The man who has won the bragging rights for fastest driver in pre-season testing believes Ferrari’s potential this year largely surpasses that from a year ago. Kimi Raikkonen ended his last stint of the week by topping the timesheet with a 1:18.634, putting Ferrari overall comfortably clear of rival Mercedes. Click Here: COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES 2019…
Vettel delivers shock Ferrari win in Melbourne!
Heading into 2017, everyone assumed that Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton would stroll to another world championship. But Sebastian Vettel has emphatically stomped all over that notion, clinching victory in the Australian Grand Prix season opener on Sunday. It’s Ferrari’s first Grand Prix win since 2015 when Vettel sealed a hattrick of wins in Malaysia, Hungary…
Palmer notes big chassis improvement at Renault
Jolyon Palmer worked hard last week in Barcelona, accumulating 155 laps behind the wheel of a greatly improved RS17 chassis. The Brit noticed a big step up in the handling of Renault’s 2017 challenger built to the new regulations, compared to last year’s car with which he did his maiden F1 season. Click Here: United…
Barcelona Week 2: confirmed driver line-up
The second round of pre-season testing kicks off tomorrow in Barcelona and teams have confirmed their driver line-up for the week. Renault in Williams are following Mercedes lead by rotating their drivers between the morning and after sessions, although Felipe Massa will have Tuesday to himself, no doubt to catch up on the track time…
Video: Sauber C36 hits the track in Barcelona!
Sauber has beat its rivals to the race track, running its new C36-Ferrari in Barcelona during a shake-down at the Spanish venue. The Hinwill-base outfit posted a short video of the run, with Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson doing the duties. Team mate Pascal Wehrlein will still be in recovery mode next week when pre-season testing kicks…
Prost wants complete tyre freedom for drivers
F1 legend Alain Prost is advocating in favour of complete freedom for drivers when it comes to tyre and compound selection. F1’s new regulations have made the cars faster must have also restricted overtaking maneuvers, while tyre strategies are also less of a factor this season. The four-time world champion, who is an advisor to…
Jean Alesi banks on Ferrari again in China
Former Scuderia driver Jean Alesi is banking on Ferrari to keep its momentum going as the F1 heads to China next week. The Frenchman, who raced for five seasons with the House of Maranello, but bagged just a single win in 1995, believes the team’s lean days could be over. “The step into the new…
Formula E a ‘necessity’ for Ferrari – Marchionne
Ferrari CEO Sergio Marchionne says his company eventually “needs to be involved” with the all-electric burgeoning series. That should be music to the ears of promoter Alejandro Agag who has accomplished the amazing feat of attracting automobile manufacturers to a series which is now in its third year. Click Here: Italy Football Shop BMW is…
Irvine on Vettel: ‘He’s just a spoiled brat!’
Former Ferrari driver and four-time F1 winner Eddie Irvine lashed out at Australian Grand Prix winner Sebastian Vettel. Always the maverick with an attitude, the Northern Ireland native picked apart the German driver for spending his entire 2016 year complaining about everyone and everything, and for his self-loving tendencies. “Vettel is a spoiled brat,” Irvine…
Who was the last active F1 driver to race at Indy?
In a period of stringent exclusivity contracts, Fernando Alonso’s bold decision to contest the Indy 500 is a great outlier and one which will be interesting to watch. Back in the 1960s, many Formula 1 drivers crossed the Atlantic to tempt fate and a chance to win the coveted race, part of a historical Triple…