sarahjones

sarahjones

26 articles

Formula 1

Hulkenberg: We need to move forward this season

In an interview with Autosport yesterday, Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg hopes that Force India will improve on their 2014 performance this season after having challenged for fifth place in the 2014 Championship. Hulkenberg and his team-mate Sergio Perez had a solid start to last year’s campaign as they took the fight to powerhouses Ferrari […]

Formula 1

Hembery: Pirelli has an ‘aggressive’ approach to the 2015 season

In an interview with Sky Sports F1 yesterday, Pirelli’s Motorsport Director Paul Hembery says a predicted increase in race pace in 2015 means F1’s tyre supplier will adopt an aggressive approach in the upcoming season. The centre of attention for much of 2013 after numerous high-profile tyre failures, the Italian manufacturer enjoyed something of a […]

F1 News

Magnussen will not be taking part in FP1 sessions for McLaren in 2015

It has been announced yesterday that McLaren Test and Reserve driver Kevin Magnussen has revealed he will not get a chance to drive for McLaren during Friday practice sessions this year. McLaren chose to retain Jenson Button alongside new signing Fernando Alonso for 2015, meaning Magnussen had to accept a third driver role for the […]

F1 News

F1 Silly Season revisited… who went where?

  In August this year, I wrote a piece on ‘silly season’ in Formula One where all the teams and drivers are in talks with each other in order to secure their driver line ups for the next season and beyond. During this period, we did see some (well in my opinion), quite amazing rumours […]

F1 News

Chester: Lotus can take a “massive step” up next season

In an interview with Autosport today, Lotus’ Technical Director Nick Chester is confident that the team can make a “massive step” up next season that will allow them to challenge the likes of Williams. Having finished fourth in the 2012 and 2013 campaigns on the back of a couple of race wins, Lotus had high […]

F1 News

End of season review: McLaren

Just like the 2013 season, McLaren has retained fifth place in the Constructors Championship behind their rivals Ferrari, Williams, Red Bull and Mercedes. However, it was apparent from as early as the 2013 pre-season testing period that McLaren had taken the wrong approach with the ‘radical’ MP4-28 and should have took to an ‘evolution’ of […]

Formula 1

End of season review: Force India

Just like the 2013 season, Force India has retained the sixth place in the Constructors Championship behind their rivals McLaren, Ferrari, Williams, Red Bull and Mercedes. After finishing sixth place in the 2013 constructors championship and having to concede fifth place to McLaren during the second half of the 2013 season to ensure they were […]

F1 News

Vergne: Interested in a future in Indycars

In an interview with Racer magazine today, Jean-Eric Vergne is considering a future in America’s IndyCar series after having been dropped by Toro Rosso, for 2015. Although just 24 years old, the Frenchman’s Formula 1 career looks to be over after Toro Rosso opted not to re-sign him for fourth season. In his interview with […]

F1 News

Marussia up for auction this month

Yesterday, it was announced that the assets from the defunct Marussia F1 team will go on auction next month, auction firm CA Global Partners has announced. Despite scoring two World Championship points earlier in the season, Marussia run into financial troubles from which the backmarker outfit was unable to recover. Missing the final three races […]

F1 News

Palmer: Test Role with Force India is an “option”

In an interview with the media yesterday, GP2 champion Jolyon Palmer has revealed a test driver role at Force India is an “option” as he seeks to get a foot in the Formula 1 door. GP2 Champion Palmer made his F1 debut earlier this week with Force India, putting in the laps at the Yas […]

F1 News

Bottas tops the timesheets on the first day of the Abu Dhabi test session

On Day 1 of the Abu Dhabi test today, Williams driver Valtteri Bottas topped the first day of post-race testing in Abu Dhabi as the headline act – McLaren’s Honda-powered MP4-29H1x1 – completed just three laps. The two-day test at Yas Marina looked more like the start of the 2015 season than it did the […]

F1 News

Bottas: Third place will do me

In an interview with the media after the race in Abu Dhabi today, Williams driver Valtteri Bottas capped off an amazing year for Williams with third in Abu Dhabi and fourth in the Drivers’ Championship. After a sluggish start saw him drop from third to eighth at the Yas Marina Circuit, the Finn fought his […]