Toro Rosso in action at Imola (Video)

Toro Rosso returned to the Imola circuit, last used by F1 for the 2006 San Marino Grand Prix, to do some laps with their STR5.
Jaime Alguersuari was at the wheel for what looks like a promotional filming day rather than a test.
Imola has undergone a few changes since F1 last appeared there. The chicane [...]

Why fuel is so important in 2010 (Video)

The video above supplied by Shell and Ferrari does a good job of explaining the extra importance fuel technology will play in 2010.
The ban on refuelling means the teams now have to carry an entire load of fuel with them for a race. Fuel companies like Shell can help F1 teams get a performance advantage [...]

Video lap of the new Bahrain circuit

Red Bull have used their F1 simulator to produce a video lap of the revised Bahrain Grand Prix circuit.
Mark Webber narrates and drives the lap of the track which will hold the first practice session of the 2010 season in one weeks’ time. See below for the video.

Massa’s helmet-cam lap of Jerez (Video)

We don’t see enough helmet-cams in F1 – the last time I remember seeing one was during David Coulthard’s final appearance at Interlagos in 2008.
Happily Felipe Massa has given one a try during testing at Jerez recently – check out the video above.
But you have to wonder what the pictures would have looked like had [...]

Lotus T127 launch and shakedown videos

Lotus revealed their T127 F1 car last week. Here are some videos from the launch (above) and some footage of test driver Fairuz Fauzy driving the car at Silverstone (below).

See more pictures of the Lotus T127
Video courtesy of Lotus F1

Ferrari’s Aldo Costa on the F10 (Video)

Ferrari technical director Aldo Costa played down the team’s performance in the first test of the year at Valencia, saying: “We are fast but we don’t know how fast we are compared to the others.”
The F10 was the fastest car on all three days of the test and completed more laps than any other car [...]

Schumacher in Mercedes SLS ad (video)

There must’ve been some joyous whooping in Mercedes’ marketing department when they found out the team was poaching Ferrari’s former star driver for 2010.

Pictures and video fromMercedes’ livery launch

Moments before the team revealed the colours of their 2010 F1 car they ran this new television ad starring Michael Schumacher.
In a cheeky nod to Schumacher’s former [...]

Incredible amateur video of Christian Fittipaldi’s 1993 Monza somersault

No-one who saw the 1993 Italian Grand Prix will forget Christian Fittipaldi’s heart-stopping backflip across the finishing line – and plenty of other fans will know it from the video that aired at the time.
But I’d never seen this video of the accident filmed by a fan at the track before. Skip to 6′15 on [...]

Massa second in Ferrari ice kart race as Alonso crashes (Pictures and video)

Ferrari finished off its pre-season festivities with a kart race featuring both its 2010 race drivers.
Felipe Massa was unable to repeat his 2009 victory but he fared better than new team mate Fernando Alonso who crashed on the penultimate lap of the race. See video and pictures from the race and the rest of the [...]

Domenicali hints at further 2010 rules changes and return of KERS (Video)

F1 could have more compulsory pit stops and further changes to the points system in 2010, according to Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali.
He also said he wants to see KERS return in 2011 and gave a firm vote of confidence to his two drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa.
See the video interview with Domenicali in [...]