The Spanish Grand Prix has in recent years symbolised the beginning of the European leg of the Formula 1 campaign, but in 2009 it is likely to take on an even greater significance still, with most predicting that the weekend will reveal the true pecking order following the opening four flyaway ra
The Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona in a week-and-a-half's time could be Formula 1's first-ever spectator-less event, it has been mused - after it was revealed that the region surrounding the track is the most infected in Europe from the new swine flu panic.
Robert Kubica has predicted that the start of the 2009 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne could be carnage in the light of the new wings being considered for introduction into the top flight next year.
Murray Walker has claimed that the only reasons Honda should have for electing to promote Bruno Senna to Formula 1 in 2009 in place of Rubens Barrichello are financial ones, arguing the latter's experience would likely be of critical importance in the sport's brave new dawn.
It was a case of as you were on the final day of the first winter test of the 2008/09 Formula 1 'off' season around Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya, with Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso machines monopolising the top of the timesheets - and drivers whose name begins with the letters 'Seb'
by Chris Hayes Jenson Button gifted Honda its first points of the season and his first since Shanghai last year with a superb charge to sixth place in Barcelona - though he hinted afterwards that it could have been even better still.
Sebastian Vettel has been parachuted into Red Bull Racing's RB4 for today's testing in Barcelona, after regular pilot David Coulthard was forced to sit out proceedings.