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Feb 29
Italian ace remains top in Jerez
Davide Valsecchi confirmed his good form setting the quickest laptime of Day 2 in the 2012 pre-season testing in Jerez. The DAMS driver clocked 1:24.783 in the morning session and left the rest of the field with the task to find the extra pace to try and close the gap with the mighty Italian.
Feb 29
Teams tets tyre strategies in final countdown to the season
With just over two weeks left before Pirelli’s second season of Formula One gets underway in Australia, the teams are embarking on the final four-day pre-season test for the 2012 tyres, which takes place once more in Barcelona this week from March 1-4.
Feb 29
“We are proud to welcome a new partner to the ranks of the Scuderia’s Official Suppliers” - Stefano Domenicali.
Scuderia Ferrari announces it has signed a sponsorship agreement with the Petropolis Group, covering the three years from 2012 to 2014: TNT Energy Drink thus becomes the team’s official energy drink, as of this year.
Feb 29
Lotus is ready to return to the track, after a chassis flaw caused the cancellation of the new E20′s running last week.
Technical director James Allison on Wednesday finally confirmed reports that the problem was with the front suspension mounting. He said the Enstone factory has been a hive of activity as a redesign took place with just one test and less than a month to go until the 2012 season opener.
Feb 29
Bernie Ecclestone on Wednesday warned that formula one could race away from Melbourne after 2015.
The Albert Park event has a contract until then, but the F1 chief executive is pushing hard for the Australian organisers to agree to stage a night race. “After then (2015), we really don’t know,” the 81-year-old Briton told the Melbourne newspaper The Age.
Feb 29
Red Bull remains in front, but McLaren is not too far behind.
That is the view of former grand prix driver Alex Wurz, who in 2012 returns to the formula one paddock as a ‘driver mentor’ at Williams. The Austrian kicked off his duties at the Barcelona test recently, where he drew an initial impression of the likely pecking order for this season.
Feb 29
Fernando Alonso has ruled out ever becoming a ‘pay-driver’ in formula one.
The Spaniard, a two-time world champion and now entering his third consecutive season with Ferrari, is believed to be the sport’s current highest earner. But recent economic conditions have seen retainers become lower throughout the grid, while seasoned drivers like Rubens Barrichello, Jarno Trulli and Adrian Sutil have been left without seats as ‘pay-drivers’ gain the upper hand.
Feb 29
Williams shareholder Toto Wolff has clarified that Alex Wurz’s new role is not a driving one.
Austrian Wurz, a former Williams race and test driver and currently a Le Mans racer for Toyota, has been drafted in by the Oxfordshire based team to mentor 2012 drivers Pastor Maldonado, Bruno Senna and Valtteri Bottas.
Feb 29
Race strategy looks set for a major shakeup in 2012, as it emerges the FIA intends to significantly reduce the pitlane speed limit.
The latest edition of Italian magazine Autosprint reports that, ahead of the forthcoming 2012 season, the in-race limit will drop from 100kph to just 60kph throughout the grand prix calendar.
Feb 29
With the new Regulations, drivers will face the same challenge in both races
While the teams are defining the last details of the line-ups they will field in the official test scheduled for 2 March and in the season maiden race that will start one week later, for Auto GP World Series it’s time to announce the last Regulation change for the season.
Feb 28
Former NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Champion DJ Kennington is returning to a race track that he’s had a lot of success at recently.
This weekend Kennington will once again pilot the #81 Northern Provincial Pipelines entry from Bill McAnally Racing in the season opening K & N Pro Series West event at Phoenix International Raceway.
Feb 28
Back in Quebec City on July 10.
Marcel Aubut, Jean Pagé et Jason Burns, Pat Burns’ son, were at the 2012 Montreal Motorcycle Show last week to announce some exciting details about the 2012 running of the “Pat Burns Ride Of Courage”. The main objective of the Ride is to raise money to fight prostate cancer.
Feb 28
All cars will carry SOS decals in 2012.
SOS Children’s Villages, the world’s largest charity dedicated to providing homes to orphaned, abandoned and foster children, will be back as the official charity of Formula Race Promotions in 2012, supporting the F2000 Championship Series, F1600 Formula F Championship Series, and new Atlantic Championship.
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Feb 28
DAMS driver quickest on Day 1 of 2012 pre-season test
The GP2 Series paddock gathered in Jerez de la Frontera this week for the first of two official pre-season test sessions. After the winter break, the thirteen teams were eager to hit the track and get back to action. The field welcomed newcomers Venezuela GP Lazarus as the thirteenth team in 2012 and 2013.
Feb 28
Rain, delay, fire, delay…
Appropriately, in the end the car was spewing water, a little geyser emitting from the vehicle’s overflow valve. Because there’s something about a battle with the elements that brings out the best in Matt Kenseth at the Daytona 500.
Feb 28
The FIA has stepped in to prevent Red Bull and Ferrari from modifying the end of their pre-season preparations for the 2012 season.
With the last Barcelona test scheduled for Thursday through Sunday this week, both top teams decided to shift their programmes by a day — meaning they would instead run between Friday and Monday.
