Barcelona Day 1 – It’s all about the wings
Today the 11 teams who have got their cars ready for the start of the new season were on track for the first day of the final official test at Barcelona.
Mark Webber set the fastest time, but the headline lap times are not really important at this stage, that will come in the later stages [...]
Final test at Barcelona should give form guide for season
The final official test starts this morning in Barcelona, with 11 teams out on track – all the teams competing this season except for USF1 and Campos.
The four day test is the final chance for the teams to test out new developments before the first race in Bahrain on 14 March.
The first two tests [...]
Jerez Day 3 a washout – how do they stand now?
It rained on Friday in Jerez, in the afternoon it rained hard enough for the track to be empty for stretches of time. So two of the three days so far have been washed out. Saturday is forecast to be dry however.
The same happened last year in the pre season tests, but this year it’s [...]
Jerez Day 2: Virgin woes continue as Alonso flies
Today was the first dry day of running in the second official test of the pre-season. Ten of the 13 teams who will contest this year’s world championship were in Jerez on the second of four days. Forecasts suggest it may turn out to be the only dry day’s running at this test.
After remarkable reliability [...]
Alonso pulls crowd as Ferrari dominates first test in Valencia
In front of a crowd of 40,000 fans at Valencia, Fernando Alonso had his first drive in a Ferrari today and set the fastest time of the week.
On a historic final day of this first test, there were three world champions on track with Michael Schumacher and Jenson Button also getting a feel for the [...]
Decoding a frantic day of Formula 1 action in Valencia
Today the new cars from seven teams hit the track and Formula 1 2010 really took off.
Although there are still 40 days to go to the first Grand Prix in Bahrain, the new season kicked off in style with a frantic day of car launches and testing in Valencia.
We had first sight today [...]
Check out F1 testing – starting next week
The Formula 1 test season starts next week in Valencia, the first of four official F1 tests before the opening Grand Prix in Bahrain on 14 March.
We will be analysing the testing performances here on JA on F1, looking at how the cars are developing. And on Monday of next week, to co-incide with the [...]
