Hispania Not Fearing 107 Percent Qualy Rule in 2011
16 Mar 2011, 09:32 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Recent testing has showed us that qualifying and lap times between the 2010 newly-entrant teams and the regular F1 squads should not differ as much this season. If Lotus, Virgin and Hispania all ent...
Hamilton Admits McLaren Is One Second Slower than Rivals
16 Mar 2011, 09:10 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lewis Hamilton ended the recent Barcelona group test with the 14th best time of the pack, as McLaren focused mainly on long runs and race trim solutions. That being said, the lap times recorded by t...
Anything Could Happen on Sunday - Alonso
13 Nov 2010, 14:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With main title rival Mark Webber behind him on the Abu Dhabi grid tomorrow, one might argue that Fernando Alonso’s task in the season finale – grabbing his 3rd world title, that is &nda...
Ferrari Pin Title Hopes on Qualifying Form
11 Oct 2010, 09:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The fact that they walked away from one of the most difficult tracks (for them, at least) of the 2010 season with a podium finish is certainly a hope-booster for Ferrari, yet their team principal St...
Schumacher Admits Rosberg Is Faster than Him
26 Aug 2010, 08:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher admitted that he is yet to match the pace of his much younger teammate Nico Rosberg in the 2010 Formula One championship. The 41-year old made no secret ...
Red Bull Qualifying Speed Secret Revealed?
7 Jul 2010, 09:32 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Earlier this week, Red Bull Racing's manager Christian Horner insisted that the exhaust configuration used on the RB6 is not that important as the other teams might think. Soon after figuring o...
Stoner Fumes at Slow Riders
4 Jul 2010, 08:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Casey Stoner will start from second place in this Sunday’s Catalunya Grand Prix, but the Australian rider was not at all happy with how the other competitors conducted themselves in the final ...
FIA Clarifies Fuel Stoppage Rules for Qualifying
14 Jun 2010, 07:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Automobile Federation (FIA) has moved quickly to clarify the qualifying fuel stoppage rules on Sunday, following the Lewis Hamilton incident at the end of the Saturday qualifying s...
Lewis Hamilton Clinches Canadian GP Pole Position
12 Jun 2010, 18:17 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lewis Hamilton scored his first pole position this season, beating the two Red Bulls of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel by more than 3 hundreds of a second, with the best time of 1:15.105. For t...
Alonso Shocked by Poor Ferrari Pace
29 May 2010, 17:07 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso undoubtedly produced the shock of the day in Istanbul on Saturday, failing to make it inside the Top 10 in the qualifying session of the Turkish Grand Prix. If such a thing happened ...
Rosberg Issues Apology to Schumacher for Blocking Incident
16 May 2010, 09:02 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Finally, the first sparkle happened between the two Mercedes GP drivers yesterday, during the last session of the qualifying action in the Principality. While fighting for a better position on the g...
Alonso Targets Perfection for Monaco Qualifying
14 May 2010, 13:04 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso recorded a strong start for this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix, as the Spaniard topped both practice sessions on Thursday. Although his best lap time was not very far ahead of his...
McLaren Targets Front Row Qualifying Performance in Spain
6 May 2010, 10:11 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / As Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes GP, teams who are looking to cut some tenths of a second per lap during the upcoming Spanish Grand Prix, McLaren Mercedes will also debut some major updates on thei...
Massa Insists Ferrari Should Push to Improve Qualifying
6 May 2010, 07:14 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari will come to Spain with a hugely-revised package, as the F10 model will debut at least 3 new major “features” this weekend. Inboard mirrors, an own-developed version of the F-duc...
Hamilton Asks McLaren to Improve Qualifying Pace
23 Apr 2010, 07:32 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although he didn't win a single race with his much-praised McLaren MP4-25 so far – in the first 4 rounds of the season – Lewis Hamilton seems to be very happy with his achievements ...
Liuzzi Hits at Qualifying Traffic in F1
20 Apr 2010, 10:14 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Vitantonio Liuzzi had a decent season with Force India so far, as the Italian scored points in 50 percent of the races completed until now and sits only 2 points behind teammate Adrian Sutil in the ...
Massa Points Finger at Stupid Ferrari Mistake in Malaysia
9 Apr 2010, 08:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Felipe Massa lost the chance to become world champion back in 2008 after a season full of silly mistakes by his team – the Singapore pit stop incident being only one perfect example to sustain...
Alonso Hits Back at Schumacher's Blocking Accusations
30 Mar 2010, 08:10 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso insisted that he had no knowledge of Michael Schumacher being on a fast lap in the dying seconds of the Australian Grand Prix Q3. Following the qualifying session on Saturday, the Ge...
Schumacher Frustrated with Alonso, Hamilton for Qualifying Blocking
27 Mar 2010, 15:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Michael Schumacher admitted his frustration after the Saturday qualifying session at the Albert Park circuit, but not so much because of his poor 7th best time in the Q3, but because he was blocked ...
Vettel Takes Pole Position in Australia
27 Mar 2010, 07:32 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastian Vettel scored his second pole position in a row this season, in Australia, after dominating all the qualifying sessions on Saturday. Returning to racing after his Bahrain mishappening, the...