Sebastian Vettel celebrated his world championship triumph with a couple of ‘donuts’ on his victory lap at Suzuka, it has emerged.
The two smoky burn-outs were witnessed by the grandstand spectators at turns 1 and 2 but not the millions of television viewers, according to Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport.

“The FIA does not appreciate drivers senselessly burning fuel and tyres,” the magazine said.

The amateur footage, captured by a Japanese fan, can be seen at the video sharing website Youtube. Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxca4mBCuE8.

Three more new cars broke cover on Tuesday ahead of the opening day of pre-season testing at Valencia.

Williams’ FW33, featuring a KERS system designed by the famous team, is painted in interim navy-blue colours ahead of a livery launch at a later date.

It was debuted by Rubens Barrichello shortly after the pitlane opened at 10am. Pastor Maldonado, whose sponsor PDVSA is one of only a few decals on the pre-launch car, will follow on Wednesday.

“We’re optimistic. We think this is a good car,” said technical director Sam Michael.

Also launched early on Tuesday was the new Mercedes W02, painted in a striking new shinier silver and visibly very different to last year’s car.

“The new Silver Arrow has little in common with its immediate predecessor,” confirmed Norbert Haug, referring to the 2011 machine that will be debuted by Nico Rosberg.

Another car launched on Tuesday was Toro Rosso’s STR6, but it was Fernando Alonso in Ferrari’s new F150 with the fastest installation lap so far.

Costery of Bridgestone

Thanks to Bridgestone, here have some photos of saturday.

Gallery with all happened on this race. McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won when he took the chequered at the Turkish Grand Prix. We provide a gallery of selected images – shot by the great photographers from Sutton Images and Hoch Zwei – that capture Lewis’ weekend in Istanbul.