Numerous people in the Barcelona paddock were puzzled on Thursday when some drivers took to the Spanish circuit with odd-looking Pirelli tyres. Some of the tyres, whose... read more »

Former Jordan and Jaguar designer Gary Anderson has singled out Lotus and Force India to impress in 2012. The Irishman stood trackside at the Barcelona test on Thursday and... read more »

Having missed out on last week's action due to chassis issues, Lotus made a flying return to testing at Barcelona on Thursday... read more »

Vitaly Petrov insists Caterham was not doing a qualifying-style lap after getting within 1.7 seconds of the fastest time on Thursday in Barcelona read more »

BARCELONA TEST DAY ONE THURSDAY 1 MARCH, 2012 Driver: Pastor Maldonado Chassis / engine: FW34-02 / RS27-5281/1 Location: Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 4.655km Objectives:... read more »

Formula One pundit and former driver Martin Brundle believes it's close between Red Bull and McLaren as to which has the fastest car. Brundle spent Thursday read more »

Mike Gascoyne believes Caterham made strong progress as Formula 1 testing continued in Spain on Thursday. After an early drama, when Heikki Kovalainen was taken ill with food... read more »

Nico Rosberg was upbeat following his penultimate day of 2012 pre-season testing in Barcelona on Thursday. After the session, the Mercedes driver expressed high praise for the... read more »

Lotus made a positive return to testing on Thursday as Romain Grosjean set the pace on the first day of the final pre-season test at the Circuit de Catalunya. read more »

Romain Grosjean was quickest as F1 testing resumed in Barcelona on Thursday. After Jenson Button led the way for the majority of the day, the fastest time came in the... read more »

McLaren hit the front on Thursday as Jenson Button set the pace during the morning session at the Circuit de Catalunya... read more »

The new Sky Sports F1 HD channel became active on Thursday morning. It will broadcast all Formula 1 sessions live for residents of the United Kingdom, as well as the supporting... read more »

Thursday sees Formula 1 testing continue in Barcelona. With just four days of pre-season running to go, teams are transporting a number of crucial car upgrades into the Circuit... read more »

We have almost met the conclusion of what is one of Formula 1’s shortest ever pre-season periods. Days nine to twelve of winter testing will be staged at the Circuit... read more »

Teams head to Barcelona on Thursday for the last of the pre-season tests, with some under a little more pressure than others... read more »

Feb.29 (GMM) Rubens Barrichello will announce on Thursday he has agreed a deal to switch to Indycar racing in 2012. That is the claim of the well-connected O Estado de... read more »

Rubens Barrichello will announce on Thursday he has agreed a deal to switch to Indycar racing in 2012. That is the claim of the well-connected O Estado de S.Paulo newspaper,... read more »

Feb.28 (GMM) The FIA has stepped in to prevent Red Bull and Ferrari from modifying the end of their pre-season preparations for the 2012 season. With the last Barcelona test... read more »

In another sudden change of plans, Ferrari will be testing this week on its original days of Thursday to Sunday. The Scuderia had planned to delay starting the test by one day... read more »

Ferrari, which had changed its test programme in order to run from Friday to next Monday, has now reverted to the original schedule and will run from Thursday. read more »

During the fourth and final day of the second winter test session, Sauber F1 Team driver Kamui Kobayashi clocked the fastest lap time. The Japanese was followed by... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi says 'strange' track conditions on Thursday afternoon hindered Sauber's testing programme on the penultimate day of the second test. read more »

We’re almost at the end of this week’s Barcelona F1 test session, but it promises to be an exciting day as temperatures are the highest of the week by far.... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi took the reigns from team-mate Sergio Pérez on Thursday, driving the C31 for the first time in Barcelona. The Japanese concentrated on set-up and... read more »

Pitpass snapper Joanne Burnett grabs a couple of shots absolutely ripe for a caption competition as she continues to stalk the Circuit de Catalunya. read more »