Quali

Photo: Getty images Sebastian Vettle edges out Hamilton for pole at Sepang. Mark Webber in front of Jenson Button on the second row. Fernando could only manage fifth in his Ferrari. Nick Heidfeld out-qualifies his team mate vitaly Petrov. HRT  qualifying both cars for the Malaysian GP. Nick Heidfeld, P6, R31-04, 1:36.124 “I’m very satisfied […]

Motorsports Mondial

Photo: Reuters Star from Down Under Mark Webber is hoping to get his F1 season back on track. The season opener on home ground yielded the same best finish on home soil as his debut with Minardi. His young teammate, Sebastian Vettel, was on a different planet in Albert Park. Webber set the pace on […]

F1weekly Podcast # 494

Podcast number 494 Motorsports Mondial with Nasir hameed and… Special repeat interview Pastor Maldonado Malaysia GP, Friday 8 April 2011 Renault Run into problems. Both cars encountered problems with their front suspension uprights in the first free practice session. After careful analysis, the team identified a material defect linked to a specific batch of components. […]

Motorsports Mondial

AIRASIA TEAM LOTUS DRIVER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ENLISTS SPECIALIST SUPPORT FROM PRO PERFORMANCE Pro Performance “The Science Behind Sport” has announced that they will be providing a sport science support service to drivers on the AirAsia Team Lotus Driver Development Program throughout 2011. The AirAsia Team Lotus Driver Development Program was launched today in Malaysia with the […]

Motorsports Mondial

Romain Grosjean quickest in Silverstone 2011 GP2 Asia Series Champion starts European Series on top at first pre-season tests The first 2011 pre-season testing opened today at Silverstone in cold, wet and windy conditions. While Christian Vietoris rejoined Racing Engineering for the European season, Ocean Racing welcomed a new line up consisting of Johnny Cecotto […]

Motorsports Mondial

Monsanto Moment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnLf9uW-I-w   The PM said Iceman is coming to Lisbon. Now here’s a guy I’ve never met in my life but with whom I have spoken several times (10? 15? who’s counting!?) a year, over Skype, during the races for the last two, three years (again, who’s counting). Somehow I feel I know […]