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Heikki Kovalainen remains upbeat in Hungary despite being able to lap only five times due to hydraulic problems on Friday afternoon.
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There were varied emotions in the Virgin Racing garage following the British Grand Prix, with Timo Glock having finished 18th but Lucas di Grassi retiring in the early stages of the race due to hydraulic problems.
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Lewis Hamilton completed the fastest lap in Saturday morning’s free practice session. The Briton completed his best lap in 1.16.058 and finished ahead of Webber, Alonso and Schumacher. Karun Chandhok missed the entire session due to hydraulic problems.
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Ferrari have said there is no connection between Fernando Alonso’s Malaysian Grand Prix engine blow-out and the Sauber team’s engine-related difficulties.
Engine head honcho Luca Marmorini told the Ferrari website that Sauber, who are of course using Ferrari powerplants this season, had experienced quite different issues to Alonso.
“We have carried out an in-depth study into what [...]

Lewis Hamilton was delighted with his sixth place finish in today’s Malaysian Grand Prix, after a storming drive.
The 2008 champion made a superb start and scythed his way up through the field in the opening stages. Unfortunately, the British driver ended up behind the Force India of Adrian Sutil in the closing stages of the [...]

Sauber could not take advantage of their qualifying position as both its drivers retired early on in the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Pedro de la Rosa did not even start the race after suffering an engine failure on his way to the grid. Meanwhile team-mate Kamui Kobayashi retired on lap nine with a loss of power.
Kamui Kobayashi [...]

Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber topped the time sheets on Saturday morning in Melbourne as the Australian completed his fastest lap in 1.24.719. Webber ended ahead of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher. Both HRT drivers stranded their cars on track with hydraulic problems.
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Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi faced hydraulic problems and retired from last week’s Bahrain Grand Prix. The Japanese driver hopes to be more competitive ‘down under’ next weekend, however, even though he is yet to complete his first miles at the Albert Park street circuit.
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The Sauber team ran into hydraulic problems at last weekend’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix although, acccording to Technical Director Willy Rampf, significantly more positive results are expected for Pedro de la Rosa and Kamui Kobayashi from Round 2 in Australia.
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BMW Sauber F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi faced hydraulic problems at last week’s Bahrain Grand Prix. In Melbourne the Japanese driver hopes to be more competitive ‘Down Under’ even though he has yet to complete his first miles at the track in Albert Park.
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