F1 Madness

Day one of winter testing ahead of the 2015 season kicked off today at the Jerez circuit in southern Spain. Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time overall for the Ferrari team with a time of 1:22:690. The German completed a total of 59 laps. Fernando Alonso completed the least amount of laps, six,  in his […]

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Drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg took the covers off Mercedes’ 2015 title defending car at the Circuito Jerez this morning. With the sun slightly peeking over the mountains the covers came off the new Mercedes W06 Hybrid. Technical Director, Paddy Lowe says that one of the key focus areas for the car was reliability. […]

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The first test for the 2015 Formula 1 Season gets underway tomorrow in Jerez, Spain. The test will run from 01 – 04 February. This is how the drivers will line up on each day Day 1: Sunday 1 Ferbuary Mercedes – Nico Rosberg Red Bull – Daniel Ricciardo Williams – Valtteri Bottas Ferrari – […]

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While all eyes were on the McLaren 2015 car launch, the Mercedes F1 team quietly sneaked into Silverstone for a shakedown for their 2015 car, the W06. In very cold conditions both Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg got to lap the Northhamptonshire circuit clocking up a total of 18 laps. The session, classified as a […]

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The 2015 Formula 1 Season is upon us and with all the teams releasing teaser pics and with the car launches and testing about to take place within the week we thought we’d give you a quick run down on the testing schedule and the driver line up for each team.   Testing Dates: 01 […]

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The FIA have reversed their decision to allow in-season engine development for McLaren’s new engine partner, Honda. The 2015 rules for engine homologation were left open after Ferrari’s James Allison pointed out that nowhere in the 2015 rules does it state that teams have to submit their homologated engines for the 2015 season. The deadline […]

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A loophole in the 2015 technical regulations means that teams will be allowed to update their engines during the season. The loophole only exists because the regulations do not mention when the final engine for 2015 must be homologated as it stated in the 2014 regulations. An FIA spokesperson has said that the FIA was always […]

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Mercedes ended the second day of testing at Abu Dhabi on top of the timing sheets. Test driver Pascal Wehrlein brought the Abu Dhabi test to a close with the fastest lap on the timing sheets. The 20-year-old official Mercedes test driver set a fastest time of 1:42:624 roughly half a second ahead of the pack. […]

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The first day of the 2014 Abu Dhabi test ended with Valtteri Bottas on top of the time sheets with a time of 1:43.396. The  headline act for the day was McLaren who were debuting their MP4-29H/1X1 with the Honda power unit. However, due to electrical issues and a fuel/data exchange issue the Woking based […]

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The McLaren Formula 1 team have been given the go-ahead to debut their McLaren-Honda MP4-29H/1X1 at the Abu Dhabi test that starts tomorrow. The team have already run the development car at a filming day at Silvertone last week to check the installation of the power unit together with other systems in the car. The […]

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