Marcus Ericsson is looking forward to driving the 2016 Sauber car after completing a pleasing testing programme in Barcelona The Swedish driver finished fifth fastest with a lap time of 1:25.237, completing 108 laps. It is the final time he will step foot in the C34 in a session, with their new C35 car coming […]
Force India’s Sergio Perez was pleased to take to the VJM09 for the first time at the second day of the first test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The Mexican completed 101 laps and set a best lap time of 1:23.650 to finish third behind the Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, […]
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo has been delighted with his two days of driving in the first test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. In his second day in the car, the Australian set a lap time of 1:23.525 on the new ultrasoft tyres to finish second fastest behind former team-mate Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari, completing 112 laps. […]
A new day of Formula One testing got underway this morning at the second day of the first test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. There were some driver changes from the first day’s running, with Nico Rosberg, Sergio Perez, Max Verstappen, Fernando Alonso and Esteban Gutierrez getting their first drives in 2016 machinery. However, it […]
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel set the fastest lap of testing for the second day in a row in the first test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Vettel and his old Red Bull team-mate Daniel Ricciardo quickly traded times on the supersoft tyres, before using Pirelli’s new purple-walled ultrasoft tyres, after which the Ferrari came out on […]
Daniel Ricciardo has been getting back into the groove of Formula 1 by taking the RB12 on its first drive around the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The Australian set a lap time of 1:26.044 after 87 laps to finish third fastest behind the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton in second, and the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel, who […]
Valtteri Bottas believes that Williams may have fixed some of their problems from last year having driven the FW38 car for the first time in the first day of testing. He has been speaking to the team’s website after day one in Barcelona. The Finn finished fourth fastest with a time of 1:26.091, managing 80 […]
Lewis Hamilton has spoken of his comfort in the new Mercedes W07 after taking it on it’s first proper run in testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The reigning World Champion raised eyebrows by completing 156 laps, the most of any driver and the only driver to reach triple figures. However, it wasn’t enough to […]
Force India have been delighted by the driving of Alfonso Celis during the first day of pre-season testing in Barcelona. The Mexican drove 58 laps, going fifth fastest with a lap time of 1:26.298 on the first of two days in the car this week. He ended the day 1.359 seconds behind Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, […]
Sauber F1 Team have announced global enterprise applications company IFS have become their Principal Partner for the 2016 season. The IFS brand’s logo will be placed on the rear wing endplates and the top of the monocoque on the Sauber C35 when it launches on March 1, as well as being displayed on the overalls […]
Red Bull have unveiled their new 2016 competitor, the RB12, ahead of pre-season testing for drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat. The team had unveiled their updated blue, red and yellow matte livery last week in London in a glitzy launch, but the Formula One community now have the chance to see the fully updated […]
Mercedes have unveiled the car they will hope can take them to a third consecutive Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championship title in 2016. The team have been teasing the car recently with vague videos and photos, with the W07 given its first track running on Friday at the Silverstone Circuit with both Nico Rosberg and Lewis […]