Archive | March, 2016
Posted on 19 March 2016. Tags: australian gp, australian grand prix, bernie ecclestone, christian horner, elimination style qualifying, ferrari, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mercedes, new qualifying format, nico rosberg, sebastian vettel, toto wolff
Lewis Hamilton secured pole position for the Australian Grand Prix in the debut of Formula One’s new elimination style qualifying format which has been widely criticised and can be described as nothing short of farcical. Hamilton finished 0.360s clear of his Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg, but the session was decided and all drivers out […]
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Posted on 19 March 2016. Tags: ausgp, australian grand prix, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, lewis hamilton, mercedes, nico rosberg
DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 3 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) TV UNILATERAL Lewis, your 50th career pole, only Senna and Schumacher have gone beyond that mark, on top of it all weekend it would seem, through practice and qualifying, you must be delighted? Lewis HAMILTON: Absolutely. First, I really […]
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Posted on 19 March 2016. Tags: albert park, australian gp, australian grand prix, fernando alonso, ferrari, final practice, FP3 results, FP3 timesheets, jenson button, lewis hamilton, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, sebastian vettel, toro rosso
Lewis Hamilton made it a clean sweep by going fastest once again in the final practice session ahead of the Australian GP. The British driver edged out his Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg, finishing 0.176s ahead of the German to top the final practice session time sheets with a stonking time of 1:25.624s. While the […]
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Posted on 18 March 2016. Tags: ausgp, australian grand prix, christian horner, cyril abiteboul, eric boullier, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, gene haas, haas f1, maurizio arrivabene, mclaren, mercedes, red bull, renault, toto wolff
TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Cyril ABITEBOUL (Renault Sport) Toto WOLFF (Mercedes) Eric BOULLIER (McLaren) Maurizio ARRIVABENE (Ferrari) Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing) Gene HAAS (Haas F1) PRESS CONFERENCE Cyril, let’s begin with you – welcome back as a Renault works team. Great history, 35 wins, two world championships and 100 podiums. How tough will it be […]
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Posted on 18 March 2016. Tags: australian gp, australian grand prix, carlos sainz, daniel ricciardo, daniil kvyat, esteban gutierrez, felipe nasr, fernando alonso, FP1, FP2, fp2 results, free practice, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, marcus ericsson, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, nico hulkenberg, nico rosberg, rio haryanto, romain grosjean, sebastian vettel, sergio perez
The Mercedes F1 team suffered pretty mixed fortunes in another practice session dominated by unpredictable wet weather conditions. Lewis Hamilton finished on top of the time sheets once again in FP2 ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, while his team mate Nico Rosberg suffered a crash into the barriers at turn 6 during a very […]
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Posted on 18 March 2016. Tags: charlie whiting, f1, Formula 1
At the beginning of the 2016 season the FIA issued a directive stating that it will enforce Article 27.1 in a more stricter manner than it did in 2015. What that essentially means that all radio communication from the pit to the driver are banned except for “critical” events. What is deemed as critical is […]
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Posted on 18 March 2016. Tags: australia, daniel ricciardo, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, free practice 1, haas, honda, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamiton, manor, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, red bull, renault, romain grosjean, sauber, sebastian vettel, toro rosso, williams
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton topped the first free practice session for the 2016 Australian grand prix. The 2016 season got underway as Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel ventured out onto track with the full wet Pirelli tyres fitted to his car. Overnight rain and a consistent drizzle in the morning had ensured a wet start to the […]
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Posted on 17 March 2016. Tags: daninel ricciardo, esteban gutierrez, ferrari, haas, jolyon palmer, lewis hamilton, manor, mercedes, red bull, renault, rio haryanto, sebastian vettel
DRIVERS: Rio HARYANTO (Manor) Jolyon PALMER (Renault) Esteban GUTIERREZ (Haas) Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull Racing) Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes). PRESS CONFERENCE Daniel Ricciardo, let’s start with you. Here we are, 20 years on from the grand prix moving across from Adelaide to Melbourne, tell us about what a buzz it is for you […]
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Posted on 17 March 2016. Tags: aston martin, f1, red bull
Red Bull Racing and Red Bull Advanced Technology announced a partnership with British luxury sports car manufacturer Aston Martin to create the next generation hypercar. This collaboration will see Red Bull Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey and Chief Creative Officer of Aston Martin, Marek Reichman team up to create a ground breaking Aston Martin hypercar. […]
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Posted on 17 March 2016. Tags: f1, Formula 1, pirelli
Still confused about the tyre rules? Pirelli has made a really cool video explaining how they work.
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