F1 Madness

Speaking to the media at the second pre-season test in Montmelo, Ferrari Team Principal Maurizio Arrivabene has played down the strong pace they have showed at testing so far. “I have never believed in such a thing as a winter championship,” he said. “We have our feet on the ground and as I said already […]

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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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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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The second F1 test of the season will get underway in 2 days time in Catalunya, Spain at the Circuit de Catalunya. The track is known to all the teams and drivers as it has been the winter testing ground for quite a few years. The 4.655km track has 16 corners which really put an […]

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The pomp and circumstance of multi-million rand glitzy launches that used to mark the unveiling of a new Formula 1 car is a thing of the past. Instead, some teams opt for an online release of a few images while others invite a few folk over to their factories for a bit of a show. […]

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Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen ended day 4 of the Jerez test on top of the time sheets. Raikkonen set the fastest lap of 1:20.841 which was also the fastest time of the week. Raikkonen was quite happy with what Ferrari have achieved so far and feels that the car is performing much better than it was […]

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Sauber’s Felipe Nasr set the fastest time of the third day of the Jerez test on Tuesday. Nasr set an unofficial time of 1:21.545 to put his Sauber ahead of Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferrari in P2 with a time of 1:21.750. It must also be noted that Nasr clocked up an impressive 108 laps. But that […]

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The second day of testing from Spain’s Jerez circuit was topped by Sebastian Vettel as he set a fastest time of 1:20:984 in his Ferrari. The morning started rather sedately as the several cars initially set about completing their installations laps. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton got into their workload for the day […]

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