http://www.racinginfocus.com Motorsport and Events Coverage | Racing News, Results, Photos.. from Formula 1, American Le Mans, NASCAR, IndyCar and Canadian racing Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:06:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/sauber-joins-stepped-nose-club-with-c31/ http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/sauber-joins-stepped-nose-club-with-c31/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:06:24 +0000 admin http://www.racinginfocus.com/?p=15128 Sauber on Monday joined the growing ‘stepped nose’ club by revealing its C31. The Swiss team’s new Ferrari-powered car – boasting a modified grey, white and red livery – was revealed at Jerez before its initial laps “for filming purposess” ahead of the opening pre-season test. Like most other cars revealed so far in 2012, [...]]]> http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/sauber-joins-stepped-nose-club-with-c31/feed/ 0 http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/boss-admits-launch-mclaren-had-plastic-exhausts/ http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/boss-admits-launch-mclaren-had-plastic-exhausts/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:05:04 +0000 admin http://www.racinginfocus.com/?p=15126 Martin Whitmarsh has admitted that the launch version of McLaren’s new MP4-27 car featured a dummy diffuser and ‘plastic’ exhaust exits. With exhaust-blown diffusers effectively banned for 2012, the big technical talking point will be how the designers claw back that lost downforce. McLaren gave nothing away last week, installing a fake diffuser and plastic [...]]]> http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/boss-admits-launch-mclaren-had-plastic-exhausts/feed/ 0 http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/teams-to-blame-for-ugly-field-of-2012-whiting/ http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/teams-to-blame-for-ugly-field-of-2012-whiting/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:03:58 +0000 admin http://www.racinginfocus.com/?p=15124 The teams are to blame for the ‘ugly’ 2012 cars seen so far, according to FIA technical delegate Charlie Whiting. Of the five new cars seen already, the Ferrari, Lotus, Force India and Caterham models feature a radical ‘stepped’ nose. Though the new McLaren sports a sleeker line, the less attractive solutions are a quirk [...]]]> http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/teams-to-blame-for-ugly-field-of-2012-whiting/feed/ 0 http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/touring-car-and-indy-offers-for-sutil-report/ http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/touring-car-and-indy-offers-for-sutil-report/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:01:06 +0000 admin http://www.racinginfocus.com/?p=15122 Adrian Sutil looks set to keep his motor racing career alive in a category outside of formula one. The 29-year-old has been fully focused on F1 since 2006, when he was a test driver with the Midland (now Force India) team. He moved into the Silverstone based squad’s race seat the following season, but lost [...]]]> http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/touring-car-and-indy-offers-for-sutil-report/feed/ 0 http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/hamilton-not-worried-button-to-derail-f1-status/ http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/hamilton-not-worried-button-to-derail-f1-status/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:59:19 +0000 admin http://www.racinginfocus.com/?p=15120 Lewis Hamilton insists he is not worried his McLaren teammate is set to spoil his reputation as one of the very best drivers in formula one. Both Britons are former world champions, but it was 2009 title winner Button who finished higher in his last’s points standings — a rare inter-team defeat for 27-year-old Hamilton. [...]]]> http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/hamilton-not-worried-button-to-derail-f1-status/feed/ 0 http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/lotus-reveals-2012-car-with-stepped-nose/ http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/lotus-reveals-2012-car-with-stepped-nose/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:57:34 +0000 admin http://www.racinginfocus.com/?p=15118 Lotus has become the fourth formula one team to reveal a 2012 car design with a controversial ‘stepped’ front nose design. The former Renault team’s black and gold E20 was launched on the internet on Sunday from its headquarters at Enstone. Nose aside, another point of interest on the E20 is the disappearance of last [...]]]> http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/lotus-reveals-2012-car-with-stepped-nose/feed/ 0 http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/sutil-not-axed-due-to-lux-assault-affair-force-india/ http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/sutil-not-axed-due-to-lux-assault-affair-force-india/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:42:56 +0000 admin http://www.racinginfocus.com/?p=15115 The assault charge had nothing to do with Adrian Sutil losing his race seat, Force India has insisted. Prior to the German being convicted of grievous bodily harm by the Munich courts, his Silverstone based employer decided to replace him for 2012 with Nico Hulkenberg. But Sutil’s pending hearing “never even came into our thinking” [...]]]> http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/sutil-not-axed-due-to-lux-assault-affair-force-india/feed/ 0 http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/williams-has-not-run-2012-car-yet/ http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/williams-has-not-run-2012-car-yet/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:40:34 +0000 admin http://www.racinginfocus.com/?p=15113 Contrary to reports, Williams has not yet debuted its 2012 car. It was said the British team ran the unlaunched FW34 at the Idiada facility near Barcelona, with tester Valtteri Bottas at the wheel. In fact, “the shakedown could not take place due to bad weather conditions,” a spokesperson is quoted as saying in the [...]]]> http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/williams-has-not-run-2012-car-yet/feed/ 0 http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/sauber-not-replacing-departed-tech-boss-key/ http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/sauber-not-replacing-departed-tech-boss-key/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:39:12 +0000 admin http://www.racinginfocus.com/?p=15111 Sauber’s technical director James Key has left the Swiss team. In a media statement, the Ferrari-powered outfit said Key, a Briton who switched from Force India in 2010, has accepted an unspecified “new role” in his native UK. Sauber’s design and development will now be handled by “the department heads for aerodynamics, design, performance and [...]]]> http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/sauber-not-replacing-departed-tech-boss-key/feed/ 0 http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/karthikeyan-completes-2012-grid-with-hrt-deal/ http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/karthikeyan-completes-2012-grid-with-hrt-deal/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:03:50 +0000 admin http://www.racinginfocus.com/?p=15109 HRT, the Spanish team that until now had the final vacancy on the 2012 grid, has finally completed its race driver lineup by signing Narain Karthikeyan. The Indian began last year’s championship with the back-of-the-grid outfit before he was replaced by Red Bull protege Daniel Ricciardo. But with Australian Ricciardo moving to Toro Rosso for [...]]]> http://www.racinginfocus.com/formula-1/karthikeyan-completes-2012-grid-with-hrt-deal/feed/ 0