Formula One rookie Felipe Nasr emerged positive from his first test with Sauber, but urged caution as the second four-day stint approaches.
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“Newey: Mercedes have the advantage”
Red Bull Racing’s Chief Technical Officer, Adrian Newey, believes Mercedes are once again leading the Formula One charge for the world championship this year. Speaking in Jerez during the opening pre-season test last week, Newey claimed that the current engine dominated formula offers Mercedes a huge advantage, ahead of their Renault, Ferrari and Honda-powered competitors.
“F3 Open becomes Euroformula Open”
The European F3 Open revealed a change of identity of Friday with the series now rebranded as the Euroformula Open.
“Auto GP: Cerruti signs for Super Nova”
Italian racer Michela Cerruti has signed on for a full-season Auto GP World Series campaign with Super Nova.
“GP2 Series: Qinghua signs on for Caterham; Calado and Dillmann set test pace”
Ma Qinghua will become the first Chinese born driver to compete in the GP2 Series this season, when he takes part in the opening round in Malaysia with Caterham.
“GP2 Series: Quaife-Hobbs lays claim to MP Motorsport seat”
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs has joined Dutch squad MP Motorsport for their first GP2 Series campaign.
“Belated thoughts on the 2013 GP2 Series calendar”
The GP2 Series this week finalised the championship’s 2013 calendar and while it is generally the same as this year’s schedule, there remain minor alterations.
“Ceccon tops Jerez GP3 test”
Kevin Ceccon grabbed the top spot following two days of GP3 post-season testing at Jerez last week.
“GP3 Series to run full grid in 2013”
The GP3 Series received a significant vote of confidence this week, when it announced that eight teams have signed on for a further three years of competition.
“Amidst the confusion, de Jong makes GP2 return with Rapax”
Daniel de Jong will return to GP2 at Valencia this weekend as a replacement for Ricardo Teixeira at Rapax.
Sebastian Vettel tops day one in Barcelona test
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel topped the opening day of the second pre-season F1 test at Barcelona.
Alonso fastest on final day in Jerez
Fernando Alonso set the fastest time at Jerez today, on the final day of the opening pre-season Formula 1 test.
Rosberg fastest on day three in Jerez
Nico Rosberg took his Mercedes GP machine to the top of the timings on day three of Formula 1’s first pre-season test in Jerez.
Schumacher quickest on day two of F1 test in Jerez
Mercedes veteran Michael Schumacher assumed the quickest time on the second day of pre-season F1 testing in Jerez.
Raikkonen tops opening day of F1 test
Former world champion, Kimi Raikkonen topped the first day of pre-season testing at Jerez yesterday.
Stockinger and Suranovich confirm GP3 campaigns
In the last few days, two more drivers - Marlon Stockinger and Dmitry Suranovich - have confirmed their places on the grid for the upcoming GP3 season.
Toro Rosso uncover the STR7
Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne pulled the covers off the STR7 today – Scuderia Toro Rosso’s runner for the upcoming F1 season.
Sauber unveil the C31
Sauber took the covers off of their 2012 Formula 1 racer at Jerez this morning.
Narain Karthikeyan and Giedo van der Garde sign on
The weekend wasn’t all about car launches, as both HRT and Caterham F1 added to their driver line-ups.
McLaren launch MP4-27 charger
McLaren launched their 2012 Formula 1 World Championship charger at Woking this morning.