American Block, 43, will drive the updated 2009 Toyota at Monza in August, the sport’s official tyre supplier announced in a media statement.
He will take over the car for a “one off” drive after Pirelli’s test driver Lucas di Grassi tests at the Italian grand prix circuit on the first two days.
“Everybody talks about formula one being the pinnacle of world motor sport so I can’t wait to discover it for myself,” said Block at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Sunday.
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Pirelli ready to supply qualifying tyres(0)Pirelli stands ready to supply special ‘qualifying tyres’ to formula one teams next year. With the emphasis of the sport’s spectacle now relying on the complex and heavily degrading control tyres, it was the qualifying session that suffered last weekend in Barcelona. Arguably to the detriment of Saturday’s spectacle, teams took an exceedingly strategic view |
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Whiting: Hamilton ‘lucky’ to escape Bahrain penalty(0)Lewis Hamilton on Friday was told he was lucky to escape penalty in Bahrain. Nico Rosberg’s defensive driving got the lion’s share of the media attention three weeks ago, but in fact it was Hamilton’s pass on the Mercedes that was a more contentious topic during Friday’s drivers’ briefing in Barcelona. Germany’s Auto Motor und |
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Mercedes conducts F1 quit study(0)Mercedes is “on the verge” of quitting formula one. That is the alarming claim of the London newspaper The Times, in an article written by its authoritative F1 correspondent Kevin Eason. Eason wrote that while rival top teams Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull will get to appoint directors once F1 is floated on the Singapore |
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di Grassi: Pirelli situation ‘good for F1′(0)Pirelli test driver Lucas di Grassi has defended the F1 tyre supplier following Michael Schumacher’s criticism. Schumacher attacked the Italian marque’s 2012 product after the Bahrain grand prix, complaining that the tyres wear so fast that drivers often have to take corners at half-pace like the safety car. “In some ways he’s right,” Brazilian di |
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‘The dead live longest’ beams Marko after BahrainComments OffWith Red Bull the latest to hold a trophy aloft this year, yet another potential 2012 champion has emerged. In theory, back to back world champion Sebastian Vettel, the Bahrain grand prix winner, was always a contender for a third drivers’ crown this year. But his RB8 was not a race winner until Sunday, after |
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