Ferrari technical director Pat Fry says the team are around eight tenths of a second off the pace in normal conditions.
2012 formula one championship articles archive
F1’s Bahrain Grand Prix brinkmanship is all about money
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Posted onF1 is playing a dangerous game of brinkmanship to keep on cashing cheques from Bahrain.
Lotus to keep name until 2017 despite losing title sponsorship
2012 F1 season
Posted onLotus say they will retain their current name for at least another five years, despite losing their title sponsorship from Group Lotus.
Fans videos from the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix
2012 Malaysian Grand Prix
Posted onPastor Maldonado spinning Paul di Resta and more footage shot by fans during the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend.
Mercedes aim to crack tyre temperature problems in China
2012 Chinese Grand Prix
Posted onMercedes hope to get to the bottom of the tyre problems they experienced in the first two races of the season next weekend in China.
Ma Qing Hua joins HRT’s driver development programme
2012 F1 season
Posted onChinese driver Ma Qing Hua has been recruited to HRT’s driver development programme.
Perez voted Driver of the Weekend for Malaysia
2012 Malaysian Grand Prix
Posted onSergio Perez was emphatically voted Driver of the Weekend after his remarkable drive to second in the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Pirelli announce tyre options for Bahrain, Spain and Monaco
2012 F1 season
Posted onPirelli have chosen their tyre compounds for the next three races on the F1 calendar.
Rate the race result: 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix
2012 Malaysian Grand Prix
Posted onFernando Alonso’s win in the Malaysian Grand Prix was rated the sixth-best race of the past five years by F1 Fanatic readers.
HRT name Cuqurella as technical director
2012 F1 season
Posted onHRT have promoted Toni Cuquerella from engineer to technical director.
Improving the look of the 2012 F1 cars
F1 pictures
Posted onScrap the stepped noses, sort out the wings and clean up the liveries – and suddenly the 2012 F1 cars don’t look so ugly.
Tales from a Melbourne marshal
Guest articles
Posted onDealing with paranoid teams, rescuing Ferraris and dodging rain storms – all in a weekend’s work for a marshal at the Australian Grand Prix.
The problems with Ferrari’s front pull-rod suspension
F1 technology
Posted onWill Ferrari persist with their tricky front pull-rod suspension or abandon it in favour of a more traditional set-up?
Button wins first Driver of the Weekend vote of 2012
2012 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onAustralian Grand Prix winner Jenson Button won your vote for Driver of the Weekend.
Rate the race result: 2012 Australian Grand Prix
2012 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onAfter months of waiting, F1 Fanatics finally got to see some racing, and rated the season opener 7.6/10.
Perez is first Mexican on the podium in over 40 years
2012 Malaysian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onSergio Perez is the first Mexican driver to score a top-three finish in F1 since 1971. Here’s all the stats and facts from Malaysia.
Top ten pictures from the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend
F1 pictures
Posted onHere are ten great pictures that tell the story of the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Vote for your Malaysian Grand Prix driver of the weekend
2012 Malaysian Grand Prix
Posted onCompare all the drivers’ performances and vote for who you think did best in the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend.
Adam Parr to resign from Williams
2012 F1 season
Posted onWilliams has made the surprise announcement that chairman Adam Parr will leave them on Friday.
2012 Malaysian Grand Prix lap charts
2012 Malaysian Grand Prix
Posted onSergio Perez’s lap 50 mistake may have cost him a shot at victory but his late pit stop was even more costly.