a surprise appearance on Wednesday at a Pirelli press event in Abu Dhabi
Raikkonen ‘very positive’ after test
January 24th, 2012
Kimi Raikkonen said he was feeling ‘very positive’ after concluding a two-day test at the Valencia circuit on Tuesday. The 2007 world champion returned to the cockpit of an F1 car for the first time in over two years yesterday, as he began his preparations to race in 2012 with the Lotus team.
Marussia team revises testing plans
January 24th, 2012
The Marussia F1 team has revised its pre-season plans and will not attend the first test at Jerez in order to concentrate on the development of the new car.
De la Rosa calm over new HRT car
January 24th, 2012
Pedro de la Rosa insists HRT’s production of its new car is going to plan and is still hopeful he will be able to drive it during the second pre-season test at Barcelona. The Spanish squad is working flat out to have its new single-seater ready in time for testing and, despite suggestions that there are delays with it, de la Rosa says he is staying calm. HRT is set to test its 2011 car in the opening session at Jerez, but de la Rosa is still hopeful the team will be able to run with the 2012 machine in the second test at Barcelona on February 21
D’Ambrosio joins Lotus as third driver
January 24th, 2012
Jerome D’Ambrosio will be the Lotus team’s third driver during the 2012 season, the outfit announced on Tuesday. The Belgian, who made his grand prix debut with the Virgin Racing team last year, was left without a racing seat after the squad signed Charles Pic to partner Timo Glock in 2012. D’Ambrosio will attend all races this year, working with race drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean.
Raikkonen to ramp up test on day two
January 23rd, 2012
Kimi Raikkonen is set for more intense running on the second day of his comeback Formula 1 test with Lotus on Tuesday. The Finn completed just over 300km in a 2010-specification Renault R30 at Valencia on Monday using three sets of Pirelli’s very durable demonstration tyres. He has four sets of Pirellis available for Tuesday’s running and is scheduled to complete more laps than on the first day as the team is hoping to give him more long runs as part of a wider-ranging programme.
Lotus: Raikkonen showed his class
January 23rd, 2012
Lotus’s trackside operations director Alan Permane said Kimi Raikkonen proved on his first day back in a Formula 1 cockpit that his return to grand prix racing can be a success. Raikkonen is spending two days testing a 2010 Renault at Valencia this week as he settles back into F1 after two seasons in the World Rally Championship. No times were released from today’s test, and Raikkonen’s pace would not be representative as he is using demonstration tyres and an older car, but Permane said his quality had shown through
FIA: Reactive ride offered aero benefit
January 23rd, 2012
Reactive suspension systems were banned from Formula 1 once it became clear to the FIA that their principle benefit was aerodynamic, AUTOSPORT has learned. The governing body wrote to teams on Friday informing them that, in its view, the mechanical concepts pioneered by Lotus and Ferrari and being looked at by other teams would be in contravention of the rules if they were used to help the aerodynamics of the cars. This came despite the initial idea for the hydraulic devices, activated by brake torque, being given the green light as long ago as January last year
Raikkonen: I’ll need time to settle in
January 23rd, 2012
Kimi Raikkonen thinks it will still take him some time to fully return to his best in Formula 1, despite quickly settling back into the cockpit of a grand prix car at Valencia on Monday. The former world champion has begun a two-day test in a 2010-spec Renault R30 in a bid to reacclimatise himself with F1 machinery prior to his first run in the team’s 2012 machine at Jerez next month.
Webber to conduct first 2012 RBR test
January 23rd, 2012
Mark Webber will get the first run in the new Red Bull RB8 when the champion team begins testing at Jerez on February 7. Reigning drivers’ champion Sebastian Vettel will wait until 9 February before he tries the 2012 machine for the first time, as Webber has been granted the first two days of the four-day test in Spain
Ecclestone still confident over Bahrain
January 23rd, 2012
Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says there are no doubts in his head that the Bahrain Grand Prix will take place this year – despite ongoing question marks about its future. With reports of continued political trouble still appearing in the media, there has been speculation that the event could face a repeat of the scenario 12 months ago when it had to be cancelled. But Ecclestone is adamant that the race, which is scheduled to take place on April 22, will go ahead because he does not see any issue with events going on in the Gulf state
New Lotus passes final crash tests
January 23rd, 2012
Kimi Raikkonen will definitely have his new Lotus ready for the first Formula 1 pre-season test after his outfit passed the last of its mandatory crash tests on Monday morning, AUTOSPORT can reveal. As the former world champion began a private test at Valencia in Spain in a 2010-spec R30, exclusive pictures of which can be seen here , sources have confirmed his Enstone-based team was completing the last of its crash tests. For the first time this year, F1 teams must pass the stringent FIA crash tests before they are allowed to run their cars on track – as opposed to only being required to do so for the first race of the campaign
Spy shot: Raikkonen tests old Renault
January 23rd, 2012
Kimi Raikkonen has returned to the wheel of a Formula 1 car for the first time since the end of 2009, driving a two-year-old Renault R30 at Valencia as he reacclimatises himself to the sport with Lotus. Raikkonen arrived at the track at 0830 CET and took to the wheel of a two-year-old Renault R30 car – painted in Lotus’s contemporary black and gold livery and using Pirelli’s demonstration-spec rubber – for an installation lap just after 0900. The Finn is taking part in a two-day session designed to help him reacclimatise himself with grand prix machinery
Symonds: 2011 Virgin had potential
January 22nd, 2012
Marussia Racing consultant Pat Symonds believes that the team’s 2011 car had very good potential in some areas but was badly hamstrung by poor aerodynamics. After relying solely on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for its first two designs, the ex-Virgin team is embracing windtunnel technology as part of its design restructuring, which has also seen the exit of former partner Wirth Research and the announcement of a new collaboration with McLaren
Austin track begins ticketing process
January 22nd, 2012
The Circuit of the Americas has begun the process of offering tickets for the Austin venue’s inaugural Formula 1 grand prix in November this year, launching a ‘Select Seating Wait List’ for its opening events. The venue has also released further artist’s impressions of the track, construction of which is expected to be completed in August . From Monday, fans will be able to register for ‘personal seat licences’ via the track website , giving them first call on premium grandstand seating and suites for events at the new venue.
Horner excited to see STR duo’s fight
January 21st, 2012
Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner says Toro Rosso’s new pairing Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne are among the most exciting rising talents on the Formula 1 scene, and is intrigued to see how their battle to earn future RBR chances pans out. Ricciardo and Vergne were announced as Toro Rosso’s 2012 line-up last month, with Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari dropped to make way for the two Red Bull proteges.
Reactive ride height banned for 2012
January 21st, 2012
Formula 1 teams have been told that the reactive suspension system pioneered by Lotus has been banned for the 2012 season.
Lotus to reveal ’12 car on website
January 20th, 2012
Kimi Raikkonen will get his first taste of the new Lotus Formula 1 car when it runs for the first time at Jerez on February 7, two days after the car is revealed on the team’s new website. The team has announced that it will reveal its 2012 contender, which carries the comeback hopes of the 2007 Formula 1 world champion after two years away from the sport, live on its new website – www.lotusf1team.com – at 1700 CET on Sunday February 5
Marussia targets second test for new car
January 20th, 2012
Marussia is planning to run its 2012 car at the second pre-season test at Barcelona, with technical consultant Pat Symonds revealing it will be virtually an all-new design from last year’s chassis. With Symonds having taken over the technical direction of the outfit following the departure of Nick Wirth, the team has been making the most of a tie-up with McLaren to produce a car that will deliver a good step forward



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