Zero gap to Ferrari – Lauda Mercedes non-executive chairman, Niki Lauda says the team is now being matched on engine power by Ferrari. Ferrari made some big steps over the winter to be the closes challenger to Mercedes. While Mercedes have won three of the last four races Ferrari has managed to win the other
25 races gets green light Formula One has been given the go ahead from the FIA to raise the maximum number of races to twenty five if the teams agree to the proposal. For many years Bernie Ecclestone has wanted to take the sport to new places and boost its fan base. This season was
2016 Calendar leaked FOM has confirmed that the 2016 leaked provisional calendar is the official drafted version. In a statement FOM says “It would appear that the proposed 2016 calendar has been leaked. This calendar has not yet been approved.” The calendar was published by the magazine Autosport last night. Australia will host the season
No deal yet Mercedes have denied rumours that Lewis Hamilton has signed a contract extension with the team. Reports in Sport Bild suggested that the two times world champion had signed a deal for three seasons with an extension until 2020. Bild estimated that Hamilton who earn over €175 million. Chairman Niki Lauda wouldn’t confirm
More powerful – Hamilton Lewis Hamilton says he feels more powerful now than at any other stage of his career. Hamilton has won nine of the last 11 grands prix and has been on pole at the last four, and he already holds a 27-point cushion in the drivers’ standings. He told The National “I
Hamilton will be triple champion – Stewart Sir Jackie Stewart says that his title as Britain’s only triple world champion maybe on borrowed time after Lewis Hamilton’s storming victory in Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix. It is 42-years since the Scott won his third and final title in 1973, but Hamilton looks to be on his
Lewis Hamilton has won the Bahrain Grand Prix for the second year in a row to extend his lead at the top of the driver’s world championship. Hamilton was once again opened the gap to his team-mate early on who finished the race second. Kimi Raikkonen finished in second place after Hamilton’s team-mate Nico Rosberg
Lewis Hamilton has taken his fourth pole position of the season in qualifying ahead of Sundays Bahrain Grand Prix. The double world champion will start ahead of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg. Meanwhile, Kimi Raikkonen qualified ahead of the Williams of Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa who will start fifth and sixth respectively. It
Nico Rosberg has gone marginally quicker than his team-mate in second practice ahead of this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Rosberg was 0.115 seconds quicker than Lewis Hamilton and 0.5 second faster than Kimi Raikonen’s Ferrari. Hamilton spent most the session on race -simulation runs on the ‘medium’ tyre as Mercedes tried to evaluate both tyres.
Kimi Raikkonen went fastest in a Ferrari one-two in first practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix while Mercedes were well down in the timesheets with Nico Rosberg 15th and Lewis Hamilton 16th. With the second practice taking place in the evening the high track temperate Mercedes may have taken a different approach opting to do
