Archive | July, 2016
Posted on 09 July 2016. Tags: british grand prix, f1, Formula 1, free practice three, lewis hamilton, marcus ericcson, mercedes, sauber, silverstone
Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of a shortened 3rd Free Practice session making it three from three practice sessions. Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg finished the session 2nd fastest just 0.063s off Hamilton’s time. Hamilton set his best time on the soft compound tyres crossing the line in 1:30.904. Rosberg’s set a best time […]
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Posted on 08 July 2016. Tags: 2016, aclaren, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, haas, manor, mercedes, red bull, renault, sauber, silverstone
Mercedes driver and local hero Lewis Hamilton has set the quickest time in the first free practice session for Sunday’s British grand prix. The session started under overcast skies but remained dry for the entire one and a half hour session. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton led the timing sheets by 0.033 ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg […]
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Posted on 08 July 2016. Tags: 2016, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, kimi raikkonen
The Ferrari team has announced that it has re-signed Kimi Raikkonen for the 2017 season. Raikkonen first joined the Italian team in 2007 when he went on to win his debut race with the squad in Australia. At end of the 2007 season the Finn clinched the driver’s world title for the team. The title […]
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Posted on 08 July 2016. Tags: 2016, f1, Formula 1, ibm, parternship, RB12, red bull racing
Red Bull Racing has announced a renewed partnership with IBM Spectrum Computing. The agreement has extended the partnership to 2020 and will be marked with IBM Spectrum Computing branding on the cars and in the garage. Red Bull uses IBM solutions in order to manage data and was used in the design of their 2016 […]
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Posted on 07 July 2016. Tags: british grand prix, f1, Formula 1, haas, jenson button, jolyon palmer, lewis hamilton, mclaren, mercedes, Pascal Wehrlein, renault, romain grosjean, silverstone, Valtteri Bottas, williams
DRIVERS – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes), Jenson BUTTON (McLaren), Jolyon PALMER (Renault), Valtteri BOTTAS (Williams), Romain GROSJEAN (Haas), Pascal WEHRLEIN (Manor) PRESS CONFERENCE Jenson, let’s start with you, 2009 Formula One World Champion? A positive result in Austria showed clear improvement in car pace. Was that circuit and tyre-specific or do you expect that to roll […]
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Posted on 06 July 2016. Tags: f1, ferrari, Formula 1, mercedes, pirelli, red bull
With new regulations coming into effect from the 2017 F1 season, Pirelli have announced the testing schedule for the new 2017 tyres. Ferrari will kick off the first test with a modified version of the SF15-T at their Fiorano test track from 1-2 August. The test will be a wet weather tyre test. Ferrari will […]
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Posted on 06 July 2016. Tags: british grand prix, f1, force india, Formula 1, nico hulkenberg, silverstone
“A home race for me, being a Force India driver. The factory is just across the road.“ Nico Hülkenberg is looking forward to Great Britain’s greatest highspeed corners and demanding g-forces!
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Posted on 06 July 2016. Tags: austrian grand prix, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, pirelli, sebastian vettel
Formula One Tyre supplier Pirelli has revealed that a piece of debris was the cause for Vettel’s spectacular tyre blow out at the Austrian Grand Prix. A few minutes after the incident, Pirelli tweeted that the tyre failure was caused by debris on the track.The tweet was deleted a few minutes later and it was […]
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Posted on 04 July 2016. Tags: 2016, austria, daniel ricciardo, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, manor, max verstappen, mercedes, molaren, nico rosberg, pascal wherein, pirelli, red bull, red bull ring, renault, sauber, sebastian vettel, spielberg, toro rosso, williams
Over the course of a grand prix weekend a driver normally runs close to two hundred laps. It’s uncanny then that everything can be made or undone by one lap. In Saturday qualifying, a wet and dry session, Lewis Hamilton steered his Mercedes to pole position in dominant fashion. While teammate Nico Rosberg qualified second […]
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Posted on 03 July 2016. Tags: austrian grand prix, f1, Formula 1, manor, Pascal Wehrlein, red bull ring
The Manor Formula One team brought home their first points finish for the 2016 Season thanks to Pascal Wehrlein. Wehrlein who made it through to Q2 in Qualifying on Saturday ended a strong weekend for the Manor team in the points in 10th place at the Austrian Grand Prix. The team celebrated like it was […]
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