Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso led the way in the first practice session around the Monaco streets, setting a late blitz of quick times before the session was ended early following a spectacular engine failure for Heikki Kovalainen.
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The Monaco Grand Prix weekend began with the first of the quirky Thursday practice sessions, as the drivers got their first chance to get a taste for the Monte Carlo streets. Find out how it all panned out with The Ear's minute-by-minute report.
Read more...The remained Williams mechanic still in hospital following the Grove team's pit lane fire after the Spanish Grand Prix is expected to be discharged from hospital within the next two weeks, the team confirmed on Wednesday.
A number of F1's main frontrunners have expressed cautious optimism about the current openness of the pecking order in the sport, saying that they are sure that a great number of fans are happy with the barmy start to 2012.
Williams driver Pastor Maldonado has said that he is sure that the Grove team can be "competitive" again during the Monaco GP weekend, but remains coy on whether or not he can challenge for another victory after his Spanish success.
If the rampant Formula One rumour mill is anything to go by, Felipe Massa's time on the Formula One grid is getting closer and closer to the end. Is there any way back for the artist currently known as 'Felolpe', wonders The Head.
McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh has said that Lewis Hamilton is driving with greater "maturity, control and discipline" in 2012, pointing to the British driver's comeback drive in Spain, and says he is still very much in the title race.
The remained Williams mechanic still in hospital following the Grove team's pit lane fire after the Spanish Grand Prix is expected to be discharged from hospital within the next two weeks, the team confirmed on Wednesday.
If the rampant Formula One rumour mill is anything to go by, Felipe Massa's time on the Formula One grid is getting closer and closer to the end. Is there any way back for the artist currently known as 'Felolpe', wonders The Head.
The 2012 GP2 Series continued on its merry way in Spain, with two races at the Circuit de Catalunya that saw some fairly processional racing, and two of Davide Valsecchi's expected title rivals re-igniting their championship challenges.
Patronise F1 takes a long and unrelenting look back at the season that passed in 2011, in which Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull somewhat swept the field, but the racing kept everyone interested nevertheless.
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso led the way in the first practice session around the Monaco streets, setting a late blitz of quick times before the session was ended early following a spectacular engine failure for Heikki Kovalainen.
Sebastien Bourdais went quickest on a slightly meaningless Bump Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Dragon Racing team, as the race cobbled together its 33-car grid for the 96th running of the famous race next weekend.
The Audi Sport team unsurprisingly dominated the Six Hours of Spa, though the result saw the #3 Audi R18 Ultra of Romain Dumas, Marc Gene and Loic Duval take the glory in the race, ahead of the more fancied new R18 hybrids.
After the carnage, chaos and confusion of F1's closest-ever championship race, Patronise F1's team of writers take a somewhat wry and massively confused look back at every silly moment of the 2010 Formula One season.