Soft tyre Alonso quickest at Jerez
The first pre-season F1 test concluded at Jerez with Fernando Alonso's Ferrari (1:18.877) fastest on the day.
Coton joins Hamilton management team
Didier Coton has joined Lewis Hamilton's management team run by Simon Fuller's XIX Entertainment group.
Grosjean impressive in new Lotus
Nico Rosberg (1:17.613) kept Mercedes at the top of the time sheets in F1's first pre-season test at Jerez but Romain Grosjean (1:18.419) was comfortably quickest of the 2012-spec cars in the Lotus on day three. His best time was 1.2s quicker than Kimi Raikkonen's fastest, recorded on the opening day.
Schumacher tops second Jerez test day
Michael Schumacher (1:18.561) set the fastest lap of the second day's F1 testing at Jerez, Spain.
Raikkonen quickest in new Lotus at Jerez!
Kimi Raikkonen (1:19.670) set the fastest lap of the 2012 season's first day of testing in Jerez aboard the new Lotus E20.
Williams launches FW34
Williams today unveiled their 2012 F1 challenger the Williams-Renault FW34. The team decided to show the car in the pitlane at Jerez prior to pre-season
Red Bull reveals RB8
World Champion Red Bull Racing has revealed its new 2012 RB8 chassis with which it hopes to defend Sebastian Vettel's title.
Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel Q&A
Two-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel commented on the launch of the all-new RB8 chassis.
Toro Rosso launches STR7
Scuderia Toro Rosso also launched their 2012 chassis at Jerez today, unveiling the STR7.
Red Bull designer Adrian Newey Q&A
Red Bull's chief technical officer Adrian Newey talks about designing the new RB8 chassis.
Red Bull driver Mark Webber Q&A
Australian Mark Webber on the launch of the new Red Bull chassis looks ahead to the new season.
Red Bull reserve driver Sebastien Buemi Q&A
Sebastien Buemi is Red Bull's new test and reserve driver, after racing for Red Bull's sister-team Toro Rosso.
Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner Q&A
Red Bull team principal gave his thoughts on the new season at the launch of the new RB8 chassis.
Jacky Eeckelaert departs HRT
Hispania F1 team technical director Jacky Eeckeleart has left the Spanish team - his role being taken by Jean-Claude Marens.
Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen Q&A
After retiring in 2009, former World Champion Kimi Raikkonen returns to F1 joining the Lotus team.
Lotus driver Romain Grosjean Q&A
Romain Grosjean makes his return to F1 with Lotus this season, after running with Renault in 2009.
Lotus reserve driver: Jerome D'Ambrosio Q&A
26-year-old Jerome D'Ambrosio joined Lotus as the the team's third driver for 2012, after racing for Virgin Racing last season.
Analysis: Overtaking under the microscope
Overtaking and its 'quality' has been much discussed in 2011 since the return of KERS, the advent of DRS (the Drag Reduction System) and the higher wearing Pirelli tyres.
Analysis: Honda to come back with McLaren?
The respected German publication Auto Motor und Sport reports that Honda could be considering a technical collaboration with McLaren to start when F1 makes the move to small capacity turbocharged engines in 2014.
Kubica and Ferrari
The word on the Abu Dhabi street said that Renault may not be able to wait long enough on Robert Kubica's fitness before deciding its 2012 driver line-up.
Analysis: Coulthard backs Massa
David Coulthard has come out firmly on the side of Felipe Massa over the Indian GP penalty that left anyone with eyes in their head incredulous.
Is testing worth talking about?
The sound of sweet music returns in Spain as F1 testing begins. With the urgent revs of a V8 comes the annual flow of nonsense as the watching media desperately tries to drum up stories from not very much at all. The cars are going round and round. End of story.
Red Bull Racing
If it was last gasp for Sebastian Vettel in 2010 at Abu Dhabi, it was a walk in the park for the likeable young German in 2011. Things went so well that Red Bull Racing will have its work cut out to improve upon their performance next season.
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
If you had told McLaren in February that Jenson Button would finish runner-up in the drivers' championship and that they would score six victories, they would probably have taken that.
Scuderia Ferrari
When Ferrari and Fernando Alonso finished 2010 so strongly many assumed that the combination would take the fight to Red Bull in 2011. It's probably fair to say that Ferrari started the new season joint championship favourites. It wasn't to be.
Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team
Mercedes, like Renault, came up with a car concept that was overtaken by events. In Mercedes' case it was a failure to anticipate the evolution and power of the developing exhaust technology.
Lotus Renault GP
One way and another Renault, or Lotus Renault GP to be precise, was very much in the pre-season news. There was the row over the Lotus naming rights, the ground-breaking front exit exhaust, and Robert Kubica's rallying accident.
Sahara Force India F1 Team
Force India turned in a fine 2011 performance to finish sixth in the constructors' championship, just four points adrift of Lotus Renault GP.
Sauber F1 Team
Sauber started the year in fine style with a double points finish from rookie Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi at the opening race in Melbourne. Unfortunately, a rear wing infringement led to the disqualification of both cars and technical director James Key was left to contemplate how much that might cost them in the final analysis.
Scuderia Toro Rosso
Toro Rosso finished the 2010 season ninth in the final championship classification. Matter-of-fact technical director Giorgio Ascanelli thought that was about right. If they'd been tenth, he said, they should have been shot, and if they'd been eighth it would have been a miracle.
AT&T Williams
For a team that has nine constructors' championships to its credit, ninth place and just three point-scoring finishes in 2011 - in Monte Carlo, Montreal and Spa - was not what the doctor ordered at Williams.
Team Lotus
The 2011 season was not Team Lotus's first season, but in many ways it might have been. The team had a new, young design team and it had a change of engine/gearbox.
Hispania Racing Team
After its hand-to-mouth opening season, HRT continued in similar vein although there was the luxury of a gearbox/hydraulics deal with Williams that addressed a number of reliability issues that had plagued 2010.
Marussia Virgin Racing
Statistically, Marussia Virgin Racing finished below HRT in the final championship classification, but in reality, although hamstrung by a disappointing lack of performance from the MVR02 on track, the team made strides operationally.
Maurice Hamilton - Is testing worth talking about?
The sound of sweet music returns in Spain as F1 testing begins after a mute couple of months following the last Grand Prix of 2011. With the urgent revs of a V8 comes the annual flow of nonsense as the watching media desperately tries to drum up stories from not very much at all. The cars are going round and round. End of story.
Maurice Hamilton - Starting standing still
I can't remember my first McLaren F1 launch. And, no; that's not because the power of recall has been dulled by nights in our local pub, the Three Horseshoes. I do remember being at the original small factory in Boundary Road, Woking, in 1981 and having John Barnard, designer of the revolutionary MP4-1, persuade us to pick up a bare carbon fibre chassis to demonstrate just how light this amazing innovation was.
2011 Grand Prix Review - Red Bull Racing
By Tony Dodgins
If it was last gasp for Sebastian Vettel in 2010 at Abu Dhabi, it was a walk in the park for the likeable young German in 2011. Things went so well that Red Bull Racing will have its work cut out to improve upon their performance next season.
Maurice Hamilton - The art of fibbing
I had afternoon tea with Sir Frank Williams two weeks ago. We had a long chat about his team, past and present; about F1 and how it has changed. Being Sir Frank, the rose-tinted spectacles were kept at a distance. Yes, he does enjoy anecdotes about the good times but his focus is unfailingly on the future.
