When the flag falls at the end of the British Grand Prix, Formula One will enter one of its brief periods of respite: a three-week gap until the next race, the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.
Sebastian Vettel was reunited with the car he drove to victory in a rain-soaked Monza last year as he collected the Trofeo Lorenzo Bandini for the most promising new F1 driver.
With no in-season testing, the practice sessions have become more important this year but there’s a balance between covering as much ground as possible and zeroing in on the things that really count. Two teams reveal their approach.
Toro Rosso’s Sébastien Buemi admitted he was relieved to have scored a valuable point after what he called “the most difficult race of my life” at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai today.
In South-East Asia at this time of year it rains at dusk. It rains a lot. So when the cascade began on lap 22 of the Malaysian Grand Prix there was no great surprise.