Archive | March, 2017
Posted on 27 March 2017. Tags: 2017, albert park, antonio giovinazzi, carlos sainz, daniel ricciardo, daniil kvyat, esteban ocon, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas, jolyon palmer, kevin magnussen, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, marcus ericsson, maurizio arrivabene, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, monisha kaltenborn, nico hulkenberg, niki lauda, Pascal Wehrlein, pirelli, red bull, renault, romain grosjean, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, stoffel vandoorne, toro rosso, toto wolff, valterri bottas
For the first time since the hybrid era started in Formula 1 a team other than Mercedes is leading the world championship. That team is Ferrari and the driver is Sebastian Vettel. It shouldn’t come as a big surprise that a Ferrari claimed the top step of podium as all signs in testing pointed to […]
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Posted on 26 March 2017. Tags: albert park circuit, ausgp, australian grand prix, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, lewis hamilton, mercedes, race, sebastian vettel, Valtteri Bottas
DRIVERS 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 2 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 3 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Mark Webber) Q: Sebastian, all those thousands and thousands of hours of work from the whole team over winter testing, you guys have shown the form early in the season, massive victory, how do you […]
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Posted on 25 March 2017. Tags: 2017, albert park, australia, daniel ricciardo, f1, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, honda, kimi raikkonen, lane stroll, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, nico hulkenberg, red bull, renault, romain grosjean, s auner. toro rosso, sebastian vettel, Valtteri Bottas
Lewis Hamilton has secured pole position for Australian grand prix but it was far from the comfortable domination the Mercedes driver has been used to. Nipping at the gearbox of the Mercedes was Sebastian Vettel in the Ferrari only two tenths off the pole position time. This time is in stark contrast to Ferrari’s last […]
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Posted on 25 March 2017. Tags: albert park circuit, australian grand prix, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, fp 3, free practice 3, sebastian vettel
Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time for the 3rd Free Practice session for the Australian Grand Prix ahead of Qualifying this afternoon. Vettel’s time of 1:23.380 was the fastest lap of the session and is now the fastest time around the Albert Park Circuit. His Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen finished 4th fastest after a puncture […]
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Posted on 24 March 2017. Tags: albert park circuit, ausgp, australian grand prix, christian horner, eric boullier, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, maurizio arrivabene, mclaren, mercedes, paddy lowe, red bull, toto wolff, williams
TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Toto WOLFF (Mercedes), Eric BOULLIER (McLaren), Maurizio ARRIVABENE (Ferrari), Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing), Paddy LOWE (Williams) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Opening question to all of you gentlemen: obviously it’s the opening day of a new season of Formula One. Lots of changes on the cars but sum up how your first day […]
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Posted on 24 March 2017. Tags: albert park circuit, ausgp, australian grand prix, f1, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, lewis hamilton, mclaren, mercedes, red bull, williams
Free Practice 1 The 2017 Formula 1 season got underway at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne Australia this morning with Mercedes Lewis Hamilton picking up where Mercedes left off by finishing fastest in both Friday sessions. Hamilton’s fastest FP1 time of 1:24.220 was completed on Pirelli’s purple marked ultra-soft tyres. Mercedes team mate Valtteri […]
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Posted on 23 March 2017. Tags: albert park circuit, ausgp, australian grand prix, esteban ocon, f1, felipe massa, force india, Formula 1, lance stroll, mercedes, thursday press conference, Valtteri Bottas, williams
PART TWO: DRIVERS – Valtteri BOTTAS (MERCEDES), Esteban OCON (FORCE INDIA), Felipe MASSA (WILLIAMS), Lance STROLL (WILLIAMS) Q: It’s been a Mercedes one-two here for the last two seasons. Presumably another one would suit you just fine. Is that why you made this move? Valtteri BOTTAS: Sure, that would be a good way to start. […]
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Posted on 23 March 2017. Tags: albert park circuit, australian grand prix, daniel ricciardo, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, Formula 1, lewis hamilon, mclaren, mercedes, red bull, sebastian vettel, thursday press conference
PART ONE: DRIVERS – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes), Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari), Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull Racing), Fernando ALONSO (McLaren) PRESS CONFERENCE Let’s start with Lewis Hamilton – a two-time Australian Grand Prix winner, record five times pole sitter here at Albert Park? Lewis, you and the other drivers have spoken about how much you enjoy driving […]
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Posted on 23 March 2017. Tags: charlie whiting, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, mercedes, red bull
It all started with a letter from Ferrari to the FIA asking for clarification on a concept that would replicate the FRIC suspension, that was used by Mercedes and Red Bull in 2015 and halfway through 2016, for the 2017 season. Reports were circulating that there might a protest at the Australian Grand Prix about […]
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Posted on 23 March 2017. Tags: 2017, charlie whiting, f1, fia, Formula 1, overtaking, penalties, regulations, verstappen rule
The ‘Verstappen rule’ which regulates a driver’s movement under braking, which defending his position, has been dropped for the 2017 season. FIA director Charlie Whiting has confirmed that the regulation, dubbed the ‘Verstappen rule’ is no longer in the regulations. Instead, race stewards will be given more freedom when assessing similar incidents in the future. […]
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