The newly christened, Racing Point F1 team have elected to expand their Silverstone base by buying up property to build their new factory. Recently, the team acquired around 27 acres of farmland in Silverstone. This land surrounds the current site which sits at three acres. The team has been situated there since 1991 back when it […]
There was some respite for the RoKit Williams F1 as their 2019 car finally made its track debut. This was certainly gratifying, given all the problems they faced in just building the car. Williams F1 rookie driver, George Russell was the first to sample the car and stretch his legs. When the FW42 finally made […]
Testing is well underway in Barcelona as the teams work out their new 2019 cars but an issue may have already arisen at Red Bull. According to some early rumours, the team is unable to run full power due to vibrations caused by the power unit. According to ex-McLaren engineer Marc Priestley, the RB15 is currently […]
It seems that Scuderia Ferrari have developed a trick to use against Mercedes. According to Mercedes via Auto Motor und Sport, “They tried this Ferrari concept but with that you are losing downforce at the front which you have to find somewhere else and they are surprised how it works at the Ferrari.” The concept […]
Williams F1 are on the verge of an outright mutiny against their under-performing technical director, Paddy Lowe, as problems with building their 2019 car threaten to deprive the team of crucial winter testing time for a third straight day. Even by the British team’s dismal recent standards, events of the past 48 hours have been beyond parody. At a […]
Kimi Raikkonen is a driver who will be blunt in his responses and the fans love him for it. The Finn is currently racing for the Alfa Romeo team alongside Italian driver, Antonio Giovinazzi. The outfit had a fairly decent test session with the team being able to gain valuable data. Recently, during the third […]
Sebastian Vettel has admitted that he views his new team-mate Charles Leclerc as a “full rival” in the 2019 driver’s championship, as the pair take to testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona for the first time in the new SF90 Ferrari car. Last season it was announced that Leclerc would be promoted from Sauber to Ferrari after […]
On Monday, the opening day of pre-season testing kicked off and the session was topped by Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel. Now, a day later, it was Charles LeClerc who took top honours. Leclerc set a benchmark time of 1m 18.247s, set on the same C3 compound of tyres that Sebastian Vettel used to put in […]
Day two of the pre-season test is well underway and still no sign of Williams. However, the other 9 teams are still providing plenty of on-track action. On day one, several drivers were still a little rusty. This was evidenced by spins from Kimi Raikkonen, Sebastian Vettel and Romain Grosjean. Fortunately, they shrugged it off […]
Renault driver Nico Hulkenberg has observed that the 2019 Ferrari is very quick, compared to its predecessor. As winter testing kicked off in Barcelona, many other teams echoed that sentiment. “It looks like Sebastian Vettel had a good winter,” smiled Christian Horner, boss of the Red Bull team. One journalist even asked Mercedes boss Toto Wolff if Ferrari already looks the […]
4-time world champion, Sebastian Vettel insists there has been no “revolution” at Ferrari over the winter. On paper, it has been all change at Maranello, with Mattia Binotto installed as the new boss and Charles Leclerc in the sister car. But after Vettel impressed the Barcelona paddock with his lap time on Monday, the German said: “From […]
The opening day of pre-season testing kicked off earlier today and all teams scrambled to be first on track. It was literally a race between McLaren and Mercedes to gain track position. Surprisingly, it was McLaren who won that little battle as they outmuscled Mercedes. But the real story was the sound emanating from the […]
