HRT team members had their fingers crossed this week that the 2012 car would pass the FIA’s mandatory crash tests. Most of the Spanish team’s rivals have... read more »

Romain Grosjean: “I am one of the happiest guys in the world right now. It’s been a really good day for me. We were fastest read more »

The Williams team was very pleased to complete their entire testing programme today without encountering even the slightest issue. That also made it a highly successful debut... read more »

Much more public than on previous days in Jerez today. Many Spaniards decided to come to the circuit and watch the first runs of Fernando Alonso at the wheel of the F2012... read more »

Sergio Pérez completed his second day of pre-season testing with the new Sauber C31-Ferrari in Jerez today. After a promising morning however, it came to light the gearbox oil... read more »

Three French drivers out on track today, including Jean-Eric Vergne, having his first run in the new STR7. Toro Rosso focused on a series of short runs in light of an... read more »

Dutchman Giedo van der Garde today made his debut at Caterham, taking over the wheel from Heikki Kovalainen who covered the first two days. The team's reserve driver... read more »

Bruno Senna is hoping Williams can make the FW34 a little more edgy after immediately feeling at home in the new car on his first day of testing in Jerez read more »

Nico Rosberg posted the fastest lap of the week in topping the timesheets on an incident-tinged third three of the Jerez group test. read more »

Ferrari technical director Pat Fry has admitted he is not happy with where the new F2012 is after three days of testing at Jerez read more »

Romain Grosjean is upbeat about the performance of the new Lotus E20 after his first day of testing with the car at Jerez on Thursday. read more »

Nico Rosberg continues Mercedes domination of the timesheets at Jerez on penultimate day of testing, but Romain Grosjean and Sebastian Vettel are quickest 2012 runners. read more »

It was a day of limited running for Sahara Force India in Jerez following a small off for Jules Bianchi early in the session. The mechanics worked hard to repair the right rear... read more »

Lewis Hamilton was delighted to return to the Formula One action on Thursday as he made his 2012 bow at Jerez... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne: “My first feeling when I got in the cockpit was a positive one. The car seems to have a good base from which read more »

Giampaolo Dall’Ara (Head of Track Engineering): "We started the day with some set-up work in the morning, when we tested different ride heights and... read more »

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: I am very pleased with both Bruno's first day in the car and the team's performance today. We managed to read more »

Sebastian Vettel: “It’s been two months since we were in the car, so it does take a couple of laps to get back in the read more »

Lewis Hamilton: "Today felt pretty good considering it was my first time in the new car. My initial feelings are pretty positive, despite going through read more »

Defending World Champion Sebastian Vettel completed a satisfactory return to F1 on Thursday as he put the RB8 through its paces at Jerez... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says that the new Lotus E20 "looks quite impressive" after his first day of testing in Jerez read more »

Nico Rosberg kept Mercedes on top of the time sheets on day three of testing in Jerez after registering the quickest lap so far, a read more »

Driver error was the cause of Jules Bianchi’s crash less than an hour into Jerez testing on Thursday. The Frenchman, Force India’s reserve driver for 2012,... read more »

Jules Bianchi has apologised to Force India after crashing early on in the third day of Formula 1 pre-season testing at Jerez read more »

Mercedes GP's 2011 challenger once again upstaged the new cars on day three of the pre-season test in Jerez with Nico Rosberg topping the timesheets... read more »