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Williams Martini Racing Is Born – Cool, Very Cool Indeed
From GrandPrix 247 Martini, the world’s leading vermouth and best-selling Italian sparkling wine, in partnership with Williams, today announced a multi-year agreement that unites two of the...
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Mercedes F1 Team Still Nervous Ahead Of Australian Grand Prix – That’s A Fair Assessment
From Autosport Mercedes remains ‘nervous’ ahead of the Australian Grand Prix despite its strong Formula 1 testing form. Although Mercedes-powered teams have been consistently fast through winter...
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Haas Says F1 Entry Still On Schedule After Intense Meeting With FIA – If You Say So…
From GrandPrix 247 NASCAR team boss Gene Haas revealed that he and members of his management have had an intense meeting with the FIA regarding his entry...
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Hamilton Quickest In Bahrain As Pre-Season Testing Draws To A Close – Next Stop Melbourne Baby…
From JamesAllen on F1 Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes ended pre-season testing in ominously potent style today, with the Briton topping the times in Bahrain, ahead of Valtteri...
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Alonso: One Thing’s For Sure, Ferrari Has Really Done A Great Job – One Can Only Hope…
From GrandPrix 247 This was the third last day of testing for Scuderia Ferrari ahead of the start of the season. After the morning’s work, which had...
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Bahrain Test II Day 3: Massa Raises The Bar As World Champs Fail To Do A Lap – Oh My Word
From GrandPrix 247 On the penultimate day of Formula 1 pre-season testing, Felipe Massa took his Williams FW36 around the Bahrain International Circuit faster than any other...
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Bahrain F1 Test: Perez Fastest Again As Red Bull Makes Progress – It’s About Time…
From Autosport Sergio Perez set the pace for the second consecutive day, as Ferrari and Red Bull showed signs of improvement during the final pre-season Formula 1...
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Two Down, One To Go – Formula One Testing For 2014
I am referring to F1’s three pre-season testing sessions in which all eleven teams use the strictly allotted time and track to sort out any issues their...
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Bahrain F1 test Day 4: Nico Rosberg keeps Mercedes ahead as test ends – They Must Be Quietly Optimistic
From Autosport Mercedes led the way for the second consecutive day in Formula 1 testing in Bahrain, as Nico Rosberg set the fastest time of the week...
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Bahrain F1 test Day 3: Hamilton Fastest As Red Bull Woes Continue – I Say Things Are Getting Serious for Milton Keynes
From Autosport Lewis Hamilton ended the third day of Formula 1 testing in Bahrain on top of the timesheets for Mercedes, while Red Bull was forced to...
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From GrandPrix 247 Martini, the world’s leading vermouth and best-selling Italian sparkling wine, in partnership with Williams, today announced a multi-year agreement that unites two of the most iconic brands in Formula 1 racing, creating Williams Martini Racing. The announcement was made during an event held here, as part of the 2014 team launch. “We are thrilled to welcome Martini to the Williams family and officially launch Williams Martini Racing,” said Sir Frank Williams, Founder and Team Principal, Williams. “Williams and Martini share a rich history in the world of motorsport, and the…
[ Read More → ]From Autosport Mercedes remains ‘nervous’ ahead of the Australian Grand Prix despite its strong Formula 1 testing form. Although Mercedes-powered teams have been consistently fast through winter running, its engine chief Andy Cowell says the fear of being stopped by reliability issues in Melbourne is real. “We are being cautious, being careful, and trying not to smile about the distance that we did achieve in Bahrain, or the performance we managed,” he told AUTOSPORT in an exclusive interview. “We are smiling for milliseconds, then thinking hard and grafting…
[ Read More → ]From GrandPrix 247 NASCAR team boss Gene Haas revealed that he and members of his management have had an intense meeting with the FIA regarding his entry into Formula 1 in 2015, and that despite the delay in the final decision, “things appear to be on schedule”. Speaking to the media after his driver Kevin Harvick won at Phoenix International Raceway, Haas said, “After Daytona we went over to Geneva, Switzerland. We met with the FIA. It was an actual, formal, sit-down meeting with six or seven various…
[ Read More → ]From JamesAllen on F1 Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes ended pre-season testing in ominously potent style today, with the Briton topping the times in Bahrain, ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Fernando Alonso. But Hamilton did not eclipse the fastest time of the winter, set by Felipe Massa on Day 3 in 1m 33.258s With only 12 days now remaining until the new 1.6 litre turbo-charged engines are fired up for the first free practice session in Melbourne, today offered the teams their final chance to confirm reliability and assess…
[ Read More → ]From GrandPrix 247 This was the third last day of testing for Scuderia Ferrari ahead of the start of the season. After the morning’s work, which had focused on aerodynamics, set-up and tyres, the afternoon programme for the F14 T included a race distance. In the cockpit for his first 310 km ‘in one go’ was Fernando Alonso, who told journalists about this fundamental moment of the test, “The race simulation went rather well, even if not perfectly: we had a few small problems but we managed to…
[ Read More → ]From GrandPrix 247 On the penultimate day of Formula 1 pre-season testing, Felipe Massa took his Williams FW36 around the Bahrain International Circuit faster than any other car so far this year, but the big story of the day was Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull’s inability to complete a single lap. Massa’s best lap of 1.33.258 was fractionally faster than Nico Rosberg’s best set on the final day of the previous test in Bahrain – the two slugging it out for top spot with some quick runs very late…
[ Read More → ]From Autosport Sergio Perez set the pace for the second consecutive day, as Ferrari and Red Bull showed signs of improvement during the final pre-season Formula 1 test in Bahrain. The Mexican topped the timesheet with his first flying lap and a mid-day improvement running on soft Pirelli rubber meant he remained there for the rest of the session, as most teams switched attention to completing long runs. Fernando Alonso wound up less than a tenth adrift in the Ferrari, also running on softs. He completed an impressive long run…
[ Read More → ]I am referring to F1’s three pre-season testing sessions in which all eleven teams use the strictly allotted time and track to sort out any issues their new challengers might have, collect valuable data in understanding their cars’ true potential and finally, start to put together the road map that they will use to arrive next month in Melbourne ready to race when the red lights go dark. Due to the massive regulation changes this year including completely new engines, the first test in Jerez was just about…
[ Read More → ]From Autosport Mercedes led the way for the second consecutive day in Formula 1 testing in Bahrain, as Nico Rosberg set the fastest time of the week while rival Red Bull continued its miserable pre-season. The three-time grand prix winner became the only driver to break into the 1m33s with a blistering set of short runs on Pirelli’s soft tyre in the morning before completing a race run of more than 50 laps in the afternoon. Meanwhile, Red Bull managed just 15 laps with Daniel Ricciardo as the team encountered…
[ Read More → ]From Autosport Lewis Hamilton ended the third day of Formula 1 testing in Bahrain on top of the timesheets for Mercedes, while Red Bull was forced to finish its running early. The 2008 world champion took up a commanding position at the head of the field after a series of short runs in the morning, as Mercedes worked on what it called “different set-ups”. Hamilton spent a long time in the garage in the middle of the afternoon, before returning to the action with little more than half…
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