Saturday, 5 November 2011

Latest F1 News

Razia & Rossi To Drive For Lotus
Luiz Razia and Alexander Rossi will both driver for Lotus at the Abu Dhabi Young Drivers Test. Brazilian Razia has been racing in GP2 this year. His best performance being second place at Valencia. American Rossi has just finished racing in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. He finished third in the championship, with 2 race wins.

Robert Wickens To Pratice For Vigin
Canadian driver Robert Wickens will get to test drive for the Virgin team at next weekends Abu Dhabi grand prix. He will replace Jerome D'Amborosio for the first free practice on the Friday. A good performance could really help Robert's push to get a race seat next year.

Name Changes
3 teams will get a change of name for next season. As mentioned here before, the Lotus Renault battle will be over. Renault will take the name Lotus, while Tony Fernandes' Lotus will instead be called Caterham. Also, Virgin will be changed to main sponsor Marussia. The changes have to be approved by the International Automobile Federation, but there should be little quibbles.

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