Formula 1

  Following the first Formula1 official testing and considering how much the cars were running on that circuit we thought that it would be fun to put everything on paper and see what the teams and drivers did in those 4 days of tests.   This first days times are completely irrelevant because the teams were more preoccupied to see how all the system’s are working and also what are the best set-ups for different scenarios. The times could not be considered as a valid reference because most of...Read Full Story

  2011 was a season less than stellar for the 36yo Australian who only got one victory in than last race of the season and this one was mainly because of the gremlins from Vettel gearbox.   Even that Mark Webber never said when he want’s to retire from F1 this could be very well out of he’s hands (similar with Rubens) if we consider that both Toro Rosso pilots Jean-Eric Vergne and Daniel Ricciardo have their eyes fixed on a Red Bull driving seat.   The two young drivers have expressed...Read Full Story

  HRT is the surprise team I think, after failing it’s first two crash tests with FIA and announcing that yet again they might lose the testing season and will fly to Australia with the car half build they have released a press communicate that now they also have a test pilot, something that the team never had.   HRT F1 Team and young driver Dani Clos have reach to an agreement so the 23yo Barcelona born will become the team test driver.   By adding Dani Clos to the team, HRT is taking a...Read Full Story

Third day of testing and third driver to take the fastest lap. Nico Rosberg came out on top in Jerez on day three with a 1:17.613 on his last lap. Although being in a 2011 spec car, Rosberg was nearly a second quicker in the W02 above the 2012 spec cars. Romain Grosjean topped the times with his E20 for the 2012 specs with a great time of 1:18.416. Testing this year in Jerez seems to be bring bad luck in pairs. For the first two days, two red flags were brought each day. Day three was no...Read Full Story

Date Thursday 9 February 2012 Track Circuito de Jerez Driver Nico Rosberg   No of Laps 118 laps Best Lap Time 1:17.613 Kms Covered 523 kms Track Length 4.428 kms   Total Jerez Kms 1541 kms   Weather Cool and sunny   MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS concluded its test programme in Jerez today with Nico Rosberg at the wheel of the MGP W02. Nico completed a programme aimed at furthering the team's understanding of the 2012 Pirelli tyres, similar to Michael yesterday He completed...Read Full Story

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Yesterday we saw Kimi Raikkonen take top spot on the testing times after a three year sabbatical, today Michael Schumacher in his Mercedes took fastest lap. With a 1:18.561, Schumacher was able to hold off Mark Webber in the Red Bull. It would seem impressive that Schumacher's W02 was nearly a second quicker that Webber's RB8 but the W02 is the 2011 model. To look at the testing times from Jerez today, Mark Webber held the quickest time in the 2012 cars. Day two and again there were...Read Full Story

Beritai.com – the latest news from F1 racing in 2012, in a trial match Formula 10 February 2012 and it belonged to the Spaniard Fernando Alonso, who record best time in the test session with a notch, 1 minute 18 887 seconds of the 39 laps. Jerez circuit in Spain plays to make the spirit alonso doubled, because the play in its own headquarters has its own strategy as well. is competition in the last test session looks interesting, since Toro Rosso racer Jean-Eric Vergne trailed in second...Read Full Story

Date Wednesday 8 February 2012 Track Circuito de Jerez Driver Michael Schumacher   No of Laps 132 laps Best Lap Time 1:18.561 Kms Covered 584 kms Track Length 4.428 kms   Weather Cool   Michael Schumacher was at the wheel of the MGP W02 today for the second day of this week’s test in Jerez, completing a total of 132 laps of the Spanish circuit. The morning's programme focused on comparisons and evaluation of the soft and hard compound Pirelli tyres Michael then...Read Full Story

After taking three years away from Formula One, Kimi Raikkonen returned to the track today and proved to many that he still has what it takes to compete. With only 74 laps run over day one at testing in Jerez, Raikkonen was able to hold fastest speed at 1:19:670 (set in the morning session). Over the course of day on testing the only other team and driver to break the 1:20 lap time barrier was Paul di Resta in his VJM05. Many people do not take pre-season testing as foreshadowing what...Read Full Story