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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 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 24 February 2016. Tags: 2016, barcelona, circuit de catalunya, f1, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, manor, mercedes, nico rosberg, red bull, rio haryanto, romain grosjean, spain, testing, toro rosso
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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Posted on 24 February 2016. Tags: 2016, elimination style, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, haas, manor, mclaren, mercedes, qualifying, red bull, renault, sauber, toro rosso, williams
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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Posted on 23 February 2016. Tags: 2016, barcelona, circuit de catalunya, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas f1, honda, manor f1, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, spain, testing, toro rosso, williams
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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Posted on 23 February 2016.
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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Posted on 23 February 2016. Tags: 2016, boss, f1, Formula 1, honda, mclaren
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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Posted on 19 February 2016. Tags: 2016, 2016 season, ferrari, Formula 1, james alison, james allen, kimi raikkonen, launch, livery, maurizio arrivabene, mercedes, sebastian vettel, SF-16
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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Posted on 10 February 2016. Tags: 2016, accident, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, france, jean todt, lausanne. grenoble, luca di montezemolo, mercedes, meribel, michael schumacer, ross brawn, sabine kehm, schumacher health, switzerland
It has been more than two years since Michael Schumacher sustained severe brain injuries following a skiing accident in the French Alps. The seven times world champion spent several months in an induced coma in Grenoble hospital before being moved to a hospital in Lausanne. In September 2014 he was finally moved to his Switzerland […]
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Posted on 25 January 2016. Tags: 2016, f1, fia, Formula 1, jean todt, pat symonds, refueling, williams
The issue of re-introducing refueling during Formula 1 race has been shot down again. The FIA president, Jean Todt, recently confirmed that the issue would come under discussion at a meeting in Geneva. However, as in 2015, the possibility of bringing back refueling was dismissed by the Strategy Group and the F1 Commission. The general […]
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