| By Gary Watkins | Monday, March 4th 2013, 17:31 GMT |
The latest version of the experimental DeltaWing racer will run on Bridgestone tyres, it has been confirmed less than two days before the car is due to test for the first time
You have viewed over 30 free stories this month. Why stop there? Click here to find out how to continue reading.
| By Kevin Turner | Monday, March 4th 2013, 18:13 GMT |
Marussia's new signing Jules Bianchi believes the team has improved more than most of its Formula 1 rivals over the winter
You have viewed over 30 free stories this month. Why stop there? Click here to find out how to continue reading.
| By Sam Tremayne | Monday, March 4th 2013, 18:27 GMT |
Ducati's progress is being masked by the greater development rate of MotoGP's front teams according to general manager Bernhard Gobmeier
You have viewed over 30 free stories this month. Why stop there? Click here to find out how to continue reading.
| By Jamie O'Leary | Sunday, March 3rd 2013, 17:59 GMT |
Kimi Raikkonen has no concerns over the reliability of his Lotus, despite losing a large chunk of the final day of Formula 1 testing at Barcelona to a gearbox problem
You have viewed over 30 free stories this month. Why stop there? Click here to find out how to continue reading.
| Sunday, March 3rd 2013, 21:35 GMT |
V8 Supercars chairman James Strong died in Melbourne on Sunday at the age of 68
You have viewed over 30 free stories this month. Why stop there? Click here to find out how to continue reading.
 |
 |
|
 Earlier V8 story | More news | |
| ||
| Sunday, March 3rd 2013, 23:30 GMT |
Carl Edwards ended a barren run stretching back to March 2011 by winning the season's second NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Phoenix
You have viewed over 30 free stories this month. Why stop there? Click here to find out how to continue reading.
Subscribe to Premier Sports TV to watch all Sprint Cup events live in the UK. Visit www.premiersports.tv for more information.
| By Jonathan Noble | Saturday, March 2nd 2013, 18:08 GMT |
The Enstone-based outfit was forced to fly Romain Grosjean in from Paris to try and complete its test programme after Raikkonen was struck down overnight with illness.
Although a final decision about Raikkonen's fitness will be made on Sunday morning, team principal Eric Boullier said that the indication was that everything would be okay.
"He is feeling better," said Boullier, when asked by AUTOSPORT about Raikkonen's condition.
"I think he is missing driving obviously. He has confirmed he wants to drive tomorrow. He feels ready to drive tomorrow, so I am going to wait for the final assessment from our doctor. But I think he is going to be okay."
Grosjean, who will remain in Barcelona until tomorrow just in case Raikkonen is not fit enough to drive on Sunday, revealed that he only found out that he needed to return to the track when he woke up in Paris.
"I was a bit lazy this morning," explained the Frenchman. "I was supposed to wake up between 9.30am and 10am to do personal stuff in Paris, but I woke up earlier at 8.30am.
"I switched on the mobile phone and I had a message from Alan [Permane, Lotus director of race engineering], and he said, 'can you call me back because Kimi is not well? We would appreciate it if you could make it to Barcelona.'
"I called him back and said, 'we will try the easiest solution to bring me here'. It wasn't easy because basically it is Saturday and there are not thousands of flights. So I am happy to be here. I got here at 1.50pm and jumped in car and had a few laps."
| By Jamie O'Leary | Saturday, March 2nd 2013, 18:50 GMT |
The Lotus reserve driver was told only 15 minutes before the session was due to get underway that he would be standing in for Kimi Raikkonen, who was too unwell to drive.
He completed fewer laps than anybody else during the morning - 16 – and set the ninth fastest time. He was not helped when his E21 was halted by a minor technical glitch that also caused a red flag.
The Italian then handed the car over to Romain Grosjean, who had returned from Paris during the morning, for the remainder of the day.
"It was nice to drive and to do some laps, even if really I only did seven laps that were not coming into the box," he said. "It's a good thing to get some time in the car.
"Here at Lotus the drivers will be fighting for podiums, so I should be strong enough to fight for the top five or six.
"I think right now, if Kimi could finish third in Australia, then I could finish sixth.
"I would like to be strong enough to fight for victories in Formula 1 and I don't see why I can't be fast enough. When I am there, I'm sure I'll get my opportunity."
Valsecchi admitted that his preparation for taking over Raikkonen's car had been far from ideal.
"This morning I found out I was driving at 08:45, which was great," he said.
"The problem is that all my stuff is in Australia, so I used all of Raikkonen's equipment; seat, overalls, shoes... Everything except the underwear, which wasn't there.
"It wasn't so much of a problem. When they told me 'you have to use Raikkonen's seat', I just thought 'it's the seat of an ex-world champion, so it will be fast'."
Valsecchi confirmed that his next scheduled outing for the team would be in a two-year-old Renault, equipped with 2013-spec tyres and engine.
The test is due to take place at Paul Ricard on April 1-3.
AUTOSPORT special testing coverage:
| By Jonathan Noble and Pablo Elizalde | Saturday, March 2nd 2013, 18:57 GMT |
The Briton recorded the fastest time at the Spanish circuit so far this year, finishing the day more than seven tenths of a second clear of his closest rival, Ferrari's Felipe Massa.
Although Hamilton has said in the past that he was not expecting to win a race this season, his car's form in testing has led to a change of mind, and he thinks that at some point a victory is now on the cards.
"I think we definitely will be able to win a race at some point during the season," said Hamilton.
"I hope we can, at least, but when that will be, who knows?"
He insisted, however, that there was no reason to get carried away about even loftier ambitions based on today's performance.
"I don't think it's anything you need to be impressed with really," he said of today's time.
"I think everyone's doing their own programmes and everyone's on different fuel loads so it's just another testing day for us."
He added: "I think it's important to bring everyone back down to Earth and realise that we've still got a lot of work to do.
"But Mercedes are doing a great job, both in the engine department and also with the car, it's obviously a lot better than it was last year."
AUTOSPORT special testing coverage:
NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
Schulze, who owns about 20% of Best Buy's shares, said in August he was leading a group that wanted to take the company private. The company had given him until Thursday to present a qualified offer.
On Friday, Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly said the deadline passed without an offer from Schulze.
Shares of Best Buy (BBY, Fortune 500) rose more than 5% in early trading. The company announced better than expected sales and operating profit in the latest quarter, although earnings were lower than a year earlier.
The company has been moving forward with its turnaround efforts even as Schulze tried to put together a deal for the company.
Best Buy hired Joly as its CEO in August, and he has announced moves to close stores and cut staff. He also introduced a price matching guarantee designed to combat the loss of sales to online rivals such as Amazon (AMZN, Fortune 500).
Schulze resigned from the Best Buy board in last June following revelations that CEO Brian Dunn had had an inappropriate relationship with a female co-worker. Dunn resigned several months earlier, and after that the board found Schulze "acted inappropriately" by not telling the board's audit committee about Dunn's relationship when he learned of it.
First Published: March 1, 2013: 10:12 AM ET
