Новости за 14.05.2017

F1 Racing event: Spanish Grand Prix F1 Circuit: Catalunya Circuit Weather: Sunny, Clear Sky, 24ºC Tarmac: Dry 43ºC Lewis Hamilton won the 2017 Spanish Grand Prix for Mercedes. He had to battle for victory with Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel. German driver Vettel took over the lead from Hamilton in the first corner of the race and […]

F1 Racing event: Spanish Grand Prix F1 Circuit: Catalunya Circuit 2017 Spanish Grand Prix Tyre Compounds Pirelli brings the three hardest compounds in the Formula 1 range for the first time this year: P Zero Orange hard, P Zero White medium, and P Zero Yellow soft. This is to cope with the notoriously high demands put […]

May 14 - F1's governing body has extended the DRS zone in Barcelona in a bid to boost overtaking. In Russia recently, there was just a single passing move all race, prompting some drivers to raise the issue in their FIA briefing ahead of the Spanish grand prix. So the Barcelona DRS zone has been […]

May 14 - Niki Lauda has slammed speculation Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel could switch to Mercedes for 2018. However, one Italian journalist says it was Lauda himself who recently confided to friends that Mercedes has inked a 'pre-agreement' with the German. "If I was at Mercedes and I could have the best German driver, I would […]

May 14 - Fernando Alonso says he has no regrets about sitting out the forthcoming <a href="http://www.f1-fansite.com/f1-calendar/Monaco grand prix-grand-prix/">Monaco grand prix grand prix. Amid the McLaren-Honda crisis, the Spaniard is sitting out F1's most prestigious race in a fortnight to instead vie for victory at the Indy 500. But Alonso qualified a shock seventh in […]

May 14 - Max Verstappen says he is happy at Red Bull. Former F1 driver and now veteran commentator Martin Brundle said last week that he can sense the Dutchman's "frustration" amid the team's performance struggle early in 2017. It comes amid rumours of a potential switch to Ferrari, but Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko […]

May 14 - F1 drivers will reportedly lobby official tyre supplier Pirelli to drop the hardest tyres from its 2017 compound range. The Italian marque's hard compound selection for Barcelona has been controversial this weekend. "Pirelli has been perhaps a little too conservative," said Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. "The tyres here are too hard." Earlier, Pirelli […]

May 14 - Zak Brown has admitting time is running out to convince Fernando Alonso to stick with McLaren beyond 2017. With his three-year McLaren-Honda contract expiring, Spaniard Alonso has revealed that he is on the market for 2018 unless the struggling Anglo-Japanese collaboration can promise him a winning car. "What we've agreed is that […]

May 14 - Niki Lauda has hit back at claims Mercedes is set to bail out its struggling F1 engine rival Honda. In Barcelona, rumours are swirling that Mercedes will either help Honda to develop its uncompetitive and unreliable power unit, equip McLaren with customer engines, or both. McLaren and Mercedes team figures were seen […]

May 14 - Adrian Newey says he played only a "small" role in the initial development of this year's Red Bull car. Earlier, it was rumoured the radical 2017 regulations had re-fired the famous designer's interest, but then Red Bull began the season clearly behind Ferrari and Mercedes. "No, my involvement was small," Newey told […]

May 14 - Stoffel Vandoorne is working on tweaking his driving style to better adapt to formula one. That is the claim of McLaren boss Eric Boullier, when asked by the Belgian newspaper La Derniere Heure why rookie Vandoorne is usually outpaced by teammate Fernando Alonso in 2017. "The reason is simple and Stoffel knows […]

May 14 - Cyril Abiteboul has hinted it is not Renault's priority to push to sign Fernando Alonso for 2018. Amid the McLaren-Honda crisis, Spaniard Alonso is clearly on the market and rumours have linked him with a return to Renault, where he won his two titles over a decade ago. "I know you want […]

May 14 - Team founder Peter Sauber is making a rare visit to a F1 paddock this weekend in Barcelona. No longer involved in any capacity with the Swiss team that still bears his name, the 73-year-old told Sonntagsblick newspaper he was invited to Spain by new Sauber owner Pascal Picci. "When I got out […]