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With the first Grand Prix of the season over, it’s time for you to rank the performances of each team. The red flag for Alonso’s massive crash played havoc with strategy and led us to have a fantastic start to the season – even if the history books will show another Mercedes one-two. Perhaps you’ll […]
Rain during the opening day of running for the 2016 Formula One season played havoc with every teams’ plans during practice for the Australian Grand Prix. Jenson Button completed the most laps in FP1 at a mere 16, whilst only 15 drivers set a lap time in the second practice session. For Toro Rosso, their […]
Track: Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit Number of Laps: 58 Circuit Length: 3.3 miles (5.3km) Race Length: 190.1 miles (307.6km) Start Time: 05:00 GMT Fastest Lap: 1:23.529 (Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing-Renault, 2011, Q3) Fastest Race Lap: 1:24.125 (Michael Schumacher, Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, 2004) 2015 Pole Position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG Petronas, 1:26.327, Soft Tyres 2015 […]
Despite using a modified version of last year’s C34, Sauber are still getting useful data from the first test at Barcelona. The first test was brought forwards from March to mid-February quite late into last season, throwing the Hinwil-based team’s production schedule out of the window. The 2016 car, the C35, will break cover at […]
Formula One’s engine development regulations will be fully opened from 2017, according to motorsport.com. At present, the power unit suppliers are severely limited as to what they can upgrade mid and off season. Each power unit component is valued at a certain number of “tokens”, with parts deemed to be more important than the others […]
Kevin Magnussen is being lined up as the reserve driver for the returning Renault works team, according to The Telegraph. The Dane, who finished on the podium in his début race for McLaren, is desperate to remain in F1 after losing his reserve role at the Woking based team to GP2 champion Stoffel Vandoorne. After […]
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has warned the BBC that they cannot cut their TV contract short, according to the Daily Mail. The commercial rights holder and boss of Formula One Management made the comments just a day after it was reported that the BBC were planning on handing ITV their terrestrial TV broadcasting deal […]
After finishing a strong sixth in the 2014 Constructors’ Championship, Force India were hopeful of achieving a team-best top five finish in 2015. Their preparations for the season, though, were badly affected by off-track events. A change of wind tunnel from Brackley to Cologne led to delays in the final design of the VJM08 being […]
Red Bull have finally brought an end to months of speculation about their future with the announcement that they will run a TAG Heuer branded Renault power unit in 2016. The four-times Constructors’ Champions revealed the long-speculated deal yesterday, just 12 hours after Renault confirmed their return to the sport as a constructor. After a […]
Daniil Kvyat was happy to pick up a point in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after managing an ERS issue for the second half of the race. The Red Bull driver had a strong opening stint, holding off the Mercedes-powered Felipe Massa and challenging another Mercedes-powered car – the Force India of Nico Hulkenberg – […]
Daniil Kvyat admitted that his lack of running in the final practice session hampered his preparations for qualifying, after only managing to line up ninth place for tomorrow’s season finale. Kvyat, 21, could only muster two installation laps in the final practice session earlier today after his Red Bull suffered an electrical issue. The team […]
We round off our classic series with the best ever race around the Yas Marina Circuit, the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. After winning the Indian Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel led Fernando Alonso in the Drivers’ Championship by thirteen points. The German, though, would start from the pit lane after he ran out of fuel […]