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Robert was competing in a rally in Italy. Reports say that he has crashed the Skoda Fabia S2000 that he was driving.

Renault have said the following

“After undergoing extensive medical checks this morning, Robert Kubica has been diagnosed with multiple fractures to his right arm, leg and hand. He is currently undergoing surgery at the Santa Corona Hospital in Pietra Ligure.

“Robert suffered a high-speed accident this morning while competing in the Ronde di Andora Rally.  Read more... (171 words, 1 image, estimated 41 secs reading time)

F1-Fanatic have some great pictures from testing at Valencia, I’d recommend a pop over to see the cars out on track.

Also Scarb has a cracking write up on the new Lotus Renault front facing exhaust setup, and like I mentioned it is definitely being used to try claw back some of the lost double diffuser downforce.

I’ll have a roundup of testing day 1 later today, but until then, go check out the pictures.

We’ve had a few launch cars show off now, so lets have a quick look at what Ferrari’s F150, Lotus Renault’s  and Sauber’s C30 look like at the launch stage.

First off let’s look at the first of the big teams to show their car, the Ferrari F150.

The F150 does have a few interesting things to take note of, but for the most part is an iteration of last year’s car, taking into account the rule changes (more on those later).  Read more... (1116 words, 6 images, estimated 4:28 mins reading time)

Low-profile tyres on bigger wheels, the return of ground effects aerodynamics, Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) that produce 250bhp and a standard, non-downforce rear wing will all be components of the Formula 1 car of the future, according to the new F1 Racing magazine.

The magazine, revamped at the end of last year, has teamed up with Renault F1 chief designer Pat Symonds to give motorsport fans a glimpse of what the F1 car of 2020 will look like and how it will perform.  Read more... (296 words, 2 images, estimated 1:11 mins reading time)

Mark Webber has driven a good start to finish win to take the Monaco GP.

The drive was not without it’s issues for him though. Four safety cars, as a fair few accidents caused his dominant lead to be cut each time.

Vettel took a decent, and well fought for second spot, with Kubica pushing him all the way to the end trying to get that spot, but eventually had to settle for third. That does mean though that it was a 1,2,3 for Renault engine cars.  Read more... (660 words, 2 images, estimated 2:38 mins reading time)

A tense and close Monaco Qualifying session sees Mark Webber get his second pole position in a row.

The Renault of Robert Kubica was the sensation of the day though, as it set great times in all of the sessions and looked at one point to have had the pole position tied up, but then Webber pulled an extremely quick lap out of the bag in the dying minutes.

Vettel also tried for the top spot, but just couldn’t manage to equal Kubica’s pace, let alone his team mates.  Read more... (554 words, estimated 2:13 mins reading time)

Jenson Button drove a great race to take the win in Australia. Robert Kubica put’s the Renault on the podium as well, with a great race to take second with Felipe Massa holding off Alonso to take third.

However the story of the race was McLaren pitting Lewis (while running third) for tyres late in the race. The teams did not have to change dry tyres, as the race was started under wet conditions with all the cars on the Inter tyres.

A full rundown shortly. But congratulations to Jenson on a well deserved win.

A bit of an odd qualifying in ways. The Red Bull and Ferrari’s were fast as expected, but after showing decent pace in free practice sessions Lewis Hamilton went out in Q2, but his team mate Jenson had no problems getting through.

Webber looked to be the pick for the top spot right up until the final moments of the Q3 session, when his talented team mate Sebastian Vettel pipped him to the post to take pole on Marks home GP.  Read more... (341 words, estimated 1:22 mins reading time)