Новости за 29.04.2017

F1 Racing event: Russian Grand Prix F1 Circuit: Sochi International Street Circuit Weather: Sunny, Clear Sky, 24ºC Tarmac: Dry 39ºC Wind direction: 143º @ 2.6 m/s Humidity: 67% Pressure: 1010 mbar Sebastian Vettel will start from pole position for tomorrows 2017 Russian Grand Prix race. Vettel scored his 1st pole position of the 2017 season. It was his 47th […]

F1 Racing event: Russian Grand Prix F1 Circuit: Socchi International Street Circuit Weather: sunny clear sky, 20ºC Tarmac: dry  37ºC Just like yesterday, Ferrari made a strong impression again in Socchi. Mercedes who dominated the street circuit since the first Russian Grand Prix back in 2014 saw their 2017 rival beat them again. Things look very promising […]

Apr.29 - Fernando Alonso says he is not willing to wait much longer for Honda to improve. McLaren headed into the Sochi weekend hopeful of better reliability, but a failure for Stoffel Vandoorne means Alonso's teammate has now already run through his engine allocation for 2017. Coupled with poor performance, Alonso - whose contract runs […]

Apr.29 - Sebastian Vettel has jumped to the defence of his teammate and friend Kimi Raikkonen. Recently, amid speculation the Italian team might replace the Finn for 2018, Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne made disparaging comments about Raikkonen's performance. "You can find so many nonsense stories in newspapers and on the web," Raikkonen said in Russia. […]

Apr.29 - Lewis Hamilton has hit back at claims Mercedes is sandbagging in Russia. Before going fastest in Sochi practice, championship leader Sebastian Vettel had said the circuit obviously suits Mercedes better than Ferrari. He then accused Mercedes of having "misled" the pecking order. "We've never done that intentionally," Mercedes' Hamilton responded. "There's no benefit […]

Apr.29 - Fernando Alonso has described Honda's ongoing problems in 2017 as "incredible". Actually, McLaren headed into Sochi with confidence, after an update appeared to have transformed the reliability of Honda's struggling power unit at the post-Bahrain GP test. But Stoffel Vandoorne then struck more trouble in practice for the Russian grand prix. "He has […]

Apr.29 - Red Bull has questioned the FIA's conclusion that engine performance has now been basically achieved in formula one. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport reports that, after the opening three races of 2017, the governing body analysed data that shows the gap between Mercedes, Ferrari and Renault is within an acceptable three-tenths per lap. […]

Apr.29 - Niki Lauda has rubbished claims the 2017 rules have robbed formula one of overtaking. While the faster and more aggressive looking cars have been generally hailed, some have lamented the fact that passing - already rare in F1 - has now almost completely disappeared. "These people are crazy," Lauda, the F1 legend and […]

Apr.29 - The big story about McLaren tackling the fabled Indy 500 next month is all about Fernando Alonso's "ego". That is the view of Toto Wolff, boss of the Mercedes team. McLaren-Honda shocked the racing world recently by announcing that Spaniard Alonso will skip Monaco grand prix to try to win the famous American […]

Apr.29 - Niki Lauda has denied Mercedes is tossing up between a future in F1 or the all-electric open wheeler series Formula E. As F1 starts the process of planning for the new engine rules beyond 2020, it is notable that Mercedes has reserved a place for the future in the ever more popular and […]

Apr.29 - Daniil Kvyat stands a chance of keeping his Toro Rosso seat beyond 2017. That is the claim of Red Bull officials Dr Helmut Marko and Christian Horner, as the young Russian recovers from his tumultuous career dip of last year. "He is driving well now," Marko, the head of the energy drink company's […]