The third and final day of the Young Driver Test took place in Abu Dhabi today, with Sam Bird rounding off the test programme for Mercedes GP at the Yas Marina Circuit. On this... read more »

Sam Bird said that he was "very happy" with his performance for Mercedes in the Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi after setting the third fastest time of the week read more »

On the last day of the young drivers test at the Marina Bay Circuit at Abu Dhabi, Red Bull youngster Jean-Eric Vergne remained on top of the time sheets. The Frenchman was... read more »

Mercedes test driver Sam Bird is confident that the work he and the team have done during the young driver test at Yas Marina will stand the team in good stead for the 2012 season read more »

Jean-Éric Vergne has set another fastest time to close this week’s three-day Formula 1 Young Driver test in Abu Dhabi. The Frenchman’s Red Bull,... read more »

On the second day of the Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi today, Sam Bird continued his work at the wheel of the MGP W02 car. The team focused on 2012 Pirelli tyre evaluations... read more »

Two days after the 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Formula One's Young Driver Test began at the Yas Marina Circuit this morning. GP2 driver Sam Bird is driving for Mercedes... read more »

Sam Bird was left encouraged by the ‘good work’ that he and Mercedes GP completed at the Yas Marina Circuit on Tuesday, with the Briton continuing the... read more »

The likes of Jules Bianchi, Stefano Coletti, Davide Valsecchi and Sam Bird could be in line to replce Rubens Barrichello at Williams next year. read more »

Mercedes GP protégée Sam Bird will replace the injured Anthony Davidson for the team’s F1 demonstration in Rotterdam next week. A recent bike... read more »

Lotus ended Friday in respectable sixteenth and seventeenth positions at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, although Jarno Trulli was forced to pit for a front wing change after... read more »

Trident's Stefano Coletti took his maiden GP2 Series victory at the Turkish Grand Prix sprint race, keeping his cool despite having a comfortable lead vanish because of a... read more »

Romain Grosjean held off Sam Bird's charge to win the opening race of the main GP2 series in Turkey.  read more »

Q and A: Bird on Mercedes outing read more »

Sam Bird believes that Mercedes achieved the targets that it set out to during the two-day rookie test in Abu Dhabi read more »

The Young Driver Test concluded in Abu Dhabi today with GP2 racer Sam Bird continuing his driving responsibilities for the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team on the second and final day... read more »

Sam Bird was delighted to have ended his second full day of Formula 1 testing with Mercedes Grand Prix on a high, posting the third fastest overall time in the afternoon after... read more »

Following the second of two days for this year’s Young Driver test session in Abu Dhabi, Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo has finished at the top of the timesheets with ease,... read more »

Mercedes' Sam Bird threatened to upstage Daniel Ricciardo, but the Red Bull youngster hit back to finish the rookie testing session with the best time... read more »

The first day of the official Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi began today with British GP2 racer Sam Bird driving for the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team. Sam completed 67 laps,... read more »

Like Sam Bird at Mercedes at Paul di Resta at Force India during the morning, Jules Bianchi and Ferrari did not target out-and-out pace as Young Driver testing began in Abu... read more »

Britain’s Sam Bird returned to the cockpit of a Formula 1 car in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, having first driven such a machine in a straight-line test for Williams in 2007 before... read more »

Sergio Perez secured second place in the GP2 drivers' championship after a dominant display in Saturday's feature race saw him win by over twenty seconds from Oliver... read more »

Mercedes has announced that Sam Bird will drive for the team at the young driver test days to be held at the Yas Marina Circuit on Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 November.  read more »

GP2 driver Sam Bird will take part in the post-season Young Driver test after landing a Mercedes GP trial... read more »