Archive for the 'Formula 1 Teams' Category

McLaren Trick FIA into Banning Ferrari?

Autosport has revealed a clever letter sent by McLaren to the FIA that may outlaw a system used by Ferrari on their F1 vehicle. At the Australian Grand Prix, Ferrari ran a sprung device attached to the floor of their car to help reduce drag at high speeds.
Instead of simply writing to the FIA to [...]

Photo: Wurz Almost Gets the Chop

This screen capture shows just how close Alexander Wurz was to being seriously injured in Sunday’s Melbourne Grand Prix:

For a man over 6 feet tall, Wurz was extremely lucky Coulthard’s Red Bull Racing vehicle didn’t come into contact with his helmet. We wish Alexander a safer return to racing for the rest of the year.

F1: White is the new Black

I really think the F1 teams can do better when it comes to designing their driver racing suits..

Not even McLaren pass the test this year (and they are the team when it comes to style). Their car looks great, but their uniforms have been shocking ever since that ugly pinky-red gradient shirt last year.. [...]

Melbourne: Heikki to Retire?

The first race of the season has been run, and once again we have the main points of interest for you…
Heikki Kovalainen - After his performance at the Melbourne GP, there are rumours he is set to retire from F1 to start his own lawn mowing business..
Kimi Raikkonen - Brilliant performance. One slight [...]

Sneaky Super Aguri?

Well, there were no real big surprises with qualifying in Melbourne today with the exception of Felipe Massa’s troubles. Maybe he hasn’t been wearing his old old lucky underwear?
Ferrari and McLaren look by far the quickest, with BMW next. After that, everyone else look as slow as each other.
The big improvers were Super [...]