Mercedes Formula E champion Nyck de Vries was fastest on the first day of post-season testing in Abu Dhabi. The Belgian rookie set the pace a 23.1 putting him over a second faster than the Alpha Tauri of Liam Lawson, during the combined young driver and tyre test ahead of the introduction of the 18-inch
Fernando Alonso was fastest during the Abu Dhabi test on his return to Renault. The two times champion set a 36.3 during his qualifying simulation as the sunset, which was faster than what its race drivers achieved over the weekend. Alonso’s participation along with several other drivers in what officially was a ‘young driver test’ was
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Mercedes test driver Nikita Mazepin was fastest on the final day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya – Barcelona. The Russian set a 15.7 in his first outing in the teams 2019 car, setting a time two tenths slower than Valtteri Bottas managed on Tuesday. Mazepin completed a series of performance runs during the
Ferrari sign Wehrlein & Hartley Ferrari has announced that former Mercedes test driver Pascal Wehrlein and former Toro Rosso driver Brendon Hartley will be two of its test drivers for 2019. The New Zealander joins Wehrlein who was announced by the team at the end of last year. Although Hartley wasn’t successful in Formula One,
Max Verstappen picked up where he left of on the second day of the third test by topping the time sheets for Red Bull at the Circuit de Barcelona – Catalyuna. The Dutch teenager completed over a 100 laps setting a 01:23.267. Verstappen set his fastest lap on the soft tyre during the first session
