Posted on 07 May 2013. Tags: barcelona, circuit de catalunya, fernando alonso, ferrari, kimi raikkonen, Lotus, pirelli, preview, spanish grand prix
In the world of motorsport there is no shortage of Spanish sporting heroes. The current crop of Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marques and their domination of MotoGP is testament to the fact. Spain may be smitten with MotoGP but it was Fernando Alonso who transformed this country’s interest in Formula 1 from mild […]
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Posted on 07 May 2013. Tags: circuit de catalunya, pirelli, preview, spanish grand prix, tyres
Pirelli gives us a preview of the Catalunya Circuit in their Spanish Grand Prix Preview and tells us a bit about how they measure tyre performance.
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Posted on 30 April 2013. Tags: f1, f1 tyres, helmut marko, pirelli, red bull, red bull racing
Red Bull Racing advisor, Dr Helmut Marko, has reiterated his dissatisfaction with the current F1 tyre situation and has called for further tyre changes from Pirelli. Despite ongoing pressure from Red Bull and other teams, Pirelli has stood their ground and announced that they will only be making a minor tweak to the ‘hard’ compound […]
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Posted on 23 April 2013. Tags: driver championship, lewis hamilton, mercedes, pirelli
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton thinks that the cooler climate in Europe will suit his car. Despite taking pole position in Bahrain Nico Rosberg was unable to mix it with the frontrunners and faded throughout the race to eventually finish ninth. Lewis Hamilton didn’t fare any better and felt able to push only towards the closing […]
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Posted on 01 March 2013. Tags: adrian sutil, barcelona, caterham, daniel ricciardo, f1 teams, f1 testing, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Lotus, mark webber, marussia, mclaren, pirelli, red bull, romain grosjean, sauber, sergio perez, toro rosso
Formula One and @F1_Madness fan, Laura Rocchigiani (@Yzzzma) was lucky enough to go to Barcelona and watch the pre-season F1 testing live. She sent us a few of her photos of the f1 cars heading around the testing track and we must say we are very envious and most impressed!
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