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With no pre-season testing, the Bahrain Grand Prix was never going to be an easy undertaking for new team HRT. But following a disappointing double DNF at Sakhir, the Spanish outfit are targeting a much more successful outing at this weekend’s Australian race.
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Serbian businessman Zoran Stefanovic has not abandoned his ambition for his Stefan GP team to race this season, according to a report on Autosport. Read the rest of this entry »

Discussions between the FIA and four teams – understood to be Force India, McLaren, Mercedes and Renault – took place in Bahrain about the size of starter motor holes in their diffusers which were believed to be too wide. While this was not a technical breach of the rules, the FIA’s view was that it was not in accordance with the spirit of them. Read the rest of this entry »

[SinglePic not found]Formula One power will come to Northern Ireland this Saturday when Red Bull take to the streets of Belfast. The team’s former racer David Coulthard will be at the wheel for the evening demonstration run in front of the iconic City Hall.

Coulthard’s mission say Red Bull is to show the public what modern F1 machines are made of and the Scot is expected to reach up to 190mph as he displays his car’s speed, power and control on Belfast’s roads. Read the rest of this entry »

Fears that plans to stage a street race in Rome would threaten the future of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza have eased when the track announced it had extended its Formula One deal until 2016. Read the rest of this entry »

[SinglePic not found]Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson believes his eponymously-named outfit can overtake Red Bull Racing in the top flight.

Branson remains adamant that despite its comparatively limited financial means, the fledgling Virgin Racing concern can get on terms with the sport’s traditional grandees. Read the rest of this entry »

[SinglePic not found]Michael Schumacher has yet to rejoin the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA) on his return to Formula One.

The GPDA is the equivalent to a drivers’ union and has worked to improve safety in the sport in the past. Schumacher is one of the only drivers not to join the organisation this year but his manager said he backed its work. Read the rest of this entry »

[SinglePic not found]Bernie Ecclestone has admitted Formula One must for now live with its current set of rules. After the processional Bahrain grand prix, there has been widespread criticism of the current rulebook and calls for immediate changes.

Ecclestone has proposed that external engineers in future pen the regulations, and is also pushing again his controversial proposal for circuit ’short cuts’. Read the rest of this entry »

[SinglePic not found]Red Bull’s Christian Horner admitted the mechanical failure which cost Sebastian Vettel a likely win at the Bahrain Grand Prix was “very frustrating” but said overall he was happy that the cars had “fantastic pace”.

Speaking to Formula1.com, Horner said Red Bull “have the potential to dominate, whereas many others departed Sakhir knowing they have more than just a missing tenth or two to find ahead of Australia”. Read the rest of this entry »

[SinglePic not found]After all the pre-season expectation, the press wasted no time in slamming the new regulations which reduced the Bahrain Grand Prix to something of a procession.

Drivers and insiders are blaming the refuelling ban, with most cars adopting similar race strategies at the Sakhir circuit and then being unable to follow their rivals closely enough to overtake. Read the rest of this entry »