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Feb 08
Bridgestone worked around the clock to continue evaluation of its 2012 specification tyre
The first round of pre-season MotoGP testing was completed last week, with Bridgestone supplying its 2012 specification tyre to both the private Valencia test and the IRTA test at Sepang as it forges ahead with its preparations for the upcoming season
Feb 08
The team will occupy part of the Caja Mágica facilities and will coexist with the Masters 1000 Madrid Open.
After months of evaluations and negotiations in which diverse options have been assessed, Spanish team HRT has finally opted for the facilities of the Complejo Deportivo Madrid Caja Mágica to locate its permanent headquarters.
Feb 08
To help raise awareness of the importance of preparing your vehicle before winter
With the continent experiencing a cold snap over the past week, Pirelli and Mercedes-Benz Driving Academy have been doing their part to help learner drivers become more aware of the risks of hazardous driving conditions.
Feb 08
With some amazing machines
For the second year in a row, Canadian drag racing fans in attendance at the Canadian Motorsports Expo will be able to get an up-close look at some of Canada’s most exotic and impressive drag racing machines, thanks to Bruce Biegler’s DragRaceCanada.com. The CME takes place February 10, 11 and 12 at Toronto’s International Centre, adjacent to Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.
Feb 08
Adrian Newey has cleared up the mystery about the ‘letterbox’ opening in the nose of the newly-launched 2012 Red Bull car.
The F1 world noticed that Newey’s ‘step nose’ differs from its rivals in the form of an air inlet where the monocoque height meets the new lower nose height. Some surmised it must be for KERS or engine cooling, or perhaps even an F-duct style channel through to the diffuser.
Feb 08
Two young chargers are waiting in the wings, but Mark Webber insists he intends to extend his formula one career beyond 2012.
Among the top names at Red Bull, however, the Australian veteran is the odd one out, with only a one-year contract in his pocket. At the same time, the energy drink company has appointed two young rookies – Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne – to its junior team Toro Rosso.
Feb 08
A feature of the 2012 Ferrari car has not been seen in formula one for more than a decade, test driver Marc Gene has confirmed.
While the ‘stepped’ noses have been grabbing all the media’s attention, arguably more noteworthy is Ferrari’s decision to design its F2012 around ‘pullrod’ front suspension. While some F1 teams have been using pullrod suspension at the rear of their cars, it has been essentially absent from the front since the 80s and 90s.
Feb 08
Williams’ official launch took just five minutes in the Jerez pitlane on Tuesday, before the new Renault-powered FW34 had a difficult birth.
“Unfortunately testing was cut short with a couple of initial teething problems which we are currently investigating,” said engineer Mark Gillan. Official testing action burst into life in 2012, with every team except Marussia – and nine all-new cars in action for the first time – kicking off their campaigns.
Feb 08
Toro Rosso counts Caterham – the 2010 start-up team that has failed to score a single point since inception – among its close rivals for 2012.
Last season, the Red Bull-owned rookie team Toro Rosso finished the championship in eighth place with 41 points, well clear of Williams and behind Sauber and Force India. “Our direct competitors are Sauber, Force India and Caterham,” the Faenza based team’s boss Franz Tost is quoted by autohebdo.fr.
Feb 08
Australian Jones, now 65, in 1980 won the once-great team’s first of seven drivers’ titles.
Alan Jones is not ruling out a Williams resurgence in 2012, despite his former championship-winning team slumping to its worst-ever result last season. Williams has also won nine constructors’ championships, but not since 1997. Juan Pablo Montoya won the team’s most recent victory, in 2004.
Feb 08
That is the view of 1980 world champion Alan Jones.
Bernie Ecclestone is not harming formula one with his planned expansion to even more new venues. F1 chief executive Ecclestone, who has already arranged two forthcoming US races and also an event in Russia, has said in recent interviews that he hopes his sport’s next destinations are Africa and Mexico.
Feb 08
The future of the German grand prix at the Nurburgring is looking grim, after the Rhineland-Palatinate state cancelled the circuit operator’s lease.
Minister Roger Lewentz told the Rhein-Zeitung newspaper that a bright future for the venue was “not possible” with the existing tenants. The report, however, said talks with Bernie Ecclestone about a new deal for the formula one race are well advanced.
