F1 Today – 05/05/2020
The latest news and analysis behind the headlines from across Formula One, exploring the day’s events from a global perspective. Plus, the latest on the impact of coronavirus.
The latest news and analysis behind the headlines from across Formula One, exploring the day’s events from a global perspective. Plus, the latest on the impact of coronavirus.
Haas reject claims copying Ferrari Haas team principal Gunther Steiner has rejected the accusations that the teams new car the VF-18 is an illegal copy of last years Ferrari. In Melbourne McLaren’s Fernando Alonso and Red Bull boss Christian Horner have voiced their complaints while the Force India team are also unhappy. F1 rules dictate
“Matter of time” before Hamilton resigns Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says it is “just a matter of time” before Lewis Hamilton renews his contract. The four times champion’s contract with the German manufacturer expires at the end of the season, but Wolff says he had no worries that Hamilton would be returning to the driving
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was fastest on the final day of the fourth test of the year at the Hungaroring. The German who won Sundays Hungarian Grand Prix was two-tenths faster than McLaren’s reserve driver Lando Norris with team-mate Kimi Raikkonen third. Vettel set his fastest time during the morning before handing the car over to
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was fastest on the first day of the second in-season test at the Hungaroring. The Frenchman set his fastest lap in the final moments of the afternoon going eight-thousandths of a second faster than the McLaren of Stoffel Vandoorne with Mercedes Valtteri Bottas third. Vandoorne’s fastest lap was set on the ultrasofts
Sauber “open to anything” with Honda Sauber team principal Monisha Kaltenborn says the Swiss team are “open to anything” as the team develop their future relationship with Honda. Next season, the Swiss team will be switching from Ferrari to Honda power. This gives the potential for Honda to develop technical co-operation could be Honda contributing to
Kimi Raikkonen topped the time sheets on the second day of the final day of testing at Silverstone. The Fin did 103 laps of the circuit posting 01:30.665 to go half a second faster than Mercedes Esteban Ocon who set his fastest time during the morning session completing the most laps. Red Bull’s Pierre Gasly
McLaren’s Fernando Alonso was fastest on the first day of the fourth two day test at Silverstone. The Spaniard was over a second faster than Mercedes driver Esteban Ocon and over four seconds faster than the Williams of Alex Lynn. Alonso set his time during the morning session before the rain came during the lunch
Unsure about qualifying – Ecclestone Berine Ecclestone says he is unsure about the new knock-out qualifying format which will be introduce at next weekends Australian Grand Prix. The new format will see drivers knocked out at regular intervals. While Ecclestone voted for changes he admitted he is still unsure about it but feels something had