Haas F1 team boss Gunther Steiner has revealed the team is yet to reach a commercial agreement with FOM (Formula One Managment), despite the season opener being just two weeks away. Commercial agreements between teams and the FOM are needed to commercially bind a team to Formula One so that at the end of each […]
It’s safe to say the news that Formula One would be altering its qualifying format as early as this season did not go down well with all Formula One fans. The new format is as follows: Q1 -16 minutes duration; – After 7 minutes, the slowest driver is eliminated; – Slowest driver eliminated every 1 […]
Gene Haas has confirmed his team will be using a new engine package for the season opener in Melbourne. Haas was speaking at the first test in Barcelona where he claimed the current engine configuration they are running is simply a ‘test package’. The American outfit has a technical partnership with Ferarri which means they are […]
McLaren’s Fernando Alonso has said both Honda and McLaren need time to improve the 2016 package. Alonso was speaking after the second day of pre-season testing in Barcelona where the Spaniard completed 119 laps, a far cry away from the poor reliability that affected the team’s pre-season in 2015 where he only completed 117 laps […]
Toro Rosso will introduce a complete revamp of the current STR11 for the second pre-season test in Barcelona. Sources revealed on Tuesday the new car will effectively be a B-Spec version of the STR11 currently being used at the first pre-season test which is also in Barcelona. Motorsport.com has revealed the Faenza based team is […]
As day two of testing got underway in Barcelona Mercedes announced they would be testing some unusual parts, most notably a new design around the floor which was Twitter was quick to jump on and make comparisons. Sky Sports F1’s Ted Kravitz was the first notice Twitter: New on the Merc: ‘combine harvester’ teeth under […]
Manor racing director Dave Ryan has claimed the team wants to remain a small team to alleviate pressure and avoid setting unrealistic targets. Ryan returned to the sport after he left McLaren after 34 years with the team following his suspension by the team after the fiasco caused when he was accused of deliberately misleading race […]
Haas F1 Team’s founder Gene Haas has confirmed the team is working on finding a permanent fix to the front wing failure that limited the teams running on day one of the first pre-season test on Monday. The team did create a temporary fix on Monday to ensure Romain Grosjean completed as much running as possible. […]
Renault driver Jolyon Palmer says he was disappointed after software issues on the RS-16 limited him to only 37 laps on the first day of the Barcelona test. Due to the limited running the Renault driver achieved he finished the first day bottom of the timing sheets with a time of 1m29.356s. That was over […]
Red Bull’s Adrian Newey has said he believes any compromise on rule changes for the 2017 Formula One season would be a “wasted opportunity”. Meetings will take place tomorrow (Tuesday, February 23rd) to decide what rule changes will be implemented to reach the target of having cars achieve laps five seconds quicker than is […]
Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg have both admitted sitting out half of the first test was not ideal but they understand the reasons why. Both Hulkenberg and Perez have missed out in driving the VJM06 on day one of testing with them being replace in the car by rookie Alfonso Celis. Celis has been […]
Sebastian Vettel believes the SF16-H is a step forward from last years car. The German was speaking to Ferrari’s official website after he finished the first test in Barcelona on top of the time sheet after achieving 69 laps – blitzing the time set by second placed man – and current world champion – Lewis […]
