Archive for the ‘Test Sessions’ Category
Test Sessions includes news articles from testing events.
Pirelli completes successful first F1 tyre test
Pirelli took the first step of its return to the FIA Formula One World Championship when Nick Heidfeld completed a two-day test at the wheel of a Toyota TF109 yesterday (Wednesday August 18). Heidfeld, Pirelli’s newly-appointed Formula One test driver, sampled prototype versions of Pirelli’s PZero Formula One tyre, which will be used by all [...]
Virgin Racing suffers hydraulic leak
Virgin Racing today concluded its three-test, pre-season programme at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, the team’s final day of running ahead of the season curtain-raiser in Bahrain in two weeks’ time. In consistently warm and dry conditions, Lucas di Grassi completed 49 laps and set a best time of 1:26.160. The past three weeks [...]
Vettel and Webber concludes testing
Having had less time on track than expected yesterday, Sebastian started the test this morning with Mark finishing the pre-season preparations in the afternoon. It was a similar programme for both drivers which the team successfully completed; establishing the final set-ups for the start of the season with varying fuel loads. Ian Morgan, Head of [...]
Kubica completes Barcelona test
Dry and sunny weather in Barcelona gave good testing conditions. The team lost some track time in the morning with a technical problem, but covered good mileage in the afternoon. Robert Kubica: “In the morning we lost a lot of track time with a technical problem. In the afternoon we tried to do a race [...]
Ferrari tests in Barcelona concluded
Today marked the end of winter testing in preparation for the Formula 1 World Championship, at the Catalunya Circuit, near Barcelona. Circuit: Catalunya Circuit, Montmelò – 4.655 km Driver: Felipe Massa Car: Ferrari F10 Weather: air temperature 15/19 °C, track temperature 15/23 °C. Overcast. Having driven the F10 on its track debut in Valencia a [...]
McLaren strong on final day
Final day of pre-season testing. Lewis was back in the car today, continuing the understanding, evaluation and development of new components that Jenson had started yesterday. With a more innate understanding of the new package, Lewis’s engineers were able to spend the morning fine-tuning MP4-25’s set-up while also carrying out a number of pitstop practices. [...]
