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Ferrai technical director Pat Fry says that based on the team's performance in pre-season testing, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa won't be achieving podium finishes at the season opener in Melbourne. Fry had also said the F2012 hadn't worked up to everyone's...

IMAGE [1]: The 2011 Mercedes is revealed, 1, February, 2011. Mercedes GP Petronas was once a winning team. When it still had the name, Brawn GP, they were winning races, taking poles, and winning Championships. When they were bought out by Mercedes, both...

IMAGE [1]: Ferrari changes Felipe Massa's punctured tire at the Singapore Grand Prix There was this team, a team that other teams dreamed of being. A flare of red at the front of the pack was all you could keep your eyes on. The team and color wasn't...

IMAGE [1]: Sutil (left) and teammate di Resta (right) battle for position in the Brazilian Grand Prix. A team who finished sixth in the Constructors' World Championship was a team who just three years ago dreamed about scoring a championship point. Three...

IMAGE [1]: Pastor Maldonado, Williams, drives in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Jenson Button is a man who has had luck in Yas Marina, Pastor Maldonado is a man who hasn't. The Venezuelan rookie received three penalties over the course of the race, on and...

IMAGE [1]: Sebastian Vettel celebrates after clinching the record-tying fourteenth pole position. Qualifying is over and the race is just a few hours away. Sebastian Vettel has already made history, and can make more in just fourteen hours. The number...

Image [1]: Vettel stops in Singapore where Red Bull set a record stop time of 2.8 seconds. Formula 1 drivers don't just compete in a race by themselves. In fact, sometimes their wins or retirements are caused by their teams in the pits. That's why pit...

Image [1]: Renault keeps getting worse. Can the come back at the end of the championship? At the beginning of the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship, Lotus Renault GP was the team that surprised everyone the most. They were the team that many believed...

Image [1]: Massa and Hamilton have run into each other five times this season. Here they are at the end of the British GP As proved once again in India, Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton have a very large rivalry. The two have come together several times...

This question, Who is the Best Driver? isn't often asked because it seems quite obvious. But it really isn't. Some drivers appear to be faster or slower, better or worse, but part of that speed could be the car that they're driving. Their team could give...