Новости за 26.04.2017

Apr.26 - Daniil Kvyat has admitted he is not friends with his Toro Rosso teammate Carlos Sainz. As ever at the junior Red Bull team, the pressure on the drivers is high. While Spaniard Sainz is pushing hard to impress and earn a more competitive seat for 2018, Russian Kvyat is still emerging from his […]

Apr.26 - Cyril Abiteboul has played down reports linking Fernando Alonso with a return to Renault. Germany's Auto Bild claims that in Bahrain recently, talks took place between the French works team and the Spanish driver's management about a deal for 2018. But Renault boss Abiteboul was quoted as saying: "I do not think we […]

Apr.26 - F1 could be set to help Honda emerge from its three-year struggle for reliability and performance. According to Spain's El Confidencial, the plan could be spearheaded by new F1 owner Liberty Media, aware that Honda's troubles are not a good advertisement for other manufacturers interested in entering the sport. "It is so serious […]

Apr.26 - Toto Wolff has admitted the end of Mercedes' utter dominance is good for the sport. Throughout the 'power unit' era to date, Mercedes won every title on offer and almost completely monopolised the top step of the podium. But in 2017 so far, Mercedes has been defeated two out of three times by […]

Apr.26 - Bernie Ecclestone says it is still possible F1 could be set to lose the popular and traditional Brazilian grand prix. Recently, the former F1 supremo revealed he had been put in charge of staging talks with Brazilian officials about rescuing the embattled race at Interlagos. "Chase (Carey) asked that when I went to […]

Apr.26 - Sebastian Vettel will begin using racing 'socks' rather than traditional boots this weekend in Russia. Actually, the world championship leader intended to start using Puma's specially-developed, one piece and laceless racing sock in Australia. But it has only just been homologated by the FIA. "Auto Bild's information is that Vettel can finally use […]

Apr.26 - Bernie Ecclestone has lobbed an apparent threat in the direction of F1's new regime. The sport's long-time supremo was ousted amid the recent takeover by Liberty, replaced by new CEO Chase Carey and deputy chiefs Ross Brawn and Sean Bratches. 86-year-old Ecclestone, in turn, was given the largely honorary role of 'chairman emeritus'. […]

Apr.26 - Sochi will not be the only Friday practice outing in 2017 for Renault reserve driver Sergey Sirotkin. It has been announced that the 21-year-old, part of the driver programme for the Russian team sponsor SMP, will take over Nico Hulkenberg's car on Friday in Russia. "We have several Friday practices planned for Sergey […]

Apr.26 - F1's strategy group has voted to ban the unpopular 'shark fins' and 'T-wings' for the 2018 season. That is the claim of multiple authoritative media sources, including Germany's Auto Motor und Sport and the DPA news agency, and Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport. The appendages are unpopular for aesthetic reasons, and some 'T-wings' […]

Sergio Perez takes us on a lap of the Sochi Autodrom as we prepare for round four of the 2017 season.