Lotus, Virgin & Hispania to use Xtrac’s “batch-produced” gearbox
March 8, 2010 by Negative Camber
Filed under Prime & Option
Xtrac, the transmission technology specialist and long-established supplier of gearbox components to almost every Formula 1 team on the grid, is supplying the Hispania Racing F1 Team and Lotus F1 Racing with a newly designed gearbox, designated as project 1044, developed for the 2010 season.
Including the aluminium casing, it’s Xtrac’s first total transmission system [...]
Lotus Racing confident for Bahrain
March 8, 2010 by Negative Camber
Filed under Prime & Option, Top Story
By 3am on Saturday morning Lotus Racing had finally finished packing up the six airfreight boxes needed for the journey to Bahrain and the beginning of the 2010 Formula One TM season. Two cars and a 60-strong team have now made their way to the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Bahrain International Circuit for [...]
Barcelona full test analysis: Inconsistent teams, consistent drivers
February 28, 2010 by vmr
Filed under Parc Fermé, People & Events
No more testing in 2010. Lots of racing, though. This past week’s testing in Barcelona has been one where the teams did not complain about the weather, and F1B actually had someone at the test session. Even with an eye-witness and access to all the team’s Twitter accounts and some live timing, it is still [...]
Jerez test 2 final analysis: Red Bull most consistently quick, wet and dry
February 20, 2010 by vmr
Filed under Prime & Option, Top Story
Another winter testing session done, only one more to go before the racing starts in Bahrain. If you thought the weather was capricious for last week’s testing in Jerez, that was nothing on this one. True, the teams had less to complain about with actual sunshine the final two days, but that change from torrential [...]
Jerez test 2, day 3: The sun shines and Webber sets fastest time
February 19, 2010 by vmr
Filed under People & Events, Top Story
The spirits in of everyone in Jerez seemed to be much higher Friday, with a nearly completely dry day of testing. In fact, no complaint was to be found on Twitter about the conditions, even with a torrential rainstorm Thursday night that flooded some of the garages. With spirits high about the weather, the times [...]
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