Petrov to pay tribute to victims of Russian bomb attacks

Renault’s Vitaly Petrov will pay tribute to the victims of the recent suicide bomb attacks in Moscow, by wearing a black armband as a mark of repsect, during this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix. After the bomb attack on the Moscow Metro on Monday, which left 39 people dead, two bombs today went off, killing at [...]

Tickets for Korean Grand Prix on sale

The Korean Auto Valley Operation (KAVO) has started to sell tickets ahead of the inaugural Korean Grand Prix in October. The prices of these tickets will range from 117,000 won (£68,€75) to 920,000 won (£537,€600) minus tax at the track. This circuit is expected to hold around 123,000 people when the Grand Prix is launched [...]

Malasyian GP press conference schedule

The third round of the Formula 1 world championship gets underway this weekend. Here is the schedule of the press conferences for the Thursday and Friday interviews: Thursday April 1, 1500 hours local time (0700 GMT): Rubens Barrichello (Williams), Karun Chandhok (HRT), Kamui Kobayashi (BMW Sauber) and Nico Rosberg (Mercedes). Friday April 2, 1600 hours [...]

Malaysian Grand Prix preview

As I said earlier, the Malaysian Grand Prix of 2009 was a complete washout, with the race only completing half distance. This year, we hope that everyone has learned their lesson, and we can get back to racing at this very demanding circuit. Weather This year there are thunderstorms predicted for this weekend, which could [...]

Fauzy to drive in Malaysia practice

Lotus have announced that reserve driver Fairuz Fauzy will drive their car in Friday Practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix. He will temporarily replace Heikki Kovalainen at the wheel. The former GP2 driver has been involved with several test sessions with Lotus before the season began. While it’s good to see reserve drivers being given [...]

2009 flashback: Storms cut Malaysia race short

In a new series, before each race, I will look back on the race in 2009, and look forward to 2010. This time round it is the Malaysian Grand Prix. 2009 In the days after the Australian Grand Prix, Brawn GP were already looking forward to win the Malaysian Grand Prix. When Jenson Button took [...]

Safety should still be key

When I was watching the race on Sunday, two things struck me as odd. First of all was Kamui Kobayashi’s repeated front wing failures, and the second is the issue over the outboard wing mirrors, which I have already posted about. Neither of these ended with catastrophic results, but they are both still worrying. The [...]

Drivers call to change wing mirrors

Formula 1 drivers are trying to lobby the FIA to take action on the problems with the wing mirrors this year, following many complaints about a lack of visibility. Many incidents occured in the Australian Grand Prix this weekend because the drivers were unable to see behind them while concentrating on the road. In Friday [...]

Australian GP press conference

Today we saw Jenson Button take his first win for McLaren, and Robert Kubica take a well-deserved second place for Renault. Here is the transcript of the post-race press conference: Q: Jenson, an incredible race. 50 laps plus on a set of soft tyres. You made the early gamble for the slick tyres and that [...]

Australian Grand Prix analysis – a true drivers’ race

For all the complaining Formula 1 got for the race in Bahrain, the Australian race has firmly put F1 back in the good light. Thanks to the early rain, there was no messy tyre compound changes, no refuelling to worry about, so it was all down to the drivers. They didn’t dissappoint, and we got [...]