Austria - Red Bull Ring
Race Strategy Analysis: Pit Lap
Analysing the race between the Mercedes drivers in Austria. Could Lewis have won the race?
F1 News
British GP FP2 long run analysis
Analysing the long runs from Friday’s FP2 session at Silverstone.
Formula 1
Rosberg Tops First Practice ahead of Hamilton
Nico Rosberg led the way in FP1, ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton despite a hydraulics issue hitting the W06 early on.
Austria - Red Bull Ring
Estimating FP2 Long Run Fuel Loads
Estimating how heavy the teams fuel their cars for FP2 long runs to give a clearer indication of comparative Sunday race pace.
Austria - Red Bull Ring
Ferrari's practice pace "disappeared" – Wolff
Mercedes’ Executive Director, Toto Wolff, expected tougher competition from rivals Ferrari in the Austrian Grand Prix, but admits he is worried about a resurgence from the Scuderia. Speaking to motorsport.com, the Austrian said: “We see their performance during sessions; we saw their long runs on Friday and on Saturday morning when their pace was better than ours. […]
F1 News
Rosberg Tops Second Test Day
The weather in Spielberg had improved for the second day of testing, and drivers took to a dry track from the off. Valtteri Bottas was driving the Williams FW37. His team concentrating on aero runs in the morning session in which he finished fastest, with a 1:10.029, and would go on to carry out mechanical setup work […]
Austria - Red Bull Ring
No Action Taken from Raikkonen and Alonso Incident
The race stewards have decided not to penalise Kimi Raikkonen or Fernando Alonso after the two came together on the opening lap.
Austria - Red Bull Ring
Hamilton Takes Pole Position in Austria
Lewis Hamilton has taken pole position in a thrilling qualifying at the Red Bull Ring which ended with both Mercedes spinning on their finals laps. Nico Rosberg took second place ahead of Sebastian Vettel. Q1 Q1 started out on a damp track with drivers on the intermediate tyres. The two Toro Rosso drivers showing the […]
Austria - Red Bull Ring
Austrian GP FP2 Analysis and Race Forecast
Thankfully the conditions remained dry throughout the session and drivers were able to carry out their long runs. Here are the lap times of the main contenders for the Grand Prix: Here I was impressed with Massa on the option tyre running around the same pace as Kimi on the primes after 15 laps. Massa’s […]
Austria - Red Bull Ring
Vettel Fastest in Second Practice
Sebastian Vettel set the pace in the second practice session in Austria with a 1:09.600 ahead of Nico Rosberg and Kimi Raikkonen. Despite fears that rain would affect the running, the session remained dry throughout. After the early prime tyre runs, it was Hamilton who led the Ferrari’s by 0.16 seconds. When the drivers put […]
Formula 1
Imola in Italian GP Talks
The host of the 1981-2006 San Marino GP, Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari (or Imola) has begun talks with Bernie Ecclestone to host the Italian race if Monza can not afford to – say Motorsport.com “We wanted to show Ecclestone how willing Imola was to get Formula 1 back – but also do our part […]
Canada - Montreal
Vettel Penalised for FP3 Incident
Sebastian Vettel has been awarded a 5 place grid penalty and 3 penalty points for overtaking under a red flag in FP3. The four-time World Champion and Roberto Merhi have both been to the stewards to give their views on the incident that occurred between the two. “Obviously there was a red flag at the […]