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F1 gossip: Should Hamilton be punished?
BBC - 17 May 2016 08:30
Sir Jackie Stewart says Lewis Hamilton should be disciplined by Mercedes, Verstappen's target for Monaco, plus more.
Barcelona F1 test driver line-up confirmed
Total F1 - 17 May 2016 05:30
Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen will be on hand at the Barcelona test Red Bull has announced that Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen will be conducing development work at this week's Barcelona test. The Milton Keyne...
Mercedes, Red Bull max out on ultra-soft for Monaco Grand Prix
Total F1 - 17 May 2016 22:10
Mercedes and Red Bull have opted for the maximum number of the unraced ultra-soft compound for the Monaco Grand Prix, with all teams favouring the brand new compound which makes its debut in Monte Carlo. Every driver pai...
Rosberg to Ferrari? Mercedes eyeing Alonso for 2017
Total F1 - 17 May 2016 21:40
2017 F1 drivers' line-up Formula One Championship leader Nico Rosberg is fast becoming a key to the 2017 ‘silly season'. In Barcelona, Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche announced that the on-form German is in fact 'under...
Planned Renault engine upgrade for Monaco green lit by Red Bull
Total F1 - 17 May 2016 14:40
If the Renault engine upgrade being trialled by the Red Bull Racing team during the two day test session in Circuit de Catalunya this week proves successful, then the Milton Keynes based squad see no problem in introduci...
Ferrari 'in trouble' after Red Bull defeat
Total F1 - 17 May 2016 06:30
Ferrari ‘in trouble' after Red Bull defeat Ferrari team Principal Maurizio Arrivabene says that, If Mercedes was not going out we were again in trouble and he blamed SF16-H's lack of pace in the Barcelona circuit's fin...
Esteban Ocon: 'I'm happy with how everything went'
Total F1 - 17 May 2016 23:20
Esteban Ocon completed the first day of Formula 1 in-season testing for Renault Sport Formula 1 Team at the Circuit de Catalunya. In his first day of testing for the Enstone-based outfit, the Frenchman set a fastest lap ...
Rain washes out 2nd day of practice for Indianapolis 500
Miami Herald - 17 May 2016 23:18
The second day of practice for the Indianapolis 500 was rained out Tuesday, and drivers never made it onto the track to continue preparations for the 100th running of the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing." …
Lynn achieves ‘everything and more' at Barcelona test
Total F1 - 17 May 2016 23:10
Barcelona GP2 race winner Alex Lynn returned to Circuit de Catalunya today behind the wheel of the Williams Martini Racing FW38, completing a total of 86 laps of testing. The team concentrated their efforts on aero testi...
Rosberg in contract talks with Ferrari for 2017
Total F1 - 17 May 2016 21:50
F1's silly season has been taken up a gear as rumours circulate that Scuderia Ferrari have began talks with current championship leader Nico Rosberg, influenced by the German's Mercedes contract expiring at the end of th...
Honda complete solid day of testing with Jenson Button
Total F1 - 17 May 2016 21:50
Jenson Button was back behind the wheel of his McLaren-Honda MP4-31 today as the team completed their first day of in-season testing with a total of 86 laps at Circuit de Catalunya. The team reviewed the upgrades that ha...
Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Ocon praise upgraded Renault engine
Total F1 - 17 May 2016 21:50
Renault introduced an upgraded power unit for the Barcelona in-season test on Tuesday in both its own car and customer Red Bull, with both drivers confirming it is a 'step forward' on the previous spec. The French manufa...
Renault Sport teammates' near miss
Total F1 - 17 May 2016 21:30
Spectator footage has emerged revealing how close a second set of teammates came to colliding at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday. In the final lap of the Grand Prix Renault Sport F1 team teammates Jolyon Palmer and Kevi...
Vettel tops Barcelona timesheets
Total F1 - 17 May 2016 21:00
Drafted in at the eleventh hour in an attempt to help improve the team's qualifying form, Sebastian Vettel was the third busiest driver today, completing 103 laps on his way to posting the fastest time. 'I think it is a ...
Barcelona Test: Vettel tops opening day
Total F1 - 17 May 2016 20:50
Two days after Max Verstappen became the youngest ever grand prix with victory in the Spanish Grand Prix, Formula One action resumed at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel topping the time...
Barcelona Day 1: Vettel on top, Williams trailed radical wings
Total F1 - 17 May 2016 20:20
Barcelona Day 1: Vettel on top, Williams trailed radical wings Sebastian Vettel completed 103 laps over the course of the first day of this in-season test session at Barcelona. The German set the fastest time of the day ...
Vettel quicker than Rosberg in testing
Total F1 - 17 May 2016 20:20
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel topped the timesheets in the first of two days of testing in Barcelona on Tuesday, with world championship leader Nico Rosberg of Mercedes going second-quickest. Four-time world champion Vettel...
Full Results - Day 1 Barcelona post-race testing
Total F1 - 17 May 2016 18:00
Full testing times from the first day of the opening in-season F1 test of the 2016 pre-season from the Circuit de Catalunya - Day 1 finished - 6pm. Pos Driver Team Time Lap Tyre Status KPH 1 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:23...
Honda: No concrete plans for updates
Total F1 - 17 May 2016 09:40
Yusuke Hasegawa, the head of Honda's F1 project, who last week admitted that the Japanese manufacturers intends to use its (14) remaining engine development tokens for a limited number of major upgrades as opposed to a s...
Rosberg: Barcelona test very important
Total F1 - 17 May 2016 20:20
Nico Rosberg has reported that Mercedes made a 'lot of progress' during Tuesday's running in Spain. The German was back in his W07 after a wretched ending to his Spanish GP and covered 116 laps on the first of the two da...
Sebastian Vettel fastest in F1 testing in Barcelona
Miami Herald - 17 May 2016 20:18
Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari was fastest in Formula One testing, ahead of Nico Rosberg of Mercedes on Tuesday. …
Rosberg: Barcelona test very important
Planet F1 - 17 May 2016 20:10
Nico Rosberg has reported that Mercedes made a "lot of progress" during Tuesday's running in Spain... The post Rosberg: Barcelona test very important appeared first on PlanetF1.