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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: February 22, 2016
The 2016 Formula One season kicked off bright and early on Monday morning, when the first of two pre-season tests began at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Several drivers headed on to the track to complete their first laps of the year and among them, thankfully, was Jenson Button, behind the wheel of McLaren-Honda’s new MP4-31 car. Pre-season testing set the tone for McLaren‘s...
Published: February 20, 2016
The 2016 Formula One season will officially begin on February 22, when the first of two pre-season tests gets under way at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The start of testing is always one of the most hotly anticipated dates on the F1 calendar, with the new cars running in anger for the first time after many months of hard work behind the scenes. In recent years, the first days of testing have...
Published: February 18, 2016
Red Bull Racing broke Formula One’s long winter silence by unveiling a revised livery at an event in London on Wednesday. The bolder, striking colour scheme is the sign of a team marking the beginning of a new era and determined to prove that there is indeed life after Sebastian Vettel. But as team principal Christian Horner has warned, that may take some time. Despite their new look, Red...
Published: February 16, 2016
In recent years, Formula One teams who decide to miss the first pre-season test often find themselves signing their own death warrants. Picking and choosing test appearances was commonplace in seasons gone by, when teams would prefer to spend an extra week or two on the development of their car or putting some final touches to a fancy new front wing. But in an era of severely restricted testing?...
Published: February 15, 2016
The wait will finally come to an end for the new Haas team at next week’s opening pre-season test, when Romain Grosjean rolls out of the pit lane behind the wheel of their very first Formula One car. With close links to Ferrari, the most successful team in the sport’s history, much is expected of the American outfit ahead of their debut season in the pinnacle of motorsport. And ahead...
Published: February 13, 2016
In the end, it was simply just too good to be true. The upcoming 2016 Formula One season looked set to become very interesting in late January when it was reported McLaren-Honda had made a “breakthrough” with the development of their V6 turbo power unit, which proved so troublesome throughout last year as the team finished second-bottom in the constructors’ standings. According...
Published: February 11, 2016
Pascal Wehrlein will make his grand prix debut in the 2016 Formula One season after joining the new-look Manor Racing team. The German, who participated in test sessions for Mercedes and Force India in 2015, had been expected to graduate to the pinnacle of motorsport after winning last year’s DTM title. Wehrlein’s links to Mercedes, who will provide engines to Manor in 2016, undoubtedly...
Published: February 9, 2016
One of his staunchest allies may be helping to turn Red Bull Racing‘s fortunes around, but chief technical officer Adrian Newey isn’t expecting any miracles ahead of the 2016 Formula One season. Having tried and failed to secure an engine-supply deal with Mercedes, Ferrari and Honda in the closing months of last season—a pursuit of excellence that nearly resulted in the downfall...
Published: February 8, 2016
Most Formula One drivers would be delighted to be linked to Ferrari, the most successful team in the sport’s history, but Valtteri Bottas found such rumours a nuisance in the 2015 season. As doubts over Kimi Raikkonen‘s future lingered, the Williams driver emerged as the favourite to replace his fellow Finn for 2016, and it was reported at one stage that the deal was all but done. Raikkonen,...
Published: February 6, 2016
Perhaps he simply lacked the global appeal of the sport’s biggest names. Perhaps he was just denied the time, the opportunities and the good fortune to ensure his quality was indisputable. Or maybe, like Nico Hulkenberg and Valtteri Bottas today, public perception of him was blurred by his failure to slaughter his supposedly unfashionable, less talented team-mates. But there always seemed to...