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Whitmarsh insistent McLaren is going in 'right direction'

March 11, 2011

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh has hit back in the wake of scathing criticism about the team's F1 2011 car, and has warned people often come 'unstuck' when they make predictions based on testing times.

 

BBC F1 trio Martin Brundle, David Coulthard and Eddie Jordan were damning in their assessment of the MP4-26 this week, br ...

F1 'painfully slow' with Pirelli

March 07, 2011

If McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh had hoped to calm the waters of dissent swirling around Pirelli's return to F1, he would have been disappointed to hear one of his own drivers adding further negativity ahead of this week's final pre-season test in Barcelona.

 

While Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Jarno Trulli and Adria ...

Ferrari biggest loser as teams count cost of Bahrain cancellation

March 03, 2011

Ferrari looks set to lose out the most financially from the eleventh-hour cancellation of the F1 2011 curtain-raising Bahrain Grand Prix, as the sport's teams count the cost of the political turmoil that is sweeping the desert kingdom.

 

In the wake of fevered speculation about whether the race would or would not be able t ...

Imola added to GP2 calendar

March 02, 2011

Series organisers had been looking for an alternative to Bahrain since it was withdrawn from the calendar following political unrest in the Gulf state.

 

Imola was the location of the first GP2 Series race weekend, back in April 2005 when Kovalainen won the feature race for Arden International and Adam Carroll snatched vic ...

Ecclestone wants artificial rain in F1

March 01, 2011

Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone wants to introduce artificial rain into races in a bid to increase excitement.

 

The sport has seen a number of initiatives in recent times aimed at increasing overtaking, such as KERS (a sort of turbo boost button that will be reintroduced this season), and adjustable rear wings (which ...

Red Bull to swap Renault for Infiniti

March 01, 2011

F1's current world champions Red Bull will not be running Renault engines in its title defence, with the successful V8s set to be rebadged as Infinitis for the 2011 world championship campaign.

 

The powerplants themselves will not change, with the Infiniti logos appearing as a result of a marketing exercise that is expect ...

Rebranding for Red Bull Racing

February 28, 2011

F1's current world champion will not be running Renault engines in its title defence, with the successful V8s set to be rebadged as Infinitis for the 2011 world championship campaign.

 

The powerplants themselves will not change, with the Infiniti logos appearing as a result of a marketing exercise that is expected to swel ...

Williams expecting a good year

February 26, 2011

Williams will go into the new season in a confident frame of mind with the firm belief they have a 'very competitive car' in the FW33.

 

The Grove-based outfit revealed its race livery for F1 2011 on Thursday and technical director Sam Michael noted that to date pre-season testing has been positive: “We have done 380 ...

Rossi worried by Sepang showing

February 25, 2011

Valentino Rossi could not hide his disappointment at finishing the second Sepang MotoGP test in 11th place, almost two-seconds from the top.

 

After feeling ‘quite confident’ following Tuesday’s opening day, when he was ninth (on hard tyres) and one-second from the front, Rossi was then forced to miss the ent ...

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