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Newly recruited Renault Sport F1 driver, Kevin Magnussen, makes his return in the 2016 season after an absence from the track. “It’s an incredible feeling and it means so much. It’s not only a Formula 1 drive but it’s a top drive. Renault Sport will be fighting for world championships in the future, it might […]
Pirelli have confirmed that a tyre performance cliff has been engineered into Formula One tyres for the 2016 season. The P Zero tyres will be constructed with an inner layer of rubber which will offer less performance than the outside compound. Wearing the tyre down to the inner layer will cause lap times to fall […]
Mika Häkkinen has encouraged Nico Rosberg to keep fighting for his first Drivers’ title after losing out to team-mate Lewis Hamilton for the past two seasons. Speaking to Sport Bild the 1998 and 1999 world champion explained: “Only one driver can win the championship and so far that has been Lewis, but that does not […]
ITV will take over BBC’s Formula One coverage on free-to-air television in the UK next season according to broadcastnow. The BBC has recently been covering Formula One since 2009, but will back out of its coverage deal three years early and will not cover the 2016 season. In 2012, the BBC agreed to share coverage […]
Mercedes’ 2015 challenger, the W06, was an exceptional Formula One car. The vehicle and driver combinations proved to be one, if not the most dominant in history. Watching the Silver Arrows dart off into the lead was a common occurrence, but in dirty air or following even lapped cars the W06 visibly suffered the greatest […]
Kimi Raikkonen made the top three of qualifying for just the fourth time in 2015, but even before Vettel’s early exit, the Finn looked to have the upper hand throughout the weekend. “The car has been handling pretty well all weekend. The laps haven’t been ideal many times. Even the first run, it was OK […]
The final Free Practice of 2015 finished with Nico Rosberg continuing his run of form, ahead of team-mate and World Champion Lewis Hamilton Raikkonen led the session early on ahead of team-mate Vettel with a 1:43.2. Vettel himself had a spin at turn one. When the Mercedes duo joined the track on the same soft […]
Pastor Maldonado received a 5 second time penalty in Brazil for a turn one collision with Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson, but the Venezuelan thinks the stewards shouldn’t be so trigger-happy penalising contact. The FIA reportedly met up before the 2013 season with the race stewards and drivers including Sebastian Vettel in an attempt to make stewarding […]
Felipe Nasr finished a lowly 14th in his first home Grand Prix but refuses to allow the result to suppress his joy of the occasion. “It has been a very special weekend – not just on race day, but over the entire weekend. I felt a lot of energy from the fans, from my family, […]
Mercedes kept their advantage over the rest of the field again with both silver arrows at the top of the timesheets. Lewis Hamilton had an eventful session with his car momentarily stopping on the circuit before fixing the problem from the cockpit and then spinning out later on. The world champion looked to be struggling […]
Brazil often provides unpredictable weather, but fortunately for the purpose of this analysis, the drizzle at Interlagos had very little effect the track surface due to the high ambient temperatures. Once Alonso’s broken McLaren had been cleared, teams sent their drivers out for race stint practice. Since Interlagos has a very short track, all drivers, […]
Alexander Rossi says his interest in the United States has skyrocketed and is very hopeful for his 2016 prospects. Speaking to crash.net, the American said: “Me being in a race seat has kind of changed where I stand in American motorsports and where I stand in this paddock and everything.” Rossi started racing with Manor […]