Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest pole position time ever seen at Monaco and his record pace makes a good case for extending the race.
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Lap time watch: F1 hits target to go five seconds quicker
2017 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onFormula One achieved its target to reduce lap times at the Spanish Grand Prix by at least five seconds compared to 2015.
Lap time watch: Renault make even more progress than Ferrari in Russia
2017 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onFerrari have broken Mercedes’ 18-race run of pole positions in Russia after making a substantial leap forward with their car’s performance at the Sochi Autodrom.
Lap Time Watch: Two teams are slower in Bahrain than last year
2017 Bahrain Grand Prix
Posted onIn China every team lapped over two-and-a-half seconds quicker than they did last year. But in Bahrain two teams are slower than they were in 2016.
Lap Time Watch: F1 finally faster than in China’s first race
2017 Chinese Grand Prix
Posted onThe 13-year old Shanghai track record, set by Michael Schumacher during the track’s inaugural race, was finally broken in qualifying for the 2017 grand prix.
Lap Time Watch: Should F1’s new cars be quicker in Melbourne?
2017 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onF1’s new cars have broken the circuit record in Melbourne but Lewis Hamilton expected them to be even quicker. Here’s why they aren’t.
Lap time watch: 2017 pre-season testing day eight
2017 F1 season
Posted onHas Formula One got five seconds faster under the new rules? Here’s the full data on the final day of pre-season testing for 2017.
Lap time watch: 2017 pre-season testing day seven
2017 F1 season
Posted onHas Formula One got five seconds faster under the new rules? Here’s the full data from the pre-season testing so far.
Lap time watch: 2017 pre-season testing day six
2017 F1 season
Posted onHas Formula One got five seconds faster under the new rules? Here’s the full data from the first test of 2017.
Lap time watch: 2017 pre-season testing day five
2017 F1 season
Posted onHas Formula One got five seconds faster under the new rules? Here’s the full data from pre-season testing so far.
Lap time watch: 2017 pre-season testing day four
2017 F1 season
Posted onHas Formula One got five seconds faster under the new rules? Here’s the full data from the first test of 2017.
Lap time watch: 2017 pre-season testing day three
2017 F1 season
Posted onHas Formula One got five seconds faster under the new rules? Here’s the data from testing so far.
Lap time watch: 2017 pre-season testing day two
2017 F1 season
Posted onDay two at the Circuit de Catalunya and the cars are getting faster. See how close they’ve got to the five-second lap time target.
Lap time watch: 2017 pre-season testing day one
2017 F1 season
Posted onWill the new F1 cars hit the target of being five seconds quicker at the Circuit de Catalunya? Take a look at the first data from testing.