Malaysian Grand Prix 2012: Race Result
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Fernando Alonso wins in Malaysia for Ferrari, Sergio Perez finishes second for Sauber, and Lewis Hamilton gets on the podium for McLaren.
Former Toro Rosso driver and BBC Radio pundit Jaime Alguersuari will join Brazilian Lucas di Grassi as Pirelli test driver.
Williams have today announced that chairman Adam Parr will leave the team this Friday ‘to persue a better life balance’.
Throughout testing and right up until the Australian Grand Prix, we were constantly being told that the true pecking order of the 2012 field would not be revealed until qualifying at the opening event, or maybe even the race.
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Narain Karthikeyan has said that he is feeling positive ahead of next weekend’s Australian Grand Prix despite having completed just ten laps of running in the new HRT.
Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber share their thoughts ahead of the opening race of 2012, but neither would be drawn on the relative competitiveness of the new RB8.
Caterham Team Principal Tony Fernandes has said that next weekend’s Australian Grand Prix will be ‘a very important race’ for his team as they bid to finally take their place as an established mid-field team.
Both Nico Rosberg and his Mercedes team-mate Michael Schumacher think that the team’s successful pre-season testing should mean that they are well-prepared for next weekend’s Australian Grand Prix.
Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez are eager for the 2012 F1 season to get underway after what Kobayashi described as ‘promising’ pre-season tests for the team.
Marussia have today announced that Spaniard Maria de Villota as their test driver. The 32-year-old, who is daughter of former F1 driver Emilio de Villota, will work with drivers Timo Glock and Charles Pic, although she is not expected to get a chance to drive the MR01 in any Friday practice sessions.
The new HRT, model number F112, finally made its track debut today with Narain Karthikeyan at the wheel.
Kimi Raikkonen finished the final day of pre-season testing today in Barcelona as the fastest driver, the same position in which he found himself just under a month ago after the first day of pre-season testing in Jerez.
Sauber driver Sergio Perez topped the timesheets in Barcelona today as rain hit Spain for the first time in pre-season testing this year. The Mexican’s best time of 1:22.094 was set in the morning as the team completed a qualifying simulation.
Romain Grosjean was the fastest driver on Day Two of the final pre-season test in Barcelona today, matching the result that the Lotus driver achieved yesterday. The French driver was over half-a-second faster than the time he set yesterday, which was also good enough to top the timesheets at the Circuit de Catalunya.
Romain Grosjean was the fastest driver on Day One of the final pre-season test which got underway today in Barcelona.
Marussia have confirmed that they will miss the final pre-season test this week after their 2012 car – the MR01 – failed its final FIA crash test.
