Archive for July, 2010

  • FIA post-qualifying press conference – Hungary

    F1 Headlines 31/07/2010 17:51 no comments

    Drivers: 1. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1m 18.773s; 2. Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1m 19.184s; 3. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 1m 19.987s

    Q: Sebastian, 100th Grand Prix for Red Bull Racing. A front row lock-out and a commanding performance from yourself in…

     
  • FIA post-qualifying press conference – Hungary

    F1 Headlines 31/07/2010 17:51 no comments

    Drivers: 1. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1m 18.773s; 2. Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1m 19.184s; 3. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 1m 19.987s

    Q: Sebastian, 100th Grand Prix for Red Bull Racing. A front row lock-out and a commanding performance from yourself in…

     
  • Five-place grid penalty for Kobayashi

    F1 Headlines 31/07/2010 17:16 no comments

    BMW Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi has been handed a five-place grid penalty for Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix by the Budapest race stewards, after he failed to enter the FIA garage to be weighed during qualifying on Saturday.

    During practice and qualifyin…

     
  • Five-place grid penalty for Kobayashi

    F1 Headlines 31/07/2010 17:16 no comments

    BMW Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi has been handed a five-place grid penalty for Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix by the Budapest race stewards, after he failed to enter the FIA garage to be weighed during qualifying on Saturday.

    During practice and qualifyin…

     
  • Qualifying – selected team and driver quotes

    F1 Headlines 31/07/2010 15:26 no comments

    Virgin’s Timo Glock on setting the pace for the new teams after qualifying 19th; reigning world champion Jenson Button on failing to make it through to Q3 for McLaren; and Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel on clinching his fourth consecutive pole position. A…

     
  • Qualifying – Vettel eases to Budapest pole for Red Bull

    F1 Headlines 31/07/2010 15:13 no comments

    Sebastian Vettel was in a world of his own in qualifying as he thrust his Red Bull to a fastest time of 1m 18.773s, and his second-run lap of 1m 18.832s would have been sufficient to win him the pole too as team mate Mark Webber could not improve on hi…

     
  • Final practice – Webber leads the Red Bull charge

    F1 Headlines 31/07/2010 12:23 no comments

    Mark Webber dominated the final session of practice prior to Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying, finishing the hour 0.484s ahead of Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel whose final three efforts to unseat him came up short.

    Webber’s lap of 1m 19.574s stru…

     
  • FIA Friday press conference – Hungary

    F1 Headlines 30/07/2010 19:56 no comments

    Team principals: Eric Boullier (Renault), Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari), Christian Horner (Red Bull) and Colin Kolles (HRT).

    Q: First of all, can we have a run-down of how things have gone today. Colin, would you like to start.
    Colin Kolles: Well, we h…

     
  • FIA Friday press conference – Hungary

    F1 Headlines 30/07/2010 19:56 no comments

    Team principals: Eric Boullier (Renault), Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari), Christian Horner (Red Bull) and Colin Kolles (HRT).

    Q: First of all, can we have a run-down of how things have gone today. Colin, would you like to start.
    Colin Kolles: Well, we h…

     
  • Friday practice – selected team and driver quotes

    F1 Headlines 30/07/2010 16:23 no comments

    The morning session may have been dominated by the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, but by the afternoon the Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa had joined the fray at the front. The leading teams and their rivals reflect on thei…

     
  • Friday practice – selected team and driver quotes

    F1 Headlines 30/07/2010 16:23 no comments

    The morning session may have been dominated by the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, but by the afternoon the Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa had joined the fray at the front. The leading teams and their rivals reflect on thei…

     
  • Practice Two – Red Bulls split by Alonso

    F1 Headlines 30/07/2010 15:55 no comments

    To begin with it was Red Bull team mates Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber who slogged it out for fastest time as the second free practice session got underway at the Hungaroring on Friday afternoon, but as the 90 minutes progressed Ferrari got into the…

     
  • Practice One – Red Bull out in front in Hungary

    F1 Headlines 30/07/2010 11:52 no comments

    Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber looked to be in a world of their own round the Hungaroring on Friday morning in the opening practice session for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

    They traded fastest times a second clear of their closest rivals, and ended th…

     
  • FIA Thursday press conference – Hungary

    F1 Headlines 29/07/2010 19:32 no comments

    Drivers: Rubens Barrichello (Williams), Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus), Robert Kubica (Renault), Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Sakon Yamamoto (HRT)

    Q: Robert, you regard this as your home race, don’t you?
    Robert Kubica: Yeah, it is the closest race to Poland. Ma…

     
  • Hungary preview quotes – Cosworth, Virgin, Ferrari, Force India & more

    F1 Headlines 29/07/2010 18:00 no comments

    Hot on the heels of Hockenheim, the teams head straight to Budapest for this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, the last race before the Formula One community takes a well-earned summer break. Drivers and senior team personnel discuss their prospects for …

     
  • FOA announces new Monaco Grand Prix deal

    F1 Headlines 28/07/2010 17:43 no comments

    Bernard Ecclestone and Michel Boeri met today in London and have agreed to extend the contract between Formula One Administration Limited and Automobile Club de Monaco for a further 10 years.

    The next Monaco Grand Prix will take place on May 29, 2011…

     
  • FIA press conference schedule – Hungary

    F1 Headlines 28/07/2010 14:47 no comments

    A year on from his near-fatal accident at the Hungaroring, Felipe Massa is among the drivers facing the media in Thursday’s conference, while on Friday his Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali will be just one of those fielding the questions…

     
  • Unrepentant Ferrari target Hungarian success

    F1 Headlines 28/07/2010 10:58 no comments

    They may be racing under the cloud of possible further sanctions from the FIA after their controversial one-two result in Germany, but Ferrari are determined to stay upbeat ahead of this weekend’s Hungarian race…

     
  • Unrepentant Ferrari target Hungarian success

    F1 Headlines 28/07/2010 10:58 no comments

    They may be racing under the cloud of possible further sanctions from the FIA after their controversial one-two result in Germany, but Ferrari are determined to stay upbeat ahead of this weekend’s Hungarian race…

     
  • Further details about US F1 race announced

    F1 Headlines 27/07/2010 18:45 no comments

    Tavo Hellmund, Managing Partner of Full Throttle Productions LP, has revealed Red McCombs as the primary investor for the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix™ racing project.

    McCombs, a business and sports legend, is committing financial resources, ex…