Barcelona

1. Mark Webber injury puts pressure on Vettel

Sezione: F1

...focused down in Jerez at our next test and can\'t afford to make any mistakes, as time is valuable.\" Chief test engineer Ian Morgan believes Vettel\'s adjustment will be smooth. \"He settled in very quickly and it actually felt as though he\'d been with us for a long time already, which is a good sign,\" he said after last week\'s Barcelona test.Source:...

Data: 2008-11-25

2. BMW to do overtaking tests at Jerez

Sezione: F1

...rule changes for 2009 will make overtaking in formula one easier, BMW-Sauber test driver Christian Klien has said. During tests with the German team\'s heavily modified interim car at Barcelona this week, the Austrian revealed that he noticed the 2009-specification wings make it easier \"to drive closer to the rear\" of the cars in front. \"Even more...

Data: 2008-11-21

3. Giancarlo Fisichella \'not anxious\' about \'09 seat

Sezione: F1

...boss Vijay Mallya vowed to take new partner McLaren-Mercedes\' advice on all matters, the British team\'s main test driver Pedro de la Rosa this week tested the Force India car at Barcelona. It sparked intense speculation that, notwithstanding Mallya\'s previous suggestions that Sutil and Fisichella will race on next year, their seats may in fact be in...

Data: 2008-11-21

4. Money can buy STR seat - Bourdais

Sezione: F1

...strong finish to a difficult rookie season with the Red Bull sister team in 2008, but is anxious to hear whether he will be retained next year. Bourdais, 29, denies that this week\'s Barcelona test was a \'shootout\' for the seat against Japan\'s Takuma Sato, but rather a \"purely financial\" consideration for a cash-strapped team. \"As long as they don\'t...

Data: 2008-11-21

5. 2009 wings to cause GP-start chaos - Kubica

Sezione: F1

...front wing regulations for 2009 may result in plenty of broken carbon-fibre at the start of grands prix. The dubious aesthetics of the BMW-Sauber team\'s 2009-modified interim car at Barcelona this week have raised eyebrows, but the Polish driver seems more concerned about the functionality of the ultra-wide front wings. \"It is too wide,\" he is quoted as...

Data: 2008-11-20

6. Manager fears for Bourdais\' F1 future

Sezione: F1

...campaign, the 29-year-old has not yet penned a contract to remain at Toro Rosso in 2009. \"It is a rather unpleasant period,\" said Todt, the son of the former Ferrari boss Jean Todt. At Barcelona, Bourdais has this week been involved in what has been described as a test \'shootout\' for a race seat with fellow 2009 Toro Rosso contender Takuma Sato. The pair...

Data: 2008-11-20

7. STR in no rush to make \'09 decision - Sato

Sezione: F1

...Sebastien Buemi is almost guaranteed a 2009 seat, Sato is being considered for the post of a more \'experienced\' driver next year, as is the incumbent Sebastien Bourdais. But Sato said in Barcelona that he is not expecting an imminent decision. When asked by F1\'s official website when Toro Rosso might decide, he answered: \"I don\'t think that Toro Rosso...

Data: 2008-11-20

8. Robert Kubica agrees modified BMW ugly

Sezione: F1

...agrees with his BMW-Sauber colleague Christian Klien about the dubious aesthetics of the 2009-style aerodynamic rules. Klien, the Swiss based team\'s Austrian test driver, said at Barcelona this week that the modified F1.08 is the \"worst formula one car I have ever seen\". Also referring to the 2008 car, whose rear and front wings now conform to the new...

Data: 2008-11-19

9. Adrian Sutil insists Force India seat safe

Sezione: F1

...Zimmerman at the weekend said the German driver\'s race seat for 2009 is safe. \"The team has told me quite clearly that they are counting on me,\" Sutil, who like de la Rosa is testing in Barcelona this week, is quoted as saying by Sport Bild. \"Anyway, I have a valid contract for 2009,\" he added. Sutil said he has not contacted any other teams regarding...

Data: 2008-11-19

10. F1\'s 2009-spec car ugliest ever - Klien

Sezione: F1

...when Williams recently tested a car fitted with a rear wing that conformed to next year\'s radical aerodynamic rule changes. The towering, skinny and basic look is back in action at Barcelona\'s Circuit de Catalunya this week, and BMW-Sauber\'s interim offering is complete with a wide and flat 2009-style front wing. \"It\'s a sexy car isn\'t it?\" BMW\'s...

Data: 2008-11-19

11. Pedro De la Rosa to race Force India in 2009

Sezione: F1

...2009, the Spanish press declared on Tuesday. The Spaniard, currently McLaren\'s primary test and reserve driver, climbed into the Silverstone based team\'s Ferrari-powered 2008 car at Barcelona in the morning, and he will remain in the cockpit for the duration of the test. The Spanish newspaper Diario AS said de la Rosa\'s signing will be confirmed within a...

Data: 2008-11-19

12. Barcelona to be Force India\'s last \'08 action

Sezione: F1

It is likely that this week\'s three day test at Barcelona will be Force India\'s last track action of 2008. Despite the newly announced deal with McLaren and Mercedes, the Silverstone based team is running at the Spanish venue this week with its customer Ferrari engines. Barcelona, however, looks certain to be the last joint outing for Force India and...

Data: 2008-11-18

13. Pedro De la Rosa to test Force India in Spain

Sezione: F1

McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa will test with the Force India team on Tuesday and Wednesday at Barcelona\'s Circuit de Catalunya. The Silverstone based team\'s 2008 car in Spain is still being powered by a Ferrari engine, but a major technical collaboration for next year and beyond was recently concluded with McLaren-Mercedes. Force India is yet to...

Data: 2008-11-18

14. Scuderia Ferrari: First day of testing at the Barcelona circuit

Sezione: F1

...Sunny. Barely two weeks after the end of the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship, testing for next season is already underway, with three days of running at the Catalunya Circuit, near Barcelona. For Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, its two official test drivers, Luca Badoer and Marc Gene were on track today, both men at the wheel of an F2008 modified to give...

Data: 2008-11-17

15. First tests at Barcelona for the Scuderia Ferrari

Sezione: F1

This morning the three day practice session for the nine Formula 1 teams started at the Catalunya circuit, near Barcelona. Today 17 drivers went on the track, while there were also some new entries and a couple of guests. Amongst unusual names in Formula 1 were also the one of Rally ace Sebastian Loeb, behind the wheel of a Red Bull, and Bruno Senna,...

Data: 2008-11-17

16. Honda runs a dual test programme with Test & Reserve Driver Alex Wurz and the two young Brazilians Bruno Senna and Lucas di Grassi

Sezione: F1

...returned to the test track today just two weeks after the 2008 season finale in Brazil as the Formula One teams travelled to the familiar testing venue of the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona to commence preparations for the 2009 season. The three-day test will see the Honda team run two programmes. Alex Wurz and Jenson Button will focus on the development...

Data: 2008-11-18

17. F1\'s new era kick starts in Spain

Sezione: F1

Fifteen days after formula one engines fell silent at the chequered flag of the 2008 season finale, post-season testing on Monday got underway at Barcelona\'s Circuit de Catalunya. The first half of the day was an insight into the future of the category, with BMW-Sauber using full 2009-specification front and rear wings, in the hands of Christian Klien and...

Data: 2008-11-17

18. Rubens Barrichello wins Brazilian kart race

Sezione: Sport

...disqualified for fielding a kart that weighed less than the minimum 200 pounds. \"I did this race as training, because I do not want to stop (racing in F1),\" 36-year-old Barrichello, who has not been invited to test for Honda in Barcelona this week, said. \"If it is not possible (to stay in F1), it will not be through lack of trying,\" he added.Source. GMM.

Data: 2008-11-17

19. Sutil\'s manager says 2009 seat safe

Sezione: F1

...valid also for 2009, but that team boss Vijay Mallya has reiterated the situation several times by a factor of \"100 per cent\". Not only that, but Sutil visited Force India\'s Silverstone factory last Friday to have his seat fitted for the 2009 car. It also emerges that he will test on two out of the three days for the team in Barcelona this week.Source:...

Data: 2008-11-17

20. Rubens Barrichello to miss first Honda test

Sezione: F1

...chances of keeping his Honda seat for 2009 have receded yet further. The Japanese team has announced a full complement of four drivers for its first test of the 2009 post-season in Barcelona next week -- and the most experienced racer in grand prix history will not be among them. The respective race and test regulars Jenson Button and Alex Wurz will be...

Data: 2008-11-17