Archive | March, 2016
Posted on 17 March 2016. Tags: ausgp, australian grand prix, f1, Formula 1
The 2016 Formula 1 curtain raiser is finally upon us. Round one of the Formula 1 World Championship will get underway in Melbourne, Australia for the Australian Grand Prix. With testing done and dusted and with a few interesting observations that came out of it, the season ahead looks set to be a close one […]
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Posted on 16 March 2016. Tags: 2016, albert park, australia, carlos sainz, daniel ricciardo, dannil kvyat, esteban gutierrez, f1, felipe massa, felipe nasr, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas, honda, jenson button, jolyon palmer, kevin magnussen, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, manor, marcus ericsson, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, niki lauda, pascal werhlein, pirelli, qualifying, red bull, renault, rio haryanto, romain grosjean, sauber, sebastian vettel, toro rosso, toto wolff, Valtteri Bottas, williams
The question at the forefront of everything is can Ferrari take the fight to Mercedes. All indications are that the Italian team has made strides since last year and has closed the gap to Mercedes. All that remains to be seen is how close they can get. As F1 2016 gets under way this season […]
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Posted on 10 March 2016. Tags: f1, Formula 1, pirelli, spanish grand prix
Pirelli have revealed the tyre choices for round 5 of the Formula 1 World Championship at the Circuit De Catalunya. For the Spanish Grand Prix Pirelli have nominated the Orange Hard, White Medium and Yellow Soft compound tyres. The hard and medium compound are the tyres that must be used at some point in the […]
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Posted on 08 March 2016. Tags: australian grand prix, f1, Formula 1, pirelli
Formula 1 Tyre supplier Pirelli has released the list of tyre choices for each driver for the Australian Grand Prix.
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Posted on 08 March 2016. Tags: f1, f1 testing, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas, manor, mclaren, mercedes, red bull, sauber, toro rosso, williams
With the 2016 pre-season tests done and dusted the attention turns to the first race in Melbourne Australia in just a little over a week for the F1 season opener. There are quite a number of stats and number that were thrown around. The lap count and distance completed by Mercedes is one that stands […]
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Posted on 07 March 2016. Tags: f1, fia, Formula 1
The Formula 1 Governing body the FIA have approved changes to the F1 qualifying format on Friday 4 March. These changes will be introduced at the first round of the 2016 F1 season at Melbourne in two weeks time. A statement by the FIA said that the changes were unanimously accepted by the F1 commission. […]
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Posted on 07 March 2016. Tags: baku city circuit, european grand prix, f1, Formula 1, pirelli
Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli has announced the tyre choices for the European Grand Prix which will take place at the Baku City Circuit in Azerbaijan. Pirelli have chosen the White Medium, Yellow Soft and Red Super soft compound tyres for the race weekend. The medium and the Soft compound tyre must be used during […]
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Posted on 03 March 2016. Tags: f1, f1 testing, Formula 1, kimi raikkonen
Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen ended the penultimate day of the second test in Barcelona on top of the time sheets. Raikkonen set his fastest time of 1:22.765 in the morning session using Pirelli’s Ultra Soft Compound tyre. But before that, Ferrari trailed the “Halo” head protection that the FIA hope to get on the cars by […]
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Posted on 01 March 2016. Tags: daniil kvyat, esteban gutierrez, f1, f1 testing, felipe nasr, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas, kevin magnussen, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, manor, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, nico hulkenberg, nico rosberg, red bull, renault, rio haryanto, sauber, toro rosso, Valtteri Bottas, williams
Nico Rosberg stamped Mercedes’ authority on day one of the second test in Barcelona by going quickest on the day. Rosberg’s fastest time of 1:23.022 just told half the story. Lewis Hamilton took over in the afternoon session and went on to complete a very impressive race simulation. Between the Mercedes drivers they managed to […]
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