Buzzin F1 – Formula One Blog

Nick Heidfeld has been released from his duties as reserve driver for the Mercedes Grand Prix team to join Pirelli, the 2011 F1 tyre supplier as their official driver.
Pirelli’s new testing programme began on Monday at Mugello with further development work days scheduled at Jerez, Monza and at the Paul Ricard circuit.
The team statement read;
“We [...]

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Eight of the Formula One teams resumed testing at Jerez in Spain on Monday with unfavourable weather conditions and  a mass of red flags produced after many of the drivers came to a halt on track as mechanical failures occurred on the 2009 cars.
Although the teams were compromised by a shower on the Monday afternoon, [...]

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Three of the Formula One teams went to the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain this week to test, but are now requesting to prolong the two-week session after bad weather disrupted the running.
Ferrari, BMW Sauber and Toyota, were faced with a closed circuit on Wednesday when a huge sandstorm arrived bringing visibility down to zero and [...]

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