Marcus Gronholm has inked a deal to become a test driver with Volkswagen, it has been announced. The Finn, who won the World Rally Championship with Peugeot in 2000 and 2002, will now “support the works team at test sessions with the Polo R WRC” providing “invaluable assistance when it comes to testing and further developing […]
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Marcus Gronholm to return to the WRC.
Posted: 14th August 2014 by admin in WRCTags: drivers, return, test, World Rally Championship, wrc
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How about less testing restrictions?
Posted: 8th April 2013 by admin in Formula 1Tags: cars, engine, Ferrari, new, test
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Ferrari team manager Massimo Rivola believes that teams’ desire to run their 2014 cars with the new V6 engine installed could lead to a reconsideration of the current testing regulations. Should it come to pass, it would be good news for team principal Stefano Domenicali, who believes that the testing situation has gone from one […]
Valentino Rossi says Ducati will not replicate Ferrari’s ‘miracle’ Formula 1 result.
Posted: 27th March 2012 by admin in MotoGPTags: Rossi, Sepang, test, Valentino Rossi
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Valentino Rossi has warned that Ducati cannot expect miracles in the 2012 MotoGP season opener in Qatar. In the wake of a troubled pre-season – in which Rossi feels the team took the wrong direction initially – the Italian says Ducati will enter Doha neither ‘too excited’ nor ‘too depressed’. He also drew parallels between […]
Focus this week to be race preparation for Pirelli.
Posted: 29th February 2012 by admin in Formula 1Tags: Catalunya, p zero, race, test, tyres
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Pirelli’s motorsport director Paul Hembery has said he is expecting the teams to switch to race preparation this week in Barcelona. The test at the Circuit de Catalunya gets underway tomorrow with ten of the twelve teams definitely due to run over the four-days. “We’re likely to see the teams test the tyres that they […]
