Chris Laker

Chris Laker

Sports Journalist · 159 articles

Renault RS16 an evolution of E23 – Chester
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Renault RS16 an evolution of E23 – Chester

The Renault RS16 is an evolution of the car used by Lotus during the 2015 season according to technical director Nick Chester After the car was unveiled at the first test in Barcelona on Monday, Renault’s technical director Nick Chester says the RS16 is just an evolution of the car raced by Lotus in 2015. […]

Toro Rosso design change was ‘massive’ – Key
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Toro Rosso design change was ‘massive’ – Key

Toro Rosso technical director James Key has revealed the team was forced into a radical redesign of their 2016 challenger after they decided to use a Ferrari power unit. Following a year of disastrous performance and reliability from the Renault power unit, Toro Rosso decided in October 2015 it was best for the team to […]

Red Bull to submit alternative to Halo cockpit protection
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Red Bull to submit alternative to Halo cockpit protection

Engineers from five of the current Formula One teams will meet with FIA safety expert Andy Mellor in London today to discuss the best way to introduce the Halo safety feature in 2017. Whilst the meeting was set to finalise how the Halo design can be implemented it has been revealed Red bull will use […]

Haryanto to reveal F1 future on Thursday
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Haryanto to reveal F1 future on Thursday

Rio Haryanto will reveal his plans for 2016 at a press conference in Indonesia on Thursday alongside his long-term sponsors Pertamina. Haryanto will announce that he will be driving for Manor in 2016, this comes after months of negotiations between Haryanto’s advisors and Manor. The deal had stalled when Manor requested Haryanto sponsorship to pay […]