Nico Rosberg took pole for the Russian Grand Prix after his teammate Lewis Hamilton encounters problem once again with his engine. Hamilton woes It has been a very tough start to the season for the world champion but he knows that in racing you have ups and downs. The engine is clearly the more powerful
Originally Published 29 April 2015 Today marks the 21st anniversary of the nightmare of 1994 San Marino Grand Prix where we lost two a great and a future great in two days. Ayrton Senna crashed out after his steering column broke early in the race leaving him clinically dead from a head injury. Austrian Roland Ratzenberger
Po Name Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 01:36.119 01:35.337 01:35.417 2 Sebastian Vettel Mercedes 01:36.555 01:36.623 01:36.123 3 Valtteri Bottas Williams – Mercedes 01:37.753 01:37.140 01:36.536 4 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 01:36.976 01:36.741 01:36.663 5 Felipe Massa Williams – Mercedes 01:37.753 01:37.230 01:37.016 6 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull – Tag Heuer 01:38.091 01:37.569
Nico Rosberg has taken pole position for the Russian Grand Prix after his team-mate Lewis Hamilton once again was hit by reliability problems. The world champion once again suffered an engine problem at the end of Q2 meaning he will need a new power unit to be fitted overnight ahead of Sunday’s race. This allowed
Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton topped one practice session each during Friday’s practices for the Russian Grand Prix. Ferrari’s woes continue Ferrari appear to be struggling off and on track but still are very close to the silver arrows on track. The team didn’t really show their hands with Sebastian Vettel having the electronic failure
Lewis Hamilton was fastest in the second practice for the Russian Grand Prix. The world champion was .7 of a second faster than the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel and .9 faster than team-mate Nico Rosberg. Hamilton set his fastest time on the supersoft tyres which put him around seven tenths faster than the Ferrari. However
The FIA has officially approved new engine regulations which will run for the next four seasons. The rules will mean a reduction in the price and guarantees the supply to customer teams as well as closing the performance gap between engines, and improving engine noise. Over the last few months there has been concerns about
Nico Rosberg was fastest during first practice for the Russian Grand Prix comfortably going ahead of his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton. The Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were just behind the two Mercedes. While Rosberg was fastest much of the focus was on Red Bull who was testing out there ‘aeroscreen’ on track
More problems for Sauber as Malyon leaves The crisis at Sauber appears to have deepened as the teams head of track engineering Tim Malyon has left the team after just over three months. The former Red Bull engineer joined the Swiss team in January. Malyon is the second high profile departure in seven weeks after
Still no deal on engine regulations Formula One bosses have failed to reach a deal on new engine regulations after a meeting yesterday according to the magazine Autosport. The Strategy Group and F1 Commission need to get the changes agreed on Saturday. The FIA want to address the cost, availability of supply, noise and performance convergence
