2010 February archive
F1 Fanatic round-up: 5/2/2010 5th February 2010, 0:05
Today round three of the GP2 Asia championship takes place at Abu Dhabi – three months after rounds one and two which took place at the same venue supporting the F1 Grand Prix. British fans can watch live coverage on Eurosport at 2pm, and there will be a report up on F1 Fanatic afterwards. There’s [...]
Virgin VR-01′s track debut (Pictures) 4th February 2010, 22:36
Virgin Racing have run their VR-01 for the first time at Silverstone. See below for pictures of Timo Glock driving the car around the Stowe circuit. Update: Pictures of Lucas di Grassi’s Friday test in the VR-01 added. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
Heidfeld gets Mercedes third driver role
Mercedes has confirmed Nick Heidfeld will be their third driver in 2010. The news means Heidfeld will not be on the grid for the first time since the end of the 2005 season, when he was sidelined with injury. He has contested 167 Grands Prix since 2000. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
F1 Fanatic round-up: 4/2/2010
Only one team is doing any testing today – Virgin Racing, who are shaking down their striking new VR-01 at Silverstone. Pictures are expected later on today. There’s some murmurs of discontent about the FOTA F1 Fans Survey and suggestions we should create a better one of our own. What do you think? Read on [...]
F1 testing review: Valencia (Pictures) 3rd February 2010, 15:39
Ferrari look to have made a clean break from their disappointing 2009 campaign after lapping quickest on all three days of the first F1 test. The early signs are BMW Sauber are closest to them on performance, with McLaren not far behind as well. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
F1 testing pictures: February 3rd
Today sees the final day of F1 testing at Valencia. Here are some pictures from the test where Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso are among those in action. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
Virgin Racing launch VR-01 (Pictures)
Virgin Racing are the first of the new F1 teams to launch their 2010 car. See below for more pictures and information about the VR-01. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
2010 F1 testing: February 3rd
Much of the world’s media will be focused on Michael Schumacher’s return to test for Mercedes again today. Meanwhile two other world champions will get their first official runs with their new teams – Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari F10 and Jenson Button driving the McLaren MP4-25. Join us for day three of testing below. [...]
F1 Fanatic round-up: 3/2/2010
As well as being the last day of the Valencia test, today we will also see the launch of the first of the ‘new’ F1 teams. Virgin Racing are revealing the car online at 10am (British time) – you can watch it all on their website and we’ll have pictures of the car here too. [...]
Stefan GP believe two teams in trouble 2nd February 2010, 17:31
Zoran Stefanovic believes there are two entries which may fail to get on the grid in 2010. The owner of potential F1 entrant Stefan GP told F1 Fanatic: “Our sources tell us two teams are having problems.” His team is carrying on its preparations for the 2010 F1 season despite not having an entry to [...]
