Mercedes taking McLaren as seriously as Ferrari and Red Bull Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says that the team are taking the threat posed by McLaren “seriously” as well as the threat from Ferrari and Red Bull. Last season, Ferrari emerged as Mercedes main rival as the team challenged the Silver Arrows for the championship for
Formula One awakes from its sober winter silence for the first pre-season test in Barcelona. The Circuit de Barcelona – Catalunya has become the regular proving ground for new cars and the circuit has all the right elements to prove the new cars. The circuit was built during construction work for the 1992 Olympic and
Renault has a challenge this year on track, both Red Bull and McLaren are customers. But they are weaker than there customer teams, so how what is the aims of the manufacturer this season? Renault aims for its customers Renault says it wants to be able to match its customer teams McLaren and Red Bull
Ferrari hits reliability targets with engine Ferrari has received a double boost on its power unit for the 2018 season after dyno testing has revealed that the team has hit its reliability targets as well as encouraging results from work on a new cylinder head concept. This season drivers will be limited to three power
Toro Rosso fires up engine Toro Rosso has fired up the Honda power unit for the first time. The Italian team has replaced McLaren as the Japanese engine manufactures works team. Today, the team released a short video showing the first start-up, as well as race drivers Brendon Hartley and Pierre Gasly having their seat
Haas targets to be within half a second Gene Haas has set his Formula one team the challenge of closing the gap to Ferrari this season to half a second per lap this season. The American team is entering its third season in the sport, where it has finished eighth in both seasons. The team
Red Bull would dominate with Mercedes power – Verstappen Max Verstappen believes that his Red Bull team would be dominating Formula One if they had a Mercedes engine. Though Renault powered Red Bull to four back to back titles, it has struggled to match Mercedes since the start of the current hybrid V6 regulations in
The scrapping of grid girls sparked debate last week. Well Liberty and the FIA announced that kids would replace the girls. But what does it hope it will do for the young people? Grid kids to replace ‘grid girls’ Formula One will replace grid girls with a new programme called grid kids from this season.
Liberty cannot bow to Mercedes and Ferrari – Brown McLaren director Zak Brown says that Liberty Media cannot afford to give into the wishes of current engine manufacturers when deciding the next set of engine regulations. Last year, Ferrari threatened to quit the sport when Liberty presented their proposals for new engine regulations aimed at
Hulkenberg denies being “slack” as Palmers teammate Nico Hulkenberg denies he was “slack” when he had Jolyon Palmer as his teammate at Renault, saying that Carlos Sainz’s arrival at the team has made no difference to his efforts. As part of the swap of engine supply between McLaren and Toro Rosso, Sainz’s move to Renault
