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  Karun Chandhok replaces Team Lotus’ Trulli at German GP

  23 July 2011 / 2 comments

  Team Lotus is giving Karun Chandhok his first F1 start since last year’s British GP. The Indian driver will take Jarno Trulli’s place alongside Heikki Kovalainen at the Nurburgring. Chandhok is Team Lotus’ reserve driver, […]

   

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  Team Lotus’ Kovalainen: Our expectations were too high

  20 July 2011 / 38 comments

  After launching the T128 back in January this year, Team Lotus COO Keith Saunt said: “A lot of people might say I’m too optimistic, but I’d like to think we’ll get between 40 and 50 […]

   

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  Rosberg to drive Fangio’s 1954 Mercedes at Nurburgring

  19 July 2011 / 4 comments

  Fangio en route to victory at the Argentinean GP in January 1955. Click to enlarge Mercedes GP Petronas driver Nico Rosberg will have the honour of driving Juan Manuel Fangio’s 1954 Mercedes on the Nurburging’s […]

   

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  Flip flop FIA makes U-turn, off-throttle diffuser now allowed

  15 July 2011 / 12 comments

  The flip flop bug has hit the FIA, which has now made a U-turn on its decision to ban blown diffusers in Formula 1. This means that the off-throttle blown diffuser is now legal again, […]

   

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  Mercedes GP Petronas happy with new exhaust system

  13 July 2011 / 6 comments

  Mercedes GP Petronas gave its new exhaust system a debut at last weekend’s British GP, and not only is the team happy with the better performance it brings, they’re expecting a stronger showing for the […]

   

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  Webber ignored team orders, in for “private talk” with boss

  11 July 2011 / 12 comments

  In yesterday’s British GP, the two Red Bulls were beaten by Fernando Alonso, with championship leader Seb Vettel in second and Mark Webber in third. The Aussie tried challenging his teammate for position right till […]

   

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  British GP: Alonso wins for Ferrari ahead of the Red Bulls

  10 July 2011 / 18 comments

  Fernando Alonso has won the British GP. The double world champ got Ferrari on the top step of the podium for the first time this season after a great drive, finishing ahead of Sebastian Vettel […]

   

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  Mercedes GP hoping to continue run at Silverstone

  8 July 2011 / 4 comments

  It certainly promises to be an intriguing race this weekend at the British Grand Prix in Silverstone, what with the latest changes to occur. The weather is also looking to play a part in the […]

   

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  Newey: Diffuser ban will ‘quite heavily’ affect Red Bull

  7 July 2011 / 19 comments

  The FIA has imposed a ban on off-throttle diffusers that will come into effect this weekend at Silverstone. While most teams sport a variation of it, Red Bull Racing’s Adrian Newey designed machine has made […]

   

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  Caterham and GE branding on Team Lotus T128 revealed!

  6 July 2011 / 4 comments

  Click to enlarge In our post yesterday, Team Lotus boss Tony Fernandes revealed that his team’s green/yellow cars will sport two new logos for this weekend’s British GP. They are GE and Caterham. The American […]

   

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  Virgin partners McLaren, gets access to Woking’s facilities

  5 July 2011 / 3 comments

  Virgin Racing was one of the three new teams that joined F1 last season, but Richard Branson’s latest plaything has always been in the shadow of Lotus Racing and now Team Lotus. But there’s a […]

   

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  Williams dumps Cosworth for Renault engines from 2012

  5 July 2011 / 14 comments

  Williams and Renault have struck a deal that would see the Formula 1 team use the latter’s engines starting next season. This move revives the “Williams Renault” name that should be no stranger to F1 […]

   

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  Team Lotus expecting a good showing at Silverstone

  5 July 2011 / 14 comments

  After a one week break from the rather dull European GP at Valencia, Formula 1 is back this coming weekend, and the circus moves to Silverstone, UK, which is the home race for many of […]

   

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  Adrian Newey: Audi flirted with four-cylinder F1 future

  1 July 2011 / 8 comments

  Earlier today, we posted about FIA ratifying the adoption of 1.6-litre V6 turbo engines, which will be used in F1 from 2014. This overrides the previous direction announced last December, which would have made F1 […]

   

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  F1 to use V6 turbo engines from 2014 instead of four-pot

  1 July 2011 / 22 comments

  Late last year, the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) approved new regulations which will see 1.6-litre four-cylinder engines replace the current 2.4L V8s from 2013 in Formula 1. It didn’t really go well with […]

   

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