After qualifying in 8th place for Sunday’s race in Suzuka, Lotus driver Romain Grosjean says he did not expect to fare so well. “I didn’t expect to go into Q3, we thought we were half a second off so this was a great job from everyone!” The result places Romain higher up for Sunday than […]
Nico Rosberg takes his 2nd pole position of the season with his teammate, Lewis Hamilton, completing the front row. Daniil Kvyat is fine after a crash which ended the final session early. As Q1 began, Rosberg told his team that his engine wasn’t feeling normal. Ericsson had a huge side going into Spoon corner but […]
Nico Hulkenberg says he doesn’t understand why the stewards awarded him a penalty so soon after the collision with Williams driver, Felipe Massa. Hulkenberg received a three-place grid drop for the next outing at Suzuka, Japan, for the incident. Speak after his race Hulkenberg explained: “I’m quite frustrated for two reasons, obviously. The race looked […]
Sebastian Vettel has taken the first non-Mercedes pole of the season ahead of Daniel Ricciardo and Kimi Raikkonen. In Q1 Mercedes felt the need to put on super-softs onto both cars such was their struggles in Singapore. Alex Rossi was only half a second away from his teammate, Stevens at the bottom end of the […]
Singapore was one of Mercedes’ weakest qualifying circuits in 2014, with the top eight places on the grid separated by half-a-second. In FP2 we saw Red Bull’s Daniel Kvyat take top spot, with the nearest Mercedes in fourth place. Singapore, being a high downforce circuit with accelerated tyre degradation, should help a nimble car like […]
Jenson Button says the proposed calendar for the 2016 season is too intensive. Whilst he believes the drivers would easily cope, it is unfair on the teams’ engineers. “It’s easy for drivers, but it’s very different for the teams”, Button, 35, told Autosport. “These guys spend so much time away from home, and it’s very […]
Lewis Hamilton dominated the Italian Grand Prix, but as I’ll try to explain, Mercedes’ advantage is even greater than the result showed. Sebastian Vettel pointed out, after the race, that Lewis had the least tyre degradation in the first stint. In this analysis we’ll aim see if Lewis had a tyre wear advantage in his […]
Daniil Kvyat recovered from 18th on the grid to finish 10th at the circuit Red Bull say is their weakest. “Monza was always going to be a tough weekend for us. Our race wasn’t too bad considering where we started on the track, because of our penalties,” the young Russia said after the race. Ricciardo’s […]
Lewis Hamilton has praised former McLaren teammate, Jenson Button, and says the team’s form is sad to see. “It doesn’t look like a McLaren. For me, a McLaren is always red and white, or silver car I drove.” he told The Guardian “Now it is greyish, completely grey, and it feels very weird when you […]
Lewis Hamilton has taken pole position for the Italian GP with a time of 1:23.397 – Quarter-of-a-second ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel. His teammate, Nico Rosberg, lines up in 4th. Before qualifying, Mercedes found an issue with Nico Rosberg’s engine and replaced it with the unit used at Spa. The German would not […]
Friday’s FP2 session at Monza was dry throughout with overcast skies for the majority of the session. The order in qualifying can be obscured on Friday, because teams run different programmes, however, we can apply the average FP2 to Qualifying multiplier for a GP2/3 supported weekend to each team to gain a clearer look at […]
After fears that Lotus may not attend the Italian Grand Prix, Bailiffs have released the team’s cars and transport trucks and are on their way to Monza. Bailiffs seized the vehicles after Lotus scored their first podium of the season at Spa as, former test driver, Charles Pic, reportedly demanded a settlement of over half-a-million pounds […]
