F1 Madness

DRIVERS: Rio HARYANTO (Manor) Jolyon PALMER (Renault) Esteban GUTIERREZ (Haas) Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull Racing) Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes). PRESS CONFERENCE Daniel Ricciardo, let’s start with you. Here we are, 20 years on from the grand prix moving across from Adelaide to Melbourne, tell us about what a buzz it is for you […]

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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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Nico Rosberg stamped Mercedes’ authority on day one of the second test in Barcelona by going quickest on the day. Rosberg’s fastest time of 1:23.022 just told half the story. Lewis Hamilton took over in the afternoon session and went on to complete a very impressive race simulation. Between the Mercedes drivers they managed to […]

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Kimi Raikkonen closed off the final day of the first pre-season test of 2016 on top of the time sheets in the Ferrari SF16-H The Finn set his fastest time of 1:23.477 on the Ultra Soft compound tyres late in the morning. Second fastest to Raikkonen was Daniil Kvyat in the Red Bull who was […]

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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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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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The Indonesian government is eager to secure an F1 drive for Rio Haryanto in 2016 and is putting up 15 million Euros to back the 22 year old driver. Haryanto finished fourth in this year’s GP2 championship and has his eye on a seat at the Manor F1 team. The move will most likely be […]

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As the Formula 1 season draws to a close focus will shift to the all important winter testing season. The first test will take place after the season-ending Abu Dhabi grand prix. On this occasion the test around the Yas Marina circuit will be a Pirelli tyre test. The one day test will run for […]

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