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Fernando Alonso believes McLaren can finish fourth in the Constructors’ Championship despite switching their focus to 2017 and the new changes to the regulations. McLaren suffered their worst season in their history in 2015 finishing the ninth in the Constructors’ Championship with just 27 points. This season things are looking better, with back to back […]
Daniel Ricciardo was once again frustrated after another disappointing performance from himself and Red Bull at the Canadian Grand Prix. “Not a great Sunday,” Ricciardo said after the race. The Aussie eventually ended the afternoon in seventh place, three places back from his younger teammate Max Verstappen who he lost out at Turn 2 when […]
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has admitted the four-time world champions never expected to be this competitive at this stage of the season. With two podiums and a race win already this season Red Bull have already improved on last year’s performances after just six races in 2016. After Ricciardo’s second place finish in […]
McLaren-Honda is currently holding talks with the FIA over the ‘obligation to supply’ rule that has been introduced for next season. This rule will ensure all teams have a competitive power unit with the FIA forcing the manufacturer with the fewest customers to supply any Formula One team that needs an engine. This would currently […]
Gene Haas thinks Formula One is full of ‘whiners’ after some rivals suggested the way Haas entered Formula One and their relationship with Ferrari is bad for the sport. Haas sit fifth in the Constructors’ Championship after the first two rounds thanks to a sixth place finish in Australia and a fifth place finish in […]
Mercedes Executive Technical Director Paddy Lowe thinks teams will pit far earlier at the Chinese Grand Prix than they did in Australia and Bahrain. Lowe doesn’t think the supers-soft compound tyres, which most drivers are likely to start on as they are expected to be the best qualifying tyre, will last anywhere near as long […]
Kevin Magnussen has said he would like a penalty and puncture free race in China after the Dane suffered a first lap puncture in Australia and he was forced to start from the pit lane in Bahrain following a weigh bridge infraction. Magnussen is confident he can score his first points of the season and […]
Pirelli’s motorsport director Paul Hembery has warned Formula One bosses they must confirm Pirelli’s testing plans by the end of April if the tyre manufacturer is to have any chance at designing and manufacturing wider tyres requested for the 2017 season. The sporting and technical regulations are yet to be confirmed by the FIA but […]
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel has pleaded for Formula One to reduce the cost of power units and introduce ‘normally aspirated’ engines despite his own team vetoing against such a move last year. Vettel is unhappy at how expensive the hybrid power units have become in a time when Formula One is meant to be decreasing costs. […]
Honda’s F1 engine chief Yusuke Hasegawa has confirmed the Japanese car manufacturer is investigating whether a loud noise Jenson Button heard before retiring from the Bahrain Grand Prix was caused by a power unit issue or some other fault. Honda has begun the investigation process of Button’s power unit used in Bahrain to make sure […]
Lewis Hamilton snatched pole and set a new lap record in Bahrain finishing ahead of his teammate Nico Rosberg by seven one hundreds of a second to make it two pole positions in a row for Hamilton at the start of 2016. Hamilton needed a second flying lap after the Briton ran wide through the […]
GPDA (Grand Prix Drivers Association) chairman Alex Wurz has said the GPDA will begin making suggestions on how the sport can be saved and how the current problems plaguing Formula One can be fixed as long as the Formula One hierarchy is going to listen and act accordingly. Following the shambles of the new elimination-style […]