Fernando Alonso believes that McLaren should move beyond their challenging 2015 campaign and switch their attention to 2016. The first year of the revived McLaren-Honda partnership has yielded in perennial reliability problems, mainly on the power unit side. With Alonso bearing the brunt of the majority of the troubles. The Spaniard has failed to finish in […]
Jolyon Palmer is to receive five more Friday practice outings behind the wheel of the Lotus E23 before the end of the 2015 Formula 1 season. The team’s reserve driver and current GP2 champion has had three practice runs thus far this season; the first practice sessions of the rounds in China, Bahrain and Spain. Palmer’s […]
Sebastian Vettel ends the final practice session quickest of all ahead of qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix. Vettel made sure Mercedes were not going to have it all their way around the streets of Monte Carlo as he set a benchmark time of 1:16.143 on the Super-Softs during the qualifying simulations. His compatriot Nico […]
Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets for the first time this weekend in final practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Both Mercedes and Ferrari drivers traded fastest times at the beginning and end of the final hour of practice, with the reigning world champion coming out on top with a 1:34.599 on a soft tyre run […]
Williams head of car performance Rob Smedley admits a weakness of the FW37 is its ability to use the soft tyres. Both Williams drivers Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas qualified fourth and fifth respectively in China last weekend and both finished a position lower on race day. Although the team opted to put the drivers […]
Lewis Hamilton closed out his dominant form in practice sessions as he ended third practice for the Chinese Grand Prix fastest of all. Hamilton set the benchmark time of 1:37.615 on the yellow-marked soft tyre during the qualifying simulations, two tenths clear of team-mate Nico Rosberg in second. Sunny and clear weather conditions were to be seen […]
Red Bull have confirmed the cause behind Daniil Kvyat’s brake problems, pointing to the overheating of a hub. The team’s troubles with brake wear following the Malaysian Grand Prix continued in today’s second practice session as Kvyat ended up limping slowly around the Shanghai International circuit after leaving the Red Bull pits with fire in […]
Toro Rosso technical director James Key has expressed his team’s satisfaction with the progress Renault has made with its power unit. The French engine manufacturer has been vocally criticized by works partner Red Bull for their power unit’s lack of performance in comparison to Mercedes and Ferrari. With Red Bull known to have struggles with […]
Romain Grosjean has been demoted to tenth on the grid having been involved in a pit-lane infraction. Grosjean reached the final qualifying session and originally qualified eighth for tomorrow’s race. Although during the second qualifying session he was adjudged to have lined up in a different order to before in the queue of cars desperate […]
Nico Rosberg rounded out free practice at Sepang by going quickest of all ahead of qualifying as Mercedes completed a full house of topping practice sessions. The German managed to return to the top of the timesheets with a 1:39.650 on the white-marked mediums during the qualifying simulations, just under two tenths quicker than team-mate […]
Force India deputy team principal Bob Fernley revealed that the team received financial help from Mercedes by running their reserve driver Pascal Wehrlein in their car during pre-season testing. The Silverstone-based team were known to have deep financial troubles, casting doubts to the point where their participation in the season-opener in Australia was questioned. Having not […]
Sebastian Vettel has branded the FIA’s decision to ban Formula 1 drivers from making alterations to their helmets as “a joke”. Drivers were officially prohibited from changing their helmet designs over the course of a season yesterday, meaning that they are forced to race with a fixed design to avoid facing a form of punishment. […]
