May 15, 2012
- Lotus have been one of the surprise packages of 2012 to date. With Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean at the wheel of the quick E20, the Enstone-based team have scored an impressive 84 points from five races and currently lie third in the constructors' standings. After the duo's impressive podium result in Bahrain and Raikkonen's third-place finish in Barcelona on Sunday, Lotus have clearly found their stride...
May 11, 2012
- Despite teams' varying programmes, just a second covered the top ten cars in Friday practice in Barcelona, proof indeed of just how tight things will be this weekend. Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel is riding high on the back of his Bahrain win and a positive Mugello test which has almost certainly boosted the RB8's performance. Now he wants to plant it on pole on Saturday
May 10, 2012
- A glance at the 2012 driver standings shows that in terms of points at least, just like Nico Rosberg at Mercedes, Paul di Resta is the man currently delivering for Force India. Fresh from his eight-point haul in Bahrain - but a less satisfactory Mugello test - Di Resta is looking to continue his upward trajectory in Barcelona this weekend
April 30, 2012
- Sauber have announced a ground-breaking new partnership with British Premier League football club Chelsea FC. At the recent Chinese and Bahrain rounds the Saubers included the mysterious inscriptions 'Out of the Blue' and 'True Blue' on their engine covers to pique interest, but from next month's Spanish event the club's official logo - in the team's distinctive blue - will have pride of place on the C31s. A partnership like this between Formula One and football has never existed before in...
April 26, 2012
- Red Bull may have bounced back to their winning ways in Bahrain but there was another success story from Sakhir, courtesy of Force India's Paul di Resta. Despite high tyre wear at the circuit, Di Resta excelled after brilliantly exploiting his brave two-stop strategy to record the team's highest finish so far this year with sixth place. The young Scot was the only driver to resist the call of a third pit stop and, although he started to struggle on his final set of rubber with over 10 laps to...
- Williams' reserve driver Valtteri Bottas will test for the British team on the opening day of next week's Mugello session. Bottas will take to the Italian track on Tuesday, whilst Bruno Senna and Pastor Maldonado will be in action on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. Since becoming the team's reserve late last year, the Finn has enjoyed plenty of time behind the wheel of the FW34. As well as a pre-season test outing, the 2011 GP3 champion has participated in Friday practice sessions at the...
April 24, 2012
- After consecutive points-scoring finishes in Malaysia and China, Williams endured a frustrating Bahrain event. And with both Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna retiring from the race, the British team find themselves down in seventh in the constructors' standings. Chief operations engineer Mark Gillan discusses the Sakhir race
April 23, 2012
- Can the 2012 season get any more competitive? Four rounds, four winning drivers, four winning teams - that hasn't happened since 1983! Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull added their names to the list in Bahrain, proving you should never write off the reigning champions. Not only that, Lotus made good on their recent promise, with Kimi Raikkonen pushing Vettel all the way, suggesting their first 2012 victory is also near
April 22, 2012
- Ahead of Sunday's Bahrain event, many had predicted an unexpected result. And as far as second and third positions were concerned, the pundits were proved right, with Lotus drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean racing their way on to the podium. Sebastian Vettel's victory from pole position, however, was less of a surprise even though the defending world champion had to fight hard to stay ahead. Vettel discusses his win at Sakhir
- Drivers: 1 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 2 - Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus), 3 - Romain Grosjean (Lotus). Q: Congratulations Sebastian. As defending champion it's always nice to get your first win of the season, even if it is at the fourth time of asking. Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, I think it was an incredible race. Extremely tough. Sometimes we had a decent gap but still even from the start we had