The 25-year-old Russian completed 75 laps as the team focussed on getting him acquainted with the car as he experienced F1 power for the first time. The day went smoothly and Vitaly successfully completed the technical programme to round off a productive week.

The team will remain in Spain and travel to Jerez next week to continue its winter testing programme.

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The Renault F1 Team remained in Valencia today for a second day of testing at the Spanish track. Weather conditions remained dry and sunny, allowing the team to complete another busy day working with the R30. Robert Kubica continued to add mileage to the car and clocked up a total of 119 laps by the ... [ more ]

Robert Kubica was the man behind the wheel as the team’s 2010 challenger took to the circuit for the very first time shortly after 10:00am local time. The car was running with the distinctive black and yellow livery that was shown for the first time yesterday.

The team’s programme focussed on getting ... [ more ]

The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team today revealed its brand new MP4-25 chassis - the car in which reigning world champion Jenson Button and 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton will contest the 2010 FIA Formula 1 World Championship.

Unveiled at Vodafone UK's stunning headquarters in Newbury, the 2010 car looks noticeably different from last year's race-winning MP4-24. ... [ more ]

Kimi Raikkonen has concluded a deal that will see him switch from Formula One to the World Rally Championship next season with Citroen.

The 2007 world champion joins the Red Bull Citroen Junior team alongside rising star Sebastien Ogier and his co-driver will again be Kaj Lindstrom.

“I always wanted to compete in rally, especially in the World Rally Championship ... [ more ]

The FIA confirmed on Thursday that the BMW Sauber team has obtained the last available space on the 2010 F1 championship's entry list. The departure of Totoya therefore played in the Swiss team's favour.

"The FIA has written to inform BMW Sauber AG that their application for an entry in the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship has been successful," indicated ... [ more ]

The final test of the year concluded this afternoon at Jerez with 16 young drivers driving for nine teams. Daniel Ricciardo completed his third day of running with Red Bull Renault, impressing once again and setting the fastest time of the week on a 1:17.418s best. The British F3 champion has impressed this week and has been linked to the second seat at Toro Rosso alongside ... [ more ]

Testing for up and coming young drivers continued Wednesday at Jerez with nine of the ten teams that took part in the 2009 season in action with Gary Paffett topping the timesheets with a best lap of 1:18.718s.

McLaren again ran the regular tester and DTM racer, focusing on fuel load analysis ahead of the re-fuelling ban that comes into effect next year. The British ... [ more ]

Lewis Hamilton dominated qualifying for Sunday’s 55-lap Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as the field looks to wrap up the 2009 season on a high note. Sebastien Vettel is Hamilton nearest challenger as he looks to secure second position in the championship at the new Yas Marina Circuit, while a number of drivers have their own personal battles to conclude on Sunday evening.

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Lewis Hamilton has claimed pole position for the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the impressive Yas Marina Circuit as the out-going champion absolutely dominated the hour of evening running, topping the timesheets in each of the three qualifying rounds by a significant margin.

Despite a small error on his first qualifying run that left him tenth on the provisional ... [ more ]