http://f1rage.getshifter.com All the Rage That's Fit to Print! Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:40:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Formula One teams have committed to the sport for the next three years after they agreed to put pen to paper and sign a new Concorde Agreement. The agreement, the commercial protocol which teams enter into in exchange for a share of the sport's revenues, comes after a period of deadlock ... http://f1rage.getshifter.com/2009/03/06/fota-fia-sign-new-concorde-agreement/ Following yesterday's rain, it was back to sunnier weather for Panasonic Toyota Racing and the seven other teams in action at Jerez today. The showers continued until shortly before the start of testing but the sun appeared soon afterwards. The tarmac took two hours to dry out but after that there ... http://f1rage.getshifter.com/2009/03/03/jerez-toyota-formula-1-test-recap-race-simulation-completed/ Adrian Sutil continued the Force India Formula One Team's strong testing form on the third day of the four day test at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in Spain. Today was Adrian's first full day with the new car following its initial shakedown last week in Silverstone. The German ... http://f1rage.getshifter.com/2009/03/03/force-india-formula-1-test-recap-testing-shark-fin-engine-cover/ ING Renault F1 Team continues testing in Jerez with Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso, R29-03, 152 laps, 673 km, fastest lap 1:20.296 The ING Renault F1 Team enjoyed a productive day in Jerez as Fernando Alonso completed a mammoth 152 laps en route to setting the third fastest time of the day. With yesterday's ... http://f1rage.getshifter.com/2009/03/03/jerez-renault-f1-day-2-test-recap/ The British-based F1 teams, including Red Bull Racing, must be thinking it’s time to return to "the good old days" and carry out winter testing at Silverstone. While England basked in unseasonably warm and sunny weather, Jerez circuit was hit by heavy and continuous rain. The original plan had been for ... http://f1rage.getshifter.com/2009/03/02/jerez-red-bull-test-recap-working-on-pit-lane-procedures-pit-stops/ The weather hampered proceedings as Panasonic Toyota Racing continued this week's test at Jerez. After a largely clear session of running yesterday, the heavens opened before the start of Monday's action and the rain persisted for the whole of the day. With temperatures only just making it into double figures it ... http://f1rage.getshifter.com/2009/03/02/jerez-toyota-f1-test-recap/ With the day washed out by heavy rain, the team’s programme was necessarily limited by the poor conditions. Heikki Kovalainen, who unfortunately seems to bring the wet weather with him whenever he tests MP4-24, spent the day evaluating different brakes and set-ups. The rain allowed the team to sample Bridgestone’s new-compound ... http://f1rage.getshifter.com/2009/03/02/jerez-mclaren-test-recap-bridgestones-new-inter-tire/ ING Renault F1 Team and Nelson Piquet begin testing in Jerez Nelson Piquet, R29-03, 52 laps, 230 km, fastest lap 1:22.011 The ING Renault F1 Team was back in action today to begin the first of four days testing at the Jerez circuit in the south of Spain. The team's Brazilian race driver, ... http://f1rage.getshifter.com/2009/03/01/jerez-testing-day-1-ing-renault-f1/ Giancarlo Fisichella says he was pleasantly 'surprised' by his first impressions of Force India's new VJM02 after its debut run at Jerez in Spain on Sunday. This season will be your 14th in the championship. Are you still excited to be in F1? What keeps your motivation going? It's not a difficult ... http://f1rage.getshifter.com/2009/03/01/qa-with-giancarlo-fisichella/ Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Buemi clocked the fastest time in Formula One testing in Jerez, ahead of Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull and Williams driver Nico Hulkenberg. Buemi was markedly faster than the other drivers in a 104-lap spell, managing 1min 19.660sec, to Vettel's 1:22.177 from 61 laps and Hulkenberg's 1:22.443 ... http://f1rage.getshifter.com/2009/02/10/sebastien-buemi-sets-fastest-time-in-jerez-testing/