The Checkered Flag

Bahrain Grand Prix 2010: Friday Press Conference

Vince Pettit — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:36:33 +0000

Q: Gentlemen, how is it to be in F1? Lucas, would you like to start? Lucas DI GRASSI: For me it is a great honour to be here in F1. It is my first races as official driver, so there has been a lot of work, a lot of effort to arrive in this position, so [...]

Bumper Grid announced for VW Cup’s 10th season

Matt Auger — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:16:36 +0000

The 2010 VW Cup backed by Fuchs Lubricants will feature a capacity grid after the series organisers, RacingLine, announced a firm 31 car grid, and are expecting more entries before Oulton Park, and may have to start a reserve list. Oulton Park has a maximum capacity of 34 cars on the grid, and within the confirmed [...]

Manor continues strong pre season form

Matt Auger — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:13:35 +0000

Manor Competition has continued their strong pre season testing form after this week’s single day test at Silverstone. The team, who have signed Will Stevens (Oxshott), Lewis Williamson (Golspie), Thomas Hylkema (Delft) and Formula Renault UK Graduate Josh Mulholland (Randalstown) for their 2010 campaign all secured top 10 times during the test. During the morning session, Williamson [...]

iSport International duo lead the way

Matt Auger — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:08:33 +0000

GP2 Asia Teams Championships iSport International, with 2009/2010 Drivers Champion Davide Valsecchi and team mate Oliver Turvey are leading the way after the free practice session as part of the FIA Formula One World Championship support package. The GP2 Asia Season culminates this weekend, with the runners up spots in both the teams and drivers Championships [...]

Buemi misses second Bahrain practice with problem

David Bean — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:02:55 +0000

Toro Rosso had mixed fortunes today in Bahrain, with reasonable pace in the first practice session, but a problem with Buemi’s car meant he could take no part in the second practice session. Alguersuari and Buemi finished 11th and 14th respectively in the morning session, but only the Spaniard Alguersuari had a STR-05 at his disposal [...]

Red Bull disappoint in Friday practice in Bahrain

David Bean — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:00:34 +0000

Both Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel failed to carry their form from pre-season testing into the Friday practices in Bahrain, and could only manage limited mileage. Mark Webber was hit by a gearbox problem in second practice, ending his session early. In all he only completed 29 laps, with a highest finishing position of 9th, which [...]

Williams still with ‘work to do’ before Bahrain qualifying

David Bean — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:59:12 +0000

Sam Michael, the Williams Technical Director, described Friday practice as ‘very busy’ for the team, but both he and the drivers are optimistic of a good performance in Bahrain. Michael described how the team had lost track time due to an electrics problem in the garage and minor technical issues with the cars, although things got [...]

Renault ’satisfied’ with their start to the weekend in Bahrain

David Bean — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:56:49 +0000

Both team and drivers were satisfied with Renault’s first practice session of 2010 as they spent the day running on a variety of fuel loads and testing the behaviour of the two Bridgestone tyre compounds around the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain. Robert Kubica was positive after setting the third fastest time in the morning session, and [...]

Virgin Racing struggle with reliability again in Friday practice

David Bean — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:55:40 +0000

Virgin Racing began life in Formula 1 with a tricky day of preparations for this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. The team worked long into the night preparing the cars for their first Friday practice sessions, but the day was still hampered by technical problems. Their rookie driver Lucas di Grassi did manage to get some reasonable [...]

Moore joins the Formula Palmer Audi grid

Matt Auger — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:54:59 +0000

Nigel Moore, the 2007 Ginetta Jnr Champion and the 2008 Ginetta G50 Champion is to race in the Formula Palmer Audi Championship in 2010. This move sees the youngster from Yorkshire making his open wheel formula debut in the series which offers the highest prize fund in any UK Motorsport, a £100,000 scholarship for the 2011 [...]