Ferrari bulletproof, Red Bull more reliable than McLaren

The German magazine Auto Motor und Sport, an opinion leader in F1 circles, has published a table reviewing the finishing record of the Formula 1 teams in the season to date.
Ferrari comes out well on top with an astonishing 1471 racing laps covered, out of a maximum of 1474! Fernando Alonso’s engine failure in [...]

Webber gets a new deal for a fifth season with Red Bull

Mark Webber will be Sebastian Vettel’s team mate for 2011 after the Red Bull team confirmed today that it was extending his contract. It will be Webber’s fifth season with the team.
It was expected anyway, but it seems that the furore over the collision between the pair last week and the reaction to it may [...]

Webber “We are in uncharted waters”

Red Bull has put out a video with Mark Webber talking about Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix and his collision with Sebastian Vettel. And faced with a torrent of criticism on the team’s website and elsewhere, team boss Christian Horner has issued a statement which rows back on the position on Sunday night and seems [...]

F1 rivals left asking, “Why is the Red Bull so fast?”

The pace of the Red Bull cars this weekend has really shocked its rivals, all of whom are heading back to the drawing board after the updates their brought here seem to have taken them further away rather than closer to the pace setters.
Mark Webber took pole today with a lap which was 9/10ths of [...]

Vettel on top in Spain but he fears the McLarens in qualifying

Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time on the first day of practice for Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. The German, who has had three pole positions already this season and one win, easily topped the times in the faster second session in the afternoon.

He set a lap of 1m 19.965, which is 1/100th of [...]

Red Bull front wing – Spot the difference!

This morning in Free Practice the Red Bull team did a back to back test on the new front wing it has brought to the Spanish Grand Prix.

After one run mid way through the session a mechanic took the wing off Vettel’s car and fitted it to Webbers and vice versa. They would do this [...]

Vettel starts title race as Red Bull dominates Sepang

After leading but failing to win the first two Grands Prix Sebastian Vettel won the Malaysian Grand Prix today at Sepang, thanks to a bold pass on his team mate the pole sitter Mark Webber at the start of the race.

It was another race where the start was decisive. That move by Vettel was [...]

Webber powerplay heaps pressure on Brawn

Mark Webber took the first win of his long career today in commanding style, surviving a drive through penalty for ramming Rubens Barrichello at the start to take the chequered flag and give Red Bull its third win of the season. Webber’s Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel was second and Ferrari’s Felipe Massa third.

We [...]

So is Red Bull now a top team?

Form is temporary, class is permanent.
That is the great adage of the sporting world. So what are we to make of what’s happening at the moment in F1? Is this the start of a change of order, with great names like McLaren, Renault and Ferrari in decline and new teams like Red Bull and Brawn [...]

A bit of light relief from Vettel

In an intensely feverish atmosphere here in Sepang, as the situation around McLaren and Lewis Hamilton ramps up and threatens to spiral out of McLaren’s control, a bit of light relief has been offered by Sebastien Vettel.
The German driver says in the Red Bull press release reviewing today’s track action,
” It’s very hot and no [...]

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2010 F1 World Championship Standings
after Belgian Grand Prix
1L Hamilton1:29:04.260
2M Webber+00:01.571
3R Kubica+00:03.493
4F Massa+00:08.264
5A Sutil+00:09.094
6N Rosberg+00:12.359
7M Schumacher+00:15.548
8+00:16.678K Kobayashi
9V Petrov+00:23.951
10J Alguersuari+00:29.457

Driver Standings
1L Hamilton182
2M Webber179
3S Vettel151
4J Button147
5F Alonso141
6F Massa109
7R Kubica104
8N Rosberg102
9A Sutil45
10M Schumacher44

Team Standings
1Red Bull Renault330
2McLaren-Mercedes329
3Ferrari250
4Mercedes GP146
5Renault123
6Force India Mercedes57
7Williams Cosworth40
8BMW Sauber27
9Toro Rosso-Ferrari11
10=Lotus F10
10=Hispania Racing F10
10=Virgin Racing0



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