The FIA’s Formula 1 Sporting Regulations state (at Article 39.1):
39.1 Team orders which interfere with a race result are prohibited.
In the post-race press conference following yesterday’s Chinese Grand Prix, Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen, being quizzed as to whether he had followed ‘team orders’ and allowed Felipe Massa to overtake him towards the end of the race, [...]

Would you like to manufacture and supply engines and transmissions to all the F1 teams for the period from 2010 to 2012? If so, you can download the FIA’s request for tender here.

This is a fascinating concept—and one that the F1 manufacturers and teams have not even agreed to support. The idea appears to be [...]

The FIA continues to take advantage of every opportunity to damage its credibility, with yesterday’s post-race penalty applied to Sebastien Bourdais being just the latest example.

Bourdais was racing strongly and had just left the pits (after his second stop) when Felipe Massa ranged alongside him. TV coverage appeared to show Bourdais holding his ‘inside’ line [...]

For many years, it has been difficult for Formula 1 cars to overtake each other.

Here’s a fascinating article that explains why, and also provides information about plans to remedy the situation for 2009. Very worthwhile reading for F1 fans.

I’m not normally one to subscribe to conspiracy theories—but I’ll admit that I find it hard to believe that the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) is NOT waging war on the McLaren F1 team (and, at the same time, favouring Ferrari).

In last night’s Singapore Grand Prix, Felipe Massa received a ‘drive through’ penalty for ‘unsafe [...]

At the end of an incident-charged Canadian Grand Prix, Robert Kubica has emerged with his maiden win, the maiden win for BMW-Sauber and, backed up by team-mate Nick Heidfeld, the team’s first one-two finish. This is a stunning achievement.

Some will say that the team benefited from the misfortunes of others (principally Hamilton (McLaren) who crashed [...]

Commenting over the weekend on his team’s re-signing of driver David Coulthard, Mark Webber confirmed that his own deal with Red Bull Racing is for two years. In other words, Mark will be at RBR in 2008.

Given the team’s improving form, that may not be a bad thing. RBR seems to be moving clear of [...]

I noticed last year that, when Mark Webber signed for Red Bull Racing, there was no announcement as to the length of the deal.

Speculation arose in the Paddock of the Monaco Grand Prix over the weekend, suggesting that our Mark could be headed to Renault for 2008 (he was a Renault test driver prior to [...]

Long time Flying Nerd readers will know that I don’t have a lot of time for Toyota Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher (Michael’s little brother)—or the Big Girl’s Blouse as I have been wont to call him.

I’m pleased to see that members of the press are finally coming round to my view. In today’s Motorsport [...]

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Since the beginning of the 2007 Formula 1 season, there have been two major, multi-team test sessions (exclusing the Friday testing) – at Sepang (prior to the Malaysian Grand Prix) and, last week, at Barcelona (prior to this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix).

Lap times from the tests show that Red Bull Racing has taken a significant [...]

Overall

Overall, a pretty dull race. Sure, it was great to see Lewis Hamilton score a great result on debut – but once Kimi Raikkonen started to stride away from the field, the result was pretty obvious barring accidents or technical issues.

Nothing new to report. Red Bull Racing still lags McLaren and Renault by between 1% and 2% at the conclusion of pre-season testing in Bahrain. (Some teams will return to Jerez in Spain for testing this week – but I haven’t been able to find out whether RBR will be amongst them.)

The hard data is [...]

Most of the F1 teams have commenced the final week of pre-season testing this week in Bahrain.

Once again, Mark Webber’s Red Bull Racing team is languishing towards the bottom of the time sheets. I’ve updated the analysis again, which you can see by clicking on the thumbnail below:

I see no progress here. Red Bull is [...]

Most of the F1 teams moved to Bahrain last week to continue pre-season testing. The first Barhrain test ran from 22 Feb to 24 Feb. (Further testing takes place this week.)

Sadly, after the unexplained burst of speed in the last European test (see here), the red Bull Racing team has slipped back to its more [...]

Something strange happened on the last day of the Barcelona F1 test: Red Bull Racing driver David Coulthard (Mark Webber’s teammate) went fastest! How did that happen?

RBR’s cars have been slow and unreliable for weeks, but on the day that team owner Dietrich Mateschitz blew into town, DC managed to pull a quick one out [...]

Red Bull Racing is still more than one per cent slower than Renault (same engines) and McLaren in pre-season testing. I’ve updated my analysis table, here (click on the thumbnail to see the table):

Once again, RBR covered significantly fewer laps than the comparator teams I’ve selected (McLaren and Renault). Once again, they are slower than [...]

I’m very disappointed to note that, if pre-season testing is any guide to in-season form, Mark Webber is looking at another very tough year. The Red Bull Racing car has been slow and unreliable – and so far things don’t really seem to be heading in the right direction nearly quickly enough.

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I haven’t had much to say about Formula 1 for a while. I stopped reporting on races last year when I got depressed by the deterioration of the performance of the WilliamsF1 team – and especially their inability to give Mark Webber a decent car with which to prove his worth (or otherwise).

I’ve been scratching [...]