Romain Grosjean is excited to get back into the driving seat again as Formula 1 resumes the action in Europe for the first time this year for the Spanish GP. “It’s a circuit I’ve seen pretty often in my career so I know it well, and I have some good memories from the past.”, the […]
Eric Boullier has downplayed expectation for McLaren to make big steps in F1, saying “We cannot expect to take a big step. Those days are gone” – speaking to motorsport.com Driver, Fernando Alonso, said after the Bahrain GP that McLaren were on the verge of scoring, and hoped the team would make the steps for this […]
The 2015 Bahrain has been one to forget for Toro Rosso as both their cars retired from the race. Speaking to the press, Max Verstappen said “It hasn’t been a positive day. It was a tough race. We still don’t know the exact reason for the retirement, but it looks like an electrical issue made […]
Sergio Perez collected 4 points for himself and Sahara Force India with an 8th place finish at the Bahrain GP. “Eighth place feels very good and I’m very satisfied. It was a great opportunity to score points today and this is a nice reward for the whole team”, Perez told the associated press. The result […]
McLaren-Honda progressed to Q2 for the first time in Bahrain but Alonso reflects on this joy as “sad”. Speaking to Motorsport.com, Alonso joked “It’s sad to be happy about making it into Q2”. The Spaniard qualifying P14 with a 1:35.039 – after the two previous races starting P18 behind team-mate Jenson Button. On whether points […]
Mercedes and Ferrari are set to make it a 4-horse race in Bahrain. None of their drivers had perfect laps in FP2 – Hamilton locked up into Turn 8 and lost a few tenths, the Ferrari’s needed to have more than one flying lap as they struggled for turn-in on Turn 14, and although cameras […]
Usually, the most memorable and exciting races require variable weather conditions, but Bahrain 2014 showed that sometimes all you need is the leaders racing wheel to wheel, team and driver battles throughout the field… and Pastor Maldonado. 2014 was the first time the Bahrain GP would be held at night. The desert environment immediately more […]
Jenson Button and Roberto Merhi have both been penalised by the stewards post-race. The McLaren driver has had 5 seconds added to his race time, moving him down from 13th to 14th. The penalty is for causing a collision with Pastor Maldonado on lap 49. 2 penalty points also which will expire in a years […]
Kimi Raikkonen says he is disappointed with 6th position in qualifying for the Chinese GP. “I’m disappointed with the result, my car was behaving pretty well most of the time but in in my last run I was not able to put a good lap together”, the Finn told the press after the race. Kimi […]
Lewis Hamilton has made it 3 out of 3 in qualifying this year as he pipped Nico Rosberg to pole in China. All drivers except the Mercedes went out on the option compound in the first session. Both McLaren cars went out in Q1 again, with Button out-qualifying team-mate Alonso once more. Hulkenberg joined the […]
Mercedes Executive Director, Toto Wolff, has spoken about the possibility of splitting the strategies of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg to fend off the challenge from Ferrari. Wolff told Sky Sports F1: “We have always considered if it was about winning the race about splitting the strategy with one car,” Mercedes also split strategies with […]
Red Bull driver, Daniel Ricciardo, described Friday practice as “a positive day for the team”. The Australian finished FP2 in third position, and closed the gap to Hamilton out in front to just one second despite the long straight on the Shanghai circuit, which disadvantages the Renault power unit. Talking to Sky Sport F1, Ricciardo […]