The Flying Lap with Peter Windsor

As the dusk falls at Jerez, Spain, bringing to an end the first F1 test session of the new season, Episode 56 looks back at the past four days of intense development work by the major teams.  Craig Scarborough will be giving us his impressions of the new Ferrari F2012, Sauber C31, Torro Rosso STR7 and Williams FW34 and will also be talking about a hot technical topic of 2012 - roll-hoops.  We also recorded the thoughts of Renault's Rob White on how the Championship-winning engine builders are facing the task of supplying four teams.  We reported live from Jerez at the start of the week, on Episode 55;  today's show brings the Jerez test to a conclusion. 

The Flying Lap reports live from Jerez, Spain, where the F1 teams are undergoing their first tests in 2012.  We spoke on Monday with Kimi Raikkonen, who is making is F1 return with the Lotus F1 Team - and we've also recorded the thoughts of Craig Scarborough as he analyses the new Red Bull RB8, the Torro Rosso STR7 and the Lotus E20.  With live guests also joining us for the show, Ep 55 takes you into the heart of F1's preparations for the season ahead.

Episode 54 represents a milestone in the short life of The Flying Lap, for on this occasion we will be airing the show live from what will undoubtedly be a very chilly Silverstone - from the launch of the new Sahara Force India VJM05.  We'll be talking to some key SFI team members; examining the car with Craig Scarborough; and generally soaking-up the atmosphere of an F1 Team Launch, with plenty of questions to be answered from live viewers all over the world.  As well as procuring the biggest F1 sponsorship/investment deal of the past 12 months (thanks to their new association with Sahara, the massive Indian holding company until now best-known for its support of the national Indian cricket team) Force India made huge strides in 2011 against such opponents as AMG Mercedes, LotusF1 and WilliamsF1.  Paul di Resta raced sensationally through his debut season and in 2012 will be joined by the last man to put a Williams on the pole - Nico Hulkenberg.  And into the Third Driver slot steps one of the hottest young stars from the Ferrari Driver Academy - Jules Bianchi.  

The arrival of any  new McLaren F1 car is always a big occasion - but never more so than right now, on the eve of the 2012 World Championship.  Will Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button have the equipment they need to wrest the title from Red Bull Racing?  We'll have our first look at the new challenger when it is launched to the world's media at the stunning McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England, on the morning of Wednesday, February 1; and later that day, in Episode 53 of The Flying Lap, we'll be giving you our verdict, together with a report from the day's festivities.  Joining Peter Windsor in The Flying Lap studio will be our regular F1 technical expert, Craig Scarborough.  We'll be discussing all aspects of the car and the team and taking live questions from F1 fans all over the globe.