Marussia was forced to miss the final pre-season test after failing the 18th and final FIA crash test. The new car wasn't going to feature the platypus nose, similar to McLaren, which would make it tougher to pass the more in-depth crash tests of 2012....

The third test session in Barcelona brought quite a surprise as Pastor Maldonado topped the morning half of the session with a time just two tenths faster than Hulkenberg's session topping time yesterday. The Venezuelan put in a solid 52 laps before lunch...

Day Two in Barcelona has been going well for Force India and Hulkenberg. The young German topped the second pre-season test in Barcelona with a time of 1:22.6. Sergio Perez did a good job to slot his Sauber in right behind Hulkenberg, with the Mexican...

Everyone was doubting that the 2012 Formula 1 calendar would even turn to Sakhir for the Bahrain Grand Prix. There was lot of talk about whether it was safe to go to or not, and finally the team decided that whatever decision the FIA made would be for...

After their lack of pace in the first three pre-season tests, Ferrari's performance turned around in favor of Fernando Alonso. Despite only driving 22 laps during the morning session, he still managed to top the session with a 1:18.877, which was over...

The Mercedes W02 is one of two 2011 cars running in winter testing. Mercedes is planned to launch their new car at the second pre-season test, but they might not even want to. The reason behind that is that they are faster than all the new cars in testing...

Day two of Winter Testing in Jerez, Spain went all Michael Schumacher's way as he became the first driver in 2012 to make it into the 1:18s at the Jerez Circuit. The day isn't over yet but it's still quite something considering that he was in the old...

At the first pre-season test of 2012, we got quite a surprise. Well actually, two surprises. The first surprise was Lotus. The Lotus E20 was the fastest car on track in the Jerez, but the driver in the car was the biggest surprise. It wasn't Romain Grosjean...

Williams took the cover off the FW34 at the first winter test at Jerez. The new car features a livery and design similar to 2011's car, but the team have are hoping that the new car will be a whole lot faster than the 2011 chassis. The FW34 includes the...

Narain Karthikeyan was happy to hear that he would drive with Hispania Racing for the 2012 season. “It has taken a lot of hard work to make this happen, but I am absolutely elated to feature on the 2012 grid with HRT F1 Team," said the Indian. "I was...