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Mercedes returned to the top of the timesheets with Nico Rosberg setting the fastest time in final practice ahead of qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. The World Champion team appeared to demonstrate that Singapore was a singular setup issue causing their dismal pace, but Nico Rosberg ended speculation from last weekend by […]
The FIA has requested the Ferrari Team to apologise following an incident in parc ferme after the Singapore Grand Prix. Having secured first and third positions in the race, Ferrari were summoned to the stewards after the podium ceremony for a breach of article 12.1.1.i of the International Sporting Code which requires team personnel to […]
Lewis Hamilton may have retired from his first race since the controversial Belgian Grand Prix last year, but the defending champion still has a comfortable 41 point lead in this year’s title fight. Hamilton described his disappointing evening under the lights of Singapore: “I was feeling super optimistic. [Vettel, Ricciardo and Raikkonen] in front were […]
Spaniard Carlos Sainz finished the Singapore Grand Prix in ninth place just behind teammate Max Verstappen having started 14th and six places behind his younger Toro Rosso colleague. However, Sainz suffered a technical glitch early in the race where the car went into neutral on the safety car restart and forced the Spaniard him almost […]
Vettel – 10 Dove fantastically throughout the race despite being fortunate with the first safety car as he started to struggle with tyre wear compared to Ricciardo in second place. However, the four-time champion controlled the lead after the first safety car and clinched his third win of the season. Ricciardo – 9 The Australian […]
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time in final practice ahead of qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix with a 1m45.682s lap. The German was almost half a second clear of his teammate Kimi Raikkonen and the Red Bull drivers of Daniil Kyvat and Daniel Ricciardo. Mercedes once again had baffling pace on the super-soft […]
Lewis Hamilton dominated the Italian Grand Prix weekend with a clean sweep of finishing at the top of each session. The British driver also survived a post-race stewards investigation to take his 40th career victory at Monza and extend his championship lead to 53 points. The top three drivers on the podium were interviewed by […]
Hamilton – 10 Hamilton dominated the weekend and was top of every session even before teammate had to revert to an older engine for qualifying and the race. Ericsson – 9 Performed well despite his grid penalty moving him back from a well-earned top ten starting position. A lack of straight line speed meant Ericsson […]
Lewis Hamilton secured a comfortable 11th pole of the season at Monza but concerns continue to grow within his team following an as yet unexplained issue identified with the new Mercedes engine run by Nico Rosberg between final practice and qualifying. An engine change for Hamilton before the race would force the championship leader to […]
Lewis Hamilton made it a clean sweep of fastest practice times for the Italian Grand Prix by topping the final session at a damp but drying Monza circuit. Overnight and early morning rain left the Monza track drying throughout the course of the session as most drivers ventured out just for a single installation lap […]
World Champion Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in final practice ahead of qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix with teammate Nico Rosberg half a second adrift. After a lack of long runs in second practice, the final session saw Red Bull and Toro Rosso focus on heavy fuel stints on the soft tyre to […]
With the confirmation from Ferrari that Kimi Raikkonen has been retained for the 2016 season, attention now turns to who will fill the remaining seats on the grid in Australia on April 3rd. Who is confirmed already? So far only 3 teams have officially confirmed their driver line-ups for 2016: Mercedes, Sauber and now Ferrari. […]