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Soft tyre Alonso quickest at Jerez
Grandprix.com - News &bull Feb 10, 2012
The Spaniard set his time in the morning, when conditions are usually at their best, using a set of Pirelli's soft compound tyres. The time, however, was almost half a second shy of Romain Grosjean's Thursday best in the Lotus, set on medium compound rubber. Alonso managed just 39 laps today on top of the 67 he did yesterday as Ferrari was hit by electrical gremlins. The team admits that it has… Full Story »
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Coton joins Hamilton management team
Grandprix.com - News &bull Feb 9, 2012
Coton has huge F1 experience, previously working with Keke Rosberg and managing 1988-9 world champion Mika Hakkinen. He then oversaw the latter years of Olivier Panis's F1 career. He has deep roots with the McLaren team through those associations. Hamilton's… Full Story »
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Grosjean impressive in new Lotus
Grandprix.com - News &bull Feb 9, 2012
Nico Rosberg (1:17.613) kept Mercedes at the top of the time sheets in F1's first pre-season test at Jerez but Romain Grosjean (1:18.419) was comfortably quickest of the 2012-spec cars in the Lotus on day three. His best time was 1.2s quicker than Kimi Raikkonen's fastest, recorded on the opening day. I'm one of the happiest guys in the world right now!" Grosjean said. The car feels good on different fuel loads and tyre compounds.… Full Story »
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Schumacher tops second Jerez test day
Grandprix.com - News &bull Feb 8, 2012
Mercedes will not debut its new chassis until the second pre-season test at Barcelona and, in 2011 spec, with greater downforce, it is not too surprising that the three-pointed star topped the times. Although obviously very early days, Red Bull's form with the new RB8 is already starting to look a little ominous for the opposition with Mark Webber (1:19.184) just over half a second shy of Schumacher's pace without the aid… Full Story »
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Raikkonen quickest in new Lotus at Jerez!
Grandprix.com - News &bull Feb 7, 2012
The Finn, who recently did two days in a two-year-old Renault chassis at Valencia as a means of re-acclimatisation after two years away from F1, was quickly in the groove and set the time early in the day when conditions were at their quickest. It was a positive first day of testing and everything went almost to plan," the 2007 champion said. The tyres were more of a challenge in the afternoon when we ran with a scrubbed set,… Full Story »
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Williams launches FW34
Grandprix.com - News &bull Feb 7, 2012
Williams today unveiled their 2012 F1 challenger the Williams-Renault FW34. The team decided to show the car in the pitlane at Jerez prior to pre-season Full Story »
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Toro Rosso launches STR7
Grandprix.com - News &bull Feb 6, 2012
Scuderia Toro Rosso also launched their 2012 chassis at Jerez today, unveiling the STR7. Full Story »
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Topics:
- chassis
- Jerez
- Toro Rosso
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Red Bull designer Adrian Newey Q
Grandprix.com - News &bull Feb 6, 2012
Red Bull's chief technical officer Adrian Newey talks about designing the new RB8 chassis. Full Story »
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Red Bull driver Mark Webber Q
Grandprix.com - News &bull Feb 6, 2012
Australian Mark Webber on the launch of the new Red Bull chassis looks ahead to the new season. Full Story »
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Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel Q
Grandprix.com - News &bull Feb 6, 2012
Two-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel commented on the launch of the all-new RB8 chassis. Full Story »
