Technical Director, Sam Michael, reviews the team's performance in the Hungarian Grand Prix...

Q: Were you satisfied with the performance of the FW32 at the Hungaroring?

SM: We are definitely making progress with the car, but we need to find a few more tenths if we are to regularly qualify in Q3.

Q: Nico made it into Q3 for the third time in four races, ... [ more ]

For race day temperatures returned to something closer to normal for the Hungarian summer and the sun shone all day, meaning that the race would be held in different conditions to those where the set-up had been determined. Virgin Racing had high hopes for a strong finish, as Timo had qualified fastest of the new teams, but starting on the dirty side of the grid meant ... [ more ]

Vitaly Petrov, P5
Fastest lap: 1:23.799
Started race on option
Pit stop: Lap 15, time in pits: 22.496 (prime)

Vitaly: I feel wonderful because we did everything almost perfect today. I made a good start and managed to pass Rosberg and Hamilton into the first corner, which was our target. After that, I didn't try and block Lewis too much because I had a ... [ more ]

One Ferrari on the podium and the other at the foot of it: that was the outcome of the Hungarian Grand Prix for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, which saw Fernando Alonso finish second and Felipe Massa fourth. Thanks to this result, Fernando has closed the gap to the leader of the Drivers' championship to 20 points, with Felipe back up to sixth place: in the Constructors' classification, ... [ more ]

RED BULL RACING WINS ITS 100th GRAND PRIX WEEKEND

In just five and a half seasons Red Bull Racing has achieved: 200 race starts, 568.5 points, 15 pole positions, 12 wins, 8 seconds, 11 thirds

Car 6 MARK WEBBER, Finish Position: WINNER, Start Position: 2nd
"Not an easy Grand Prix today. We knew the start was crucial, especially at a venue like this where ... [ more ]

Michael Schumacher finished the Hungarian Grand Prix in 11th place today whilst Nico Rosberg retired following a pit stop incident.

Nico lost a position at the start and was running in seventh place when he came into the pits on lap 16 following the deployment of the safety car. A problem with the nut on the right rear wheel saw the wheel come loose as Nico went ... [ more ]

Hispania Racing, HRT F1 Team finished a difficult weekend with much improved race pace and achieved another double car finish

Hungaroring Circuit, Sunday, 01 August 2010
Weather: Sunny - air temperature 29DEGC, track temperature 43DEGC
Race: 70 laps
Track length: 4.381 km

Bruno Senna F110-02 #21 17th
Sakon Yamamoto F110-03 #20 19th

Hispania ... [ more ]

Nico Hulkenberg claimed a career-best sixth place Formula One finish in today's Hungarian GP, driving a mature and controlled race amid an incident-filled afternoon. A Safety Car on lap 15 saw 13 cars enter the pitlane simultaneously and in one of the ensuing incidents, a loose wheel from another car knocked down Nigel Hope, a member of the AT&T Williams pitcrew. Despite ... [ more ]

Repsol Honda Team riders Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso took to the Brno race circuit again today to complete the scheduled day of MotoGP testing that traditionally follows the Grand Prix of the Czech Republic. The day was cut short by rain shortly after 3pm, but the factory Honda riders still managed to amass some valuable mileage on their RC212V machines.

Dovizioso ... [ more ]

RAIN STOPS PLAY AT BRNO TEST

Team San Carlo Honda Gresini riders Marco Melandri and Marco Simoncelli were back on track at Brno today for a test session that got underway in good conditions this morning but was interrupted by a torrential downpour at around 3pm local time. Melandri was able to rack up a total of 42 laps with a best effort of 1'58"070, the Italian ... [ more ]

Aoyama back in action for Brno Test

The official test that took place today, after the Grand Prix Ceske republiky, was the first strain test for Hiroshi Aoyama, who had to stay at home after he had a nasty crash in the Warm up for the British Grand Prix in Silverstone, where he fractured his 12th vertebra two months ago. Aoyama rode 46 laps and is satisfied with ... [ more ]

Positive test for Spies and Edwards in Brno

Less than 24 hours after a strong performance in the Czech Republic MotoGP race, the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team was back hard at work for a one-day test session at the Brno circuit today.

Perfect conditions this morning allowed Texan Spies to complete 36 of his 42 laps on board a 2011 prototype model of Yamaha's ... [ more ]

It is time for the 9th event of the 2010 season, Rally Germany. The Petter Solberg World Rally Team is already based in Trier, the oldest city in Germany. 19 asphalt stages and 400 competitive kilometres are awaiting the 80 crews that are nominated for this rally. 400kms of Special stages makes this rally one of the longest on the calendar, and it also includes one of ... [ more ]

KIMI GETS READY FOR ACTION IN GERMANY

The last time that Kimi Raikkonen set foot on military ground was probably when he did national service as a youngster back home in Finland.

Everyone aged 18 or over has to do military service in Finland, even Formula One World Champions. So every year 27,000 Finnish boys (women are exempted) join the army. In return ... [ more ]

Duval rejoins Stobart for Rallye Deutschland

Francois Duval and co-driver Denis Giraudet will join the Stobart M-Sport Ford World Rally Team for the ADAC Rallye Deutschland next week.

Duval, an experienced tarmac driver, has contested Rallye Deutschland every year since its inception to the FIA World Rally Championship in 2002. The 29-year-old Belgian driver ... [ more ]