Williams F1 Team has announced Alex Lynn will stay with the team for the 2016 Formula One season as their development driver. The British driver began the role last year alongside his GP2 drive at DAMS, in which he won twice and finished sixth in the drivers’ championship. He continues with the team for the […]
Mercedes have further proved the amazing reliability of the W07 by finishing the first test in Barcelona on a grand total of 675 laps throughout four days. For a second day, the team split duties between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, with Hamilton doing 99 laps in the morning and Rosberg having 86 in the […]
Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen has described his reaction from testing after finishing the fourth day on top of the timesheets at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The Finn set the fastest time of the session with a lap time of 1:23.477 on the ultra-soft tyre, eight-tenths ahead of Red Bull’s Daniil Kvyat. He managed 80 laps in […]
Daniil Kvyat was able to get more mileage on the board in his Red Bull RB12 as the first test came to a close at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The Russian driver set a lap time of 1:24.293 to go second fastest, eight-tenths behind Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen. He also managed to complete 96 laps on […]
Felipe Massa and Williams have been disappointed after their fourth day of the first pre-season test was disrupted by a problem with the FW38 in the afternoon. The Brazilian completed only 54 laps on his way to ninth fastest with a best lap time of 1:26.483. Due to this, Massa was obviously frustrated with his […]
Felipe Nasr is excited about driving Sauber’s new 2016 car after continuing his practice for the new season by completing the final competitive laps of the C34’s lifespan in Barcelona. The Brazilian set a lap time of 1:26.053 to finish the fourth day of the first test sixth fastest after driving 121 laps. Nasr described […]
Kevin Magnussen and Renault are happy with their respective returns to Formula One after the conclusion of the first test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. In his second day in the car, the Danish driver set a lap time of 1:25.263 to go fourth fastest in a session where he completed 153 laps. He managed […]
Force India’s development driver Alfonso Celis Jr. has further prepared himself for future free practice runs in the coming season having completed his second day of pre-season testing. The Mexican set a lap time of 1:24.840 to finish third fastest during the session in which he completed 75 laps. After the session, Celis Jr. said […]
Mercedes continued their reliable pre-season testing with another 162 laps being shared between Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton. Rosberg took to the track in the morning and completed 74 laps, with a best time of 1:26.084, before Hamilton took over in the afternoon, completing 88 laps, with a best time of 1:26.421. Rosberg stated his […]
Nico Hulkenberg has been encouraged by his understanding of the VJM09 in his first laps of testing in Barcelona. The German set the fastest lap of the session, 1:23,110, the second fastest time of the first test so far, while completing 99 laps. At the end of day, Hulkenberg said of his enjoyment of the […]
Sauber’s Felipe Nasr is delighted to have taken his first laps of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The Brazilian set a lap time of 1:26.392 on soft tyres to finish seventh fastest in a session where he completed 115 laps. After the session, Nasr discussed his programme: “Overall I am pleased to finally […]
Daniil Kvyat says he was pleased to drive the new 2016 Red Bull RB12 for the first time at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The Russian set a fastest lap time of 1:26.497 to finish ninth fastest, 3.3 seconds behind Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg, who finished fastest. He managed to get 74 laps on the board. […]