Williams scrambling to put together equipment it needs for Monaco

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Two days after winning in Spain, Williams is scrambling to put together the equipment it needs to contest next weekend’s Monaco grand prix.Mere hours after Pastor Maldonado secured the once-great British team’s first victory since 2004, a huge fire broke out in the pits, leaving one team member still in a Barcelona hospital with burns.“His family are in constant communication and he is in good

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Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Pictures

Monday, May 14, 2012

Pastor Maldonado secured his maiden F1 victory at the Spanish Grand Prix, followed by home hero Fernando Alonso who was just ahead of third place man Kimi Räikkönen.Pictures Spanish Grand Prix, Start Spanish Grand Prix, Start Spanish Grand Prix, Start Fernando Alonso, Pastor Maldonado Romain

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Video : Fire distrupts Williams' celebrations after the Spanish Grand Prix

Sunday, May 13, 2012

A serious fire broke out in the Williams garage after the Spanish Grand Prix.Statement from the FIAThe FIA can confirm that a fire broke out in the Williams garage after the conclusion of the Spanish Grand Prix. The flames were quickly brought under control through the combined intervention of staff from Williams, Caterham and Force India, supported by the circuit fire services.Thirty-one team

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Williams' celebrations short lived as fire engulfed team garage in an unfortunate incident

After a first win for Pastor Maldonado in F1 and the first for Williams since 2004, the celebrations were short lived as a couple of hours later something exploded in the British team’s garage, triggering a major fire.Team members and fire crews battled the blaze as paddock regulars scrambled away from the heavy smoke and police arrived on the scene.The Telegraph’s Tom Cary said on Twitter, that

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F1 2012 Championship Standings after Spanish GP

World Drivers' Championship Grands Prix Driver AU MA CH BR ES MO CA EU GB GE HU BE IT SI JP KO IN AB US BR Points 1 Sebastian Vettel 18 - 10 25 8 61 2 Fernando Alonso 10 25 2 6 18

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Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Maldonado's superb drive grants him maiden victory

With five different races completed so far, we have five different winners with five different constructors!Venezuela's Pastor Maldonado produced a sensational performance in this afternoon's Spanish Grand Prix to secure his maiden F1 victory and the first for Williams since 2004. The 27-year-old had to fight back from second place after losing the lead from pole position at the start, but

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Spanish Grand Prix - Maldonado handed pole, Hamilton handed penalty

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Hamilton's McLaren was pushed into the pits after qualifyingFIA stewards have stripped Lewis Hamilton of pole position and excluded him from qualifying. He starts Sunday's race right at the back of the grid. As a result, Pastor Maldonado will now start tomorrow's grand prix from pole, whose Williams had last been on pole at the 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix driven by Nico Hülkenberg.And what better

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Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Saturday Qualifying Result

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton takes pole position for tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix. Following him on the grid is Pastor Maldonado for Williams who was a big surprise in qualifying. Fernando Alonso will start the race from 2nd row of the grid for Ferrari. [updated] Hamilton handed penalty.Bruno Senna spins out of Q1A very quiet start to Q1 saw teams biding their time to see who would go out first to

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Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Final Practice 3 Result

World championship leader Sebastian Vettel set the fastest laptime of the final practice session ahead of qualifying in Barcelona this morning, but is sure to face a fierce battle for pole position later today. In what was a highly unpredictable session, Vettel's laptime of 1m23.168s beat Williams' Pastor Maldonado (1m23.336s) and Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi (1m23.350s) by less than two tenths, with

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Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Friday Practice 1 & 2 Results

Alonso leads first practice session in revised FerrariLocal hero Fernando Alonso got his home Grand Prix weekend off to the perfect start by setting the fastest time of Friday's first practice session in Barcelona. The Asturias native took advantage of a raft of new updates on the F2012 to post a time of 1m24.430s to go over a third of a second quicker than the rest of the field.The session was

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McLaren may run a higher nose (not platypus-style) in Spain

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

At the very end of the Mugello test, test driver Oliver Turvey debuted a new front wing that featured a conspicuously higher nose tip (see pictures below).McLaren, the early 2012 frontrunner but having struggled recently in Bahrain, was the only notable team this year to ignore the new design trend for ugly ‘stepped’ front noses, introduced as arguably the best solution to new nose-height safety

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Dani Clos to make F1 debut for HRT in first practice in Spain

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

With Caterham announcing the participation of the American driver, Alexander Rossi in Friday morning practice at the Spanish Grand Prix weekend, making his F1 debut is also a Spaniard, Dani Clos.Dani Clos will step into the F112 for the first time on Friday (May 11th) to take part in the first free practice session during a grand prix weekend. 23 year-old Clos will substitute teammate Narain

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Pirelli : Technical notes for the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix

For the first time this year, tyre supplier Pirelli has announced the combination of the hard and soft compounds for this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, as opposed to the soft and medium tyres they had supplied for previous races in the season so far.Color Scheme (Dry- weather) Super-Soft [Red] Soft [Yellow] Medium [White] Hard [Silver]

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Mercedes plays down reports of quitting F1

Mercedes has played down reports that they would pull out of Formula One over the concerns about the motorsport's ruling body.A report on Monday (7th May), in The Times, suggested that the Brackley-based team could end their association with the sport, with speculation stating they would not have a seat at the table under new plans for the sport.The report goes on to say: "Mercedes, which is

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Jean Todt's visit to the HRT's new facilities at the Caja Mágica (+Pictures)

Sunday, May 6, 2012

On Friday (May 4th), Jean Todt, the President of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), paid a visit to HRT Formula 1 Team's brand new facilities at the Caja Mágica in Madrid.Guided by the team’s CEO, Saúl Ruiz de Marcos, and Team Principal, Luis Pérez-Sala, the head figure of the FIA toured the team’s new facilities.From the management area to the workshop where the mechanics were

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Alexander Rossi to participate in F1 race weekend for the first time

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Alexander Rossi, an American driver, racing in Formula Renault 3.5 this year for the Arden Caterham team, will take part in Friday morning practice at the Spanish Grand Prix.He will be taking over Heikki Kovalainen's place for the first practice session on Friday (11th May). Rossi tested for Caterham in Abu Dhabi last year in the Young Drivers Test, but this will be his first outing during a

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Ferrari's new exhaust may not be critical says Alonso (+Pictures)

The Italian giants introduced the first step of a new exhaust system and rear bodywork at this week’s major three-day in-season test at Mugello.They sweated through hours of hard work with tyres and set-up over short and long runs and they tried a new clutch to boost their starts. Ferrari are also planning to take new front and rear wings to the next Grand Prix in Spain.But a cautious Alonso, who

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2012 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Details Race Date: 13-May-12 Circuit Name: Circuit de Catalunya Number of Laps: 66 Circuit Length: 4.655 km Race Distance: 307.104 km Lap Record: 1:21.670 - K Raikkonen (2008) The circuit has been the site of some memorable moments. In 1991, Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell went down the entire front straight side-by-side while duelling for

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