Free Practice 2 for the 2013 British Grand Prix was dryer, warmer, busier and more action packed than Free Practice One. The drier track meant more cars were out throughout the session. We watched from Village. The drivers seemed keen to get plenty of track time for Free Practice Two, given that the morning Free…
After my recent trip to Formula One winter testing, I added over 700 photos to Flickr, featuring all of the competitors for the 2013 season. Thank you for all of your kind comments on those, but one of the requests that I have had from several sources is the ability to view these on a…
Marussia have had a difficult period between the 2012 and 2013 seasons, announcing Timo Glock was remaining with them, then he left because of the need for sponsorship, to be replaced by Luiz Razia, who did not bring the sponsorship that was hoped, and who in return was replaced by Jules Bianchi. The new MR02…
The Caterham CT03 is one of the prettiest cars among the 2013 entries, and drivers Charles Pic and rookie Giedo Van Der Garde will be hoping that plenty of people get to see the car through them making it through the races and into the points. Van Der Garde may be new to Formula One,…
The Toro Rosso team has two experienced drivers in 2013, in the form of Daniel Ricciardo, with his distinctive black helmet, and with Jean-Eric Vergne, who remains a popular driver. The STR8 looked good in testing, and managed to get in plenty of laps through through the testing sessions, which their fans will be hoping…
Williams have had a few fallow years, after producing a series of World Champions in the 1980s and 1990s, but 2012 saw them back to winning form, and no doubt they will hope to build on this in 2013. Pastor Maldonado remains in the team, and is joined by rookie Valterri Bottas, a popular driver…
The Sahara Force India team retain British driver Paul Di Resta for the 2013 season, however, there was much speculation as to who might be joining him as the second driver. Eventually, it was announced by the team that Adrian Sutil would be making a return to Formula One, and Winter Testing was the opportunity…
The Sauber team are hoping for a good season in 2013, no doubt, with their driver line up of Nico Hulkenberg and newcomer Esteban Gutiérrez who will make his Formula One debut in Melbourne, one of five rookies who will take to the grid for the first time. The team managed to get plenty of…
Mercedes Formula One are joined by British former world champion Lewis Hamilton in 2013, hoping that their new F1 W04 car can do better than the 2012 version that was driven by Michael Schumacher. Hamilton is in the number 10 car, with car number 9 featuring Nico Rosberg, who continues from the previous season. The…
The Lotus Formula One team features an unchanged driver line up in 2013, hoping that Kimi Raikkonen can re-find his championship winning form, and that Romain Grosjean can improve on his 2012 year that saw a number of first lap incidents. The Lotus E21 includes the team’s twitter hashtag of #ImSexyAndIKnowIt and it is a…
I mentioned that I was taking some photos whilst at Formula One Winter Testing this year, and I ended up taking a couple of thousand, which I am currently sorting through to find the good ones and to get rid of the less so good pictures. I have the first two hundred reasonable quality photos…
I have arrived safely back in the UK after Formula One Winter Testing on a flight filled with Formula One related staff. It was interesting watching the groups of the various teams gathering together in their matching outfits with matching equipment. I may be in the UK, but I’m not home yet, so my good…