Giovinazzi ‘took it easy’ when track was wettest
2017 F1 season
Antonio Giovinazzi said he drove with some margin in hand when the track was wet during today’s test to avoid emulating Lance Stroll’s crash.
Antonio Giovinazzi said he drove with some margin in hand when the track was wet during today’s test to avoid emulating Lance Stroll’s crash.
Kimi Raikkonen said it’s too early to judge whether Pirelli have improved their wet weather tyres.
Has Formula One got five seconds faster under the new rules? Here’s the full data from the first test of 2017.
Kimi Raikkonen returned to the top of the times sheets on the final day of the first test of the 2017 season.
Lance Stroll says he remains confident despite a pair of costly incidents during his first test as a Williams driver.
Nico Hulkenberg said it was hard to draw any conclusions about whether Pirelli has improved its wet weather tyres after this morning’s test.
Toro Rosso has praised the gains made by engine supplier Renault, who it is working with again following a one-year spell with Ferrari.
Lewis Hamilton has backed Ross Brawn’s suggestion of running a non-championship event to experiment with a new race format.
Williams rookie driver Lance Stroll received words of encouragement from one of his F1 rivals after damaging his car twice in his first two days of testing.
Williams will not take part in the fourth day of testing today after its car was damaged in Lance Stroll’s crash yesterday.
Today’s wet weather test is unlikely to provide useful data because the conditions won’t be representative of real racing conditions, according to drivers.
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In the round-up • Rosberg predicts fitness could prove vital • Verstappen to adopt ‘VER’ designation from this season • Pirelli to dampen track on final day
Williams defended its rookie driver Lance Stroll after a crash on Wednesday left the team’s participation in the final day of the test in doubt.
Sebastian Vettel is keeping his hopes in check despite Ferrari consistently featuring near the top of the times in testing so far.
Lewis Hamilton remains unconvinced the new regulations for 2017 will deliver more exciting action on the track after his first runs in the new Mercedes.
A flying lap by Valtteri Bottas left Mercedes just 0.024 seconds away from hitting F1’s target of improving lap times by five seconds.
McLaren says there is no fundamental problem with its new Honda power unit despite its early problems.
Pirelli have met the goal of producing tyres which give very little degradation, according to Jolyon Palmer.
Has Formula One got five seconds faster under the new rules? Here’s the data from testing so far.