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Nico Rosberg capitalised upon Lewis Hamilton‘s unfortunate crash to end Friday’s second practice as the fastest driver in contention ahead of Sunday’s 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix. There was a red flag on the track after Hamilton span off the track at Turn 11, just four laps into the session, and he didn’t return to the track, per Sky Sports F1: Hamilton was the pace-setter at the time of his early exit, but Rosberg bounded into the lead shortly after his departure with a terrific lap of one minute, 20.435 seconds. The official Formula 1 Twitter account provided a breakdown...
Published: July 21, 2016
Does Fernando Alonso truly believe he can win the Formula One title in 2017? Or does he just keep saying it to keep McLaren-Honda motivated during one of the most difficult periods in their history? With the Spaniard restricted to just four top-10 finishes over the last 18 months, the chances of McLaren making enough progress to even challenge for the world championship this time next year seem remote. But when you consider that F1 will almost start from scratch in 2017, with new bodywork regulations to be introduced alongside wider tyres, why can’t they be the ones to stop Mercedes’...
Published: July 20, 2016
The Hungarian Grand Prix outside Budapest is the beginning of the third set of back-to-back race weekends on the Formula One calendar leading up to the traditional summer break in August. After Canada and Azerbaijan, the teams had a week to regroup before Austria and Britain, followed by another off week leading up to the Hungarian race. This also marks the halfway point of the season, as the Hungarian Grand Prix is the 11th race on this year’s bloated, 21-race calendar. Lewis Hamilton is back on his championship form from the previous two years, having won four of the last five grands...
Published: July 19, 2016
The 11th round of the 2016 Formula One season will take place at this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest, where Max Verstappen will stand a chance of claiming his second victory of the year. After exceeding expectations in the four races between Canada and Britain, Red Bull are expected to rediscover their best form at the Hungaroring, a circuit where the four-time world champions have been traditionally strong. With the RB12 car set to lead the way on the track’s 14 twists and turns, Verstappen and team-mate Daniel Ricciardo should be able to fight Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton...
Published: July 18, 2016
Formula One could be set to return to Imola for the first time in 11 years next season, with the circuit signing a contract to host the 2017 Italian Grand Prix. After much debate surrounding the future of F1 in Italy and the troubled Monza track, the revelation of Imola’s deal is the first piece of concrete news that the pinnacle of motorsport will continue to visit Ferrari’s homeland beyond this year. But while Imola has put pen to paper on a deal to host the Italian GP, the contract is still yet to be inked by the man who really matters. With the driver market simmering, contracts...
Published: July 17, 2016
Formula One is trapped in some sort of Goldilocks storyline when it comes to tyre durability: First they are too soft, then too hard, then too soft again. The only difference is that F1 never seems to find a level of tyre degradation that is just right. And, based on Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery’s recent interview with the official F1 website, the controversy and bickering surrounding the tyres looks set to continue into 2017—a symptom of the sport’s convoluted rule-making process, where the teams have an equal say to the FIA, the supposed governing body. Understandably,...
Published: July 16, 2016
Rio Haryanto became the final piece of Formula One’s 2016 jigsaw puzzle in mid-February when, just four days before the start of winter testing, he was confirmed as a Manor Racing driver for the new season. With a patchy record in GP2—each of his three victories in F1’s official feeder series came in reverse-grid “sprint” races—it was obvious from the outset that Haryanto‘s signing had more to do with the size of his budget than the size of his talent. A £10 million gift from the Indonesian government, as reported by Motorsport.com’s Jonathan...
Published: July 14, 2016
Although Mercedes have won all but one of the opening 10 races of the 2016 Formula One season, Ferrari have stubbornly refused to admit defeat in the world championship fight. Even when Sebastian Vettel was assaulted by Daniil Kvyat on the first lap in Russia and his Austrian Grand Prix ended with a spectacular tyre failure, Ferrari were convinced the title battle was not over. But with the Prancing Horse still without a victory, team principal Maurizio Arrivabene has offered a first hint that Ferrari are beginning to accept the reality of the situation, referring to the upcoming Hungarian GP as...
Published: July 13, 2016
Formula One, it seems, is the only professional sport where it is not acceptable for fans to express themselves with boos. After last Sunday’s British Grand Prix, some fans jeered Nico Rosberg during the podium celebrations, presumably in response to his crash with home favourite Lewis Hamilton at the previous race in Austria. “You have to understand that they’re mad, passionate fans, and they feel like something wasn’t right in the last race,” Hamilton said, per the Independent’s Jack de Menezes. “I imagine maybe when we get to Germany we will...
Published: July 12, 2016
Nico Rosberg became the first Formula One driver to be punished for breaking Formula One’s 2016 team radio restrictions in the aftermath of Sunday’s British Grand Prix. The German was catching Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the closing laps of the Silverstone race when he suffered a sudden gearbox glitch on Lap 46 of 52. With his pilot staring at the prospect of retiring and losing the lead of the drivers’ standings, race engineer Tony Ross informed Rosberg how he could nurse the issue to the chequered flag, with the No. 6 car crossing the finish line in second place. But...