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Lance Stroll believes there is no reason to panic over losing an afternoon’s worth of running on day two of testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The 18-year-old lost control of his Williams FW40 at Turn 9, spinning through the gravel trap and damaging the front wing of his car. Due to a lack of […]
Formula 1 is back underway with testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. It was reigning world champions Mercedes who looked to be the team to beat once again as Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets. Hamilton took over in the afternoon from Valtteri Bottas. Sebastian Vettel was second fastest ahead of Williams’ Felipe Massa. McLaren and […]
Valtteri Bottas is feeling upbeat after driving his new Mercedes for the first time in anger at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in day one of pre-season testing. The Finn completed 79 laps in the car before handing over to team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the afternoon. Bottas made the move across from Williams in December after the shock […]
Haas F1 Team has unveiled its second ever Formula 1 car ahead of the 2017 season. The American team is the penultimate F1 team to have unveiled its new car for the upcoming season. Haas has altered its livery for 2017, option for a darker grey colour with its traditional red Haas colours. Romain Grosjean […]
Williams has officially released photos of its 2017 car, the FW40 in the flesh, ahead of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Computerised images of the FW40 were released via Autosport last week. The car looks understandably different from the initial shots we saw last week with the introduction of the striking shark fin […]
Reigning champions Mercedes is the latest team to have unveiled its 2017 challenger ahead of the new season. Three-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton put the first miles on the W08 at a windy and wet Silverstone. After the shock retirement of 2016 F1 champion Nico Rosberg in December, Valtteri Bottas was drafted in as a […]
Force India is the latest team to have launched their new 2017 car ahead of the new season. The VJM10 was launched close to the team’s base at the Silverstone Circuit in an event which was streamed live on Sky Sports’ digital platforms. Force India has opted for a similar livery consisting of silver, grey […]
McLaren has announced 17-year-old Lando Norris has joined the team’s young driver programme. The British driver enjoyed a very successful campaign in 2016 winning the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award as well as the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and NEC titles. For this year, Norris has made the move to the highly competitive FIA European Formula 3 championship which has […]
Reigning world champion Mercedes has released several teaser photographs of its new 2017 challenger ahead of the official launch of the W08 on Thursday. Three teams have already unveiled their 2017 cars ahead of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with Force India becoming the fourth to do so later today. Read Motorsport’s very […]
Sebastian Vettel is still confident he can fulfil his dream of winning a Formula 1 drivers’ title with Ferrari. Vettel has failed to win an F1 grand prix in two of the last three years but the four-time champion is still hopeful of achieving his dream. Ferrari ended 2016 as the third best team behind runaway […]
Force India has confirmed its full driver line-up for the two pre-season tests at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Sergio Perez will debut the VJM10 on Monday, February 27 with Esteban Ocon, who joins the team from Manor, getting his first outing on Tuesday. Development driver Alfonso Celis Jr. is also set to be given more track […]
Four-time Formula 1 champion Alain Prost has been given a special advisory role with the Renault F1 team for the 2017 season. Prost’s new role with the team was announced during the team’s launch in London where Renault unveiled its new car for the season ahead. The Frenchman will be an adviser to both of the […]