F1 Madness

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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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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The new look Manor F1 team completed its line up for the 2016 season by announcing the signing of 23-year old Indonesian driver Rio Haryanto. Haryanto competed in many single seater series and most recently in GP2. He will get his first crack at the Manor MRT05 at next weeks first pre-season test. “We are […]

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With sponsorship payments putting Pastor Maldonado’s seat at Renault in jeopardy, young Kevin Magnussen stands a good chance of getting the Renault drive for 2016. Magnussen who was let go by McLaren during the 2015 season has a strong chance of returning to Formula 1 after PDVSA, the Venezuelan energy company behind Maldonado’s sponsorship money, […]

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Pirelli concluded their two day wet weather tyre test at the Paul Ricard Circuit in the south of France to develop the 2016 Wet tyres. More than 650 laps were completed and a total of 2 326km driven between 5 drivers and three teams. The circuit was chosen because of its very sophisticated variable sprinkler […]

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The McLaren Formula 1 team was the first from the other teams to announce the launch date for its 2016 contender, the MP4-31. The team made the announcement in a tweet early in the after noon on Monday in a rather cheeky tweet following a much hyped up countdown by Ferrari. Many expected that Ferrari […]

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The Sauber F1 Team revealed on Monday that its 2016 contender the C35 will be launched at the second pre-season test which is scheduled to take place between 22-25 February 2016 at the Circuit de Catalunya. The delay comes after a change to the 2016 testing schedule was made when the Australian Grand Prix was […]

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Max Verstappen drives a 2011 Red Bull RB7 Formula 1 car on a ski slope in Kitzbuehel, Austria.

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Pirelli have announced the tyre choices for round 4 of the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship which will take place at the Sochi Autodrom in Russia. Pirelli have nominated the White Medium, Yellow Soft and Red Supersoft tyre for the Russian Grand Prix race weekend. The medium and soft compound tyres are Pirelli’s nominated tyre […]

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Pirelli have revealed their tyre nominations for the Chinese and Bahrain Grands Prix. For both race weekends Pirelli have nominated the White Medium, Yellow Soft, and Red Super soft compound tyres. Pirelli have selected the White Medium compound and Yellow Soft compound tyres that have to be used at least once in during the race. […]

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