Rosberg fastest in second practice, teammate Schumacher third for Mercedes
March 12, 2010 by vmr
Filed under Prime & Option, Top Story
After a first practice with Adrian Sutil continuing Force India’s quick pace in practices from last season, Nico Rosberg posted the fastest time in the second Friday practice session in his Mercedes, with teammate Michael Schumacher third fastest. Lewis Hamilton, Schumacher, Jenson Button, and Sebastian Vettel, with nine world championships between them, rounded out the [...]
Red Bull names Vettel’s car, for now
March 8, 2010 by vmr
Filed under Prime & Option, Top Story
Red Bull, always a source of lighthearted jokes in the pit lane (I’m presuming based solely on watching them in their dance club, complete with flashing light pillars, of a garage area when F1 still came to the States at Indianapolis and some bitingly funny tweets on Twitter) has named the 2010 chassis.
Last season, you [...]
Winter Testing Analysis: A faux championship makes Ferrari most likely to succeed
February 28, 2010 by vmr
Filed under F1B Op-Ed, Parc Fermé, People & Events, Top Story, VMR on Sunday
After fifteen days of watching lap times and red flags and hearing the teams bemoan wet and windy conditions, one has to wonder, what does it all mean? Simply put, those watching have really no idea what any of the faster or slower lap times mean, if only because each team used the on-track time [...]
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 [...]
Barcelona testing, day 2: The Hulk fastest, just barely
February 26, 2010 by vmr
Filed under Prime & Option, Top Story
While more in-depth coverage of the test session Friday will be posted from our man on the scene in Barcelona later today, the session is over and the final times have been posted. Nico Hulkenberg held on to his position as fastest at the end of the session, as second quickest Fernando Alonso spun off, [...]


































