Rookie Report: Charles Pic
The young French driver’s appointment came as a bit of a surprise, not least to his eventual team mate Timo Glock who admitted to needing to google him. When he spoke to Auto Motor und Sport Glock quipped, “What does he look like? I think if he’s really coming to [Marussia] then I’ll have to … Continue reading
The 411: Comings and Goings
Petrov replaces Trulli: Biggest news of that day, although for some it had an air of inescapable inevitability, is that Vitaly Petrov has replaced Jarno Trulli at Caterham F1 for the 2012 season. He had remained coy over his future, playing down links to the team and a possible stint with Pirelli as their test … Continue reading
The 411: Big day in the office
Gascoyne gets a promotion: Mike Gascoyne, of Caterham F1, has been named the team’s Chief Technical Officer with immediate effect. Moving on from handling day-to-day operations of the technical department, he will now preside over the proposing, supporting and coordinating of technical initiatives, not only within the Formula One team but the GP2 team as … Continue reading
F1 Fan Soapbox
It is hard not to notice that Formula One fans are fairly opinionated people, in fact take a casual glance through the #F1 twitter tag at any time and there are hundreds of heated conversations about new regulations, platypus noses, and even the merits of waking up in the middle of the night to watch … Continue reading
The 411: Tyres, Trouble and Testing
Pirelli kick-start their season: For the second year running Pirelli are the sole tyre supplier for the Formula One grid, and officially kicking off their season they have revealed the compound allocation for the first three races. Australia and China (first and third race respectively) will feature the same tyres, the P Zero Yellow (soft) … Continue reading
Jerez Testing
The Jerez testing days have been a mixed bag, and so they should be as it’s the first outing for many cars at the beginning of a fresh season. In fact it’s hard to read much into the times offered, firstly due the to the track itself being green, so times would naturally improve over … Continue reading
So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu…
Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow. The off-season does present a double edged sword to the Formula 1 driver, it offers him a touch of respite from the stresses and strains of months of hard competition, but it could also offer the … Continue reading
Rookie F1 