The anticipation ahead of this Formula One season, which begins this weekend, is greater than ever. Which of the four world champions on the grid will win, or will it be someone new?
Brain the size of a small planet, shy and retiring by nature, recently spotted drenched in champagne, Red Bull F1’s chief technical officer talks exclusively to the Red Bulletin.
Mark Webber reckons his chance of a maiden victory at Silverstone was taken from him in qualifying but claimed he had done the maximum possible to carve out another one-two.
Mark Webber slammed Kimi Raikkonen for ruining a possible pole-winning final qualifying lap at Silverstone this afternoon, wondering whether the Finn had been “drinking some vodka”.
Spanish GP podium-finisher Mark Webber reckons that thinking like a golfer is the key to success this season, particularly at the upcoming Monaco Grand Prix, one of the most challenging for F1 drivers.
Red Bull Racing chief technical officer Adrian Newey says his cars have the edge in raw pace on the season-dominating Brawn GP machines but they’re getting held up by others.
Spanish F1 fans have overtaken the Italian and British as the most passionate, most raucous, it’s just a shame that that’s all the overtaking going on at their grand prix.
With Mark Webber hoping to soon put a notch in the win column, he was reminded in Bahrain that it will shortly be the 50th anniversary of the first win for an Australian in Formula One.
With a first victory behind it, Red Bull Racing made the trip from Shanghai to Bahrain in good spirits. The Red Bulletin caught up with head of race engineering Ian Morgan.
For a team member, winning a grand prix means a lot of things: happiness, kudos, an easier life, bonus money and, almost inevitably, a hangover the morning after the race.
Sebastian Vettel was characteristically modest after winning in Shanghai: “I think it was a little easier for me than for others because for most of the race I didn’t have anybody in front.”
In South-East Asia at this time of year it rains at dusk. It rains a lot. So when the cascade began on lap 22 of the Malaysian Grand Prix there was no great surprise.