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A Blog by Alexander Rossi

Hello again!

Hello Again,

It’s been a while since we last spoke! I apologize for not being in touch over the winter, but I spent my time after the F1 Young Driver’s Test in Abu Dhabi back in California with my family and it was a brilliant time to be able to reset everything in order to be...

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Friday, May 11, 2012 2:03AM

Caterham F1 Team - Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - FP1 & FP2 Report

Team Lotus F1 Team Young Driver Test, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, 15/17 November 2011 Weather
FP1: Dry, sunny, air temp 22 - 26, track temp 24 - 31
FP2: Dry, sunny, air temp 29, track temp 42 - 44

Fastest laps / positions:
FP1: PET 1.27.475 (lap 5), 19th / RSI 1.28.448 (lap 12), 21st
FP2: KOV 1.26.296 (lap 19), 19th / PET 1.26.740 (lap 14), 20th

Total laps:
FP1: PET 20 / RSI 25
FP2: KOV 36 / PET 35

Runplan – FP1
Alexander Rossi
1003 – 1005: Installation, 1 lap (hard tyres)
1005 – 1028: System checks.
1028 – 1040: Run 2, 8 laps (hard tyres)
1040 – 1048: Changes: front wing flap angle, rear wing
1048 – 1101: Run...

Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:27AM

Alexander Rossi to Drive in Formula 1™ Free Practice at 2012 Spanish Grand Prix

Team Lotus F1 Team Young Driver Test, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, 15/17 November 2011 In his capacity as Official Test Driver for the Caterham F1 Team, American driver Alexander Rossi will drive in the first Free Practice session of the forthcoming Spanish Grand Prix on Friday; on this occasion replacing the team’s racing driver Heikki Kovalainen.

Alexander will be the first American driver since Scott Speed in 2007 to take to an F1 track during an official round of the pinnacle of motorsport, the FIA Formula 1™ World Championship.
The most senior member of the Caterham F1 Team Driver Development Programme since 2011, Alexander’s F1 role as Official...

Tuesday, May 08, 2012 6:51AM

Alexander Rossi Formula Renault 3.5 Round One Report, Spain

Alexander Rossi, FR3.5, Arden Caterham team, Aragon Round 1, 5-6 May 2012 8 May 2012 - Alexander Rossi brought home 10 valuable championship points from a 5th place finish in the opening round of the Formula Renault 3.5 Championship at Motorland Aragon, Spain. He sits in 10th position in the Drivers’ Championship, with his Arden Caterham team in 9th position after a weekend of mixed fortune.

Race 1:
After finishing in P13 at the end of the first qualifying session of 2012, Alexander made a fantastic start to race one, already up to 7th place by turn one. However immediately following three retirements on the starting grid there was a coming together at...

Friday, April 27, 2012 12:25PM

New Formula Renault 3.5 primed for debut

Alexander Rossi, FR3.5, Arden Caterham team, Aragon Round 1, 5-6 May 2012 27/04/2012 Motorland Aragon 2012 marks the start of an important new chapter in the history of Renault Sport Technologies. Following a lengthy design phase, an intensive development campaign, the manufacture and subsequent delivery of the car to the 13 teams and initial collective testing, the new Formula Renault 3.5 is finally set to make its first competitive appearance. The question is, who will be the first driver to claim victory in the all-new single-seater? There are no shortage of candidates, both rookies and more experienced hands, on the eve of what promises to be quite a...


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