Pre-season testing for Formula 1 could be set to move away from Barcelona next season with a possible move to the Paul Ricard circuit in the south of France. For many years teams have enjoyed testing in the east of Spain, this due to the nature of the circuit’s layout that tests the cars through its range of corners, […]
Daniel Ricciardo believes that the first race in Australia will be a ‘different story’ from what we have seen from Red Bull in testing so far. However, despite the bullish mood in the team, Ricciardo feels that there is still more to learn and extract from RB13 in all areas even after beginning to push the car through some […]
Formula 1’s newest rookie Lance Stroll says he is ‘really confident’ after enjoying much smoother running in the second week of testing. After making numerous mistakes in the first week of testing, one of which forced Williams to miss a whole day of testing, the young Canadian has bounced back to set representative lap times […]
Valtteri Bottas helped the Mercedes W08 pass the 2500km mark after a problematic electrical issue hampered Mercedes morning on the final day of the first test. Lewis Hamilton was scheduled to go out in the morning session, however an electrical fault with the power unit meant the Briton didn’t make it onto the track. Thursday was due […]
Daniel Ricciardo feels Mercedes and Ferrari are ‘very close’ despite lap times not being completely representative. Red Bull has not topped the timesheets over the three days of running so far with its rivals continuing to ramp up the pace. Ricciardo does admit Red Bull has yet to unleash the RB13 after not yet doing any performance […]
Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat was frustrated with his day’s running as issues with the STR12 arose in the morning session. Despite the issues that hampered the Russian’s programme, he remains confident in the car’s progress. Kvyat said: “A bit of a frustrating morning for me today because we lost some valuable track time due to a drivetrain […]
Valtteri Bottas was very happy with his day’s work as he completed a full race distance with live pitstops, however it almost ended abruptly for the Finn after a spin at Turn 9. Clocking up over 100 laps, the Finn brought Mercedes to over 300 laps for the two days testing so far, more than […]
Max Verstappen was happy with his day’s work after completing 89 laps in the RB13 but maintains that reliability is more important than putting in fast lap times. The young Dutchman was third quickest at the end of Tuesday’s running with a lap time of 1m21.220s, just 1.2 seconds away from Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen, who was […]
Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen continued to ramp up the pace from Monday’s running after setting a blistering 1m20.960s on the soft tyre. The SF70H in the hands of Raikkonen managed the days running with little to no issues and was well on the pace once the Finn was up to speed, with more than 100 laps completed. Times are […]
Mercedes has started the 2017 season completing more mileage than another team, clocking up 152 laps between Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton. Bottas was one of the first drivers to head out onto the track as the morning session got underway and was immediately into his first run. The team have taken the approach to […]
Carlos Sainz was happy with his first running of the new STR12 despite small issues that kept him in the garage for parts of the day. Sainz completed 51 laps on day one of testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and is happy that he is back in a Formula 1 car. “I end the […]
Renault’s new arrival Nico Hulkenberg had a steady first day behind the wheel of the RS17 as testing got underway at the Barcelona circuit. Despite not getting in the amount of laps they wanted, there were no serious interruptions for the team’s Monday programme. Hulkenberg managed 57 laps and finished ninth on the day’s time sheet, with a […]