F1 Madness

Kimi Raikkonen closed off the final day of the first pre-season test of 2016 on top of the time sheets in the Ferrari SF16-H The Finn set his fastest time of 1:23.477 on the Ultra Soft compound tyres late in the morning. Second fastest to Raikkonen was Daniil Kvyat in the Red Bull who was […]

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The push to revamp F1’s rules is 2017 seems to have been brought to the fore once again after a meeting between the F1 commission and the FIA The new rules are touting wider, faster cars with increased down force and also a revamped qualifying format which will see more cars on track throughout the […]

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The third day of testing at Spain’s circuit de Catalunya was headed by Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg. The morning running was marked with the introduction to Formula 1 of Indonesia’s first ever grand prix driver Rio Haryanto. The rookie Manor driver seemed comfortable in the early running and put together a solid first few […]

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Formula 1 looks set to introduce an elimination style qualifying session in 2016. A meeting in Geneva between the Strategy Group and the Formula 1 Commission saw a unanimous vote passed to revamp the qualifying session for the 2016 season. The session will still remain as a one hour session split into three segments. However, […]

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The second day of testing got underway with the circuit de Catalunya bathed in bright sunshine. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was the first driver on track and the first to set a flying lap as the second day of testing got underway.The majority of the first two hours of the morning were spent on gathering […]

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Pirelli’s ultrasoft compound tyre has made its debut in the second day of pre-season testing in Spain. The morning’s running was capped by the first-ever glimpsed of purple side-walled ultrasoft Pirelli tyre. It was Red Bull Racing’s Daniel Ricciardo who first ventured out on the brand new compound. The Australian excelled to the top of […]

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Japanese manufacturer Honda has announced that motorsport boss Yasuhisa Arai will be vacating his post. The announcement of Arai’s departure was made after a board meeting in Tokyo. Yusuke Hasegawa will replace Arai and take up the reigns of managing the F1 project while Arai will slot in as the senior manager of Honda Research and […]

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Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel finished the first day of the first pre-season test of 2016 on top of the time sheets ahead of defending champion Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes W07 Hybrid. The German set his best time of 1:24.939 on the medium compound tyres just before lunch to take the top spot for the day. […]

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Red Bull released the first images of its 2016 Formula One title challenger, the RB12, ahead of debuting the car on track at the opening day of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya. The team released studio photos via its various media channels moments before the RB12 hit the track with Daniel Ricciardo at […]

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In a week dominated by car launches Ferrari has joined the party by unveiling its challenger for the 2016 season – the SF16-H. In an online launch, hosted by F1 journalist James Allen, Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel pulled the covers off their new car which Ferrari are calling the SF16-H. The first, most notable, […]

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