F1 Madness

The legendary F1 designer Rory Byrne, who is one of the major figureheads in Ferrari’s Formula One dominance during the early 2000s has returned to the Scuderia to work closely with, and as a mentor to, Ferrari’s chief designer Simone Resta. Byrne worked as the design chief for Ferrari at the start of the 2000s […]

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Following his crash during the final day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya, McLaren have confirmed that their driver Fernando Alonso will remain in hospital overnight for observation as a precautionary measure. The crash happened just before lunch time. Alonso was rounding the bend at T3 when he lost control of his car which […]

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Romain Grosjean put his Lotus on the top of the time sheets at the end of the final day of the second pre-season test while McLaren’s Fernando Alonso was air lifted to hospital after a crash at T3. Grosjean’s time of 1:24.067 on the soft compound tyres from Pirelli put him on top of the […]

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Lotus’ Pastor Maldonado claimed the fastest time of the day on the 3rd day of the Barcelona test on the super soft tyres. Maldonado’s run in the afternoon seen him cross the line with a 1:24.348, 0.391s ahead of Max Verstappen in the Toro Rosso who also did a run on the super softs. “We achieved […]

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Daniel Ricciardo finished on top of the time sheets for Red Bull on the second day of the second pre-season test in Barcelona. Ricciardo set his time of 1:24.574 just before the lunch break on the soft compound tyres. This time stood for the rest of the day. Second for the day was Ferrari’s Kimi […]

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Lotus’ Pastor Maldonado finished the first day of the second winter test ahead of the pack after running with the soft compound tyre. Maldonado’s time of 1:25.011 was 0.156s faster than Kimi Raikkonen in the Ferrari who held the top spot for most of the day. Although he set the fastest time, it was not […]

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Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, plans to ban any changes to F1 driver helmet designs during the course of the season this year. Drivers will be forced to stick to a single design for the entire season in a bid to make it easier for their fans to identify them on track. Unlike the […]

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According to Renault’s chief technical officer Rob White, the engine manufacturer is on course to make considerable performance improvements with their 2015 Formula One power unit before the season-opening race in Melbourne, Australia. Renault have made sweeping comprehensive changes to their F1 power unit over the winter break in an effort to reduce the performance […]

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Ferrari have revealed a striking new Formula 1 car for the future concept. The aim to to spark debate on what F1 cars in the future will look like and according to Autosport, Red Bull and McLaren have revealed their concepts to the F1 strategy group two weeks ago but have chosen to keep those […]

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For as long as cars have been running around test tracks, most have warned against reading too much into the pre-season. It is, after all, just that, a test. Teams truck their way to European race tracks with their new cars and set about an examination and assessment of what exactly the engineers and designers […]

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