Новости за 07.10.2017

F1 Racing event: Japanese Grand Prix F1 Circuit: Suzuka Circuit. F1 Grid 2017 Japanese Grand Prix Pos No Driver Team Lap Time 1st Gap 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:27,319 2 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:27,791 0,472 3 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1:28,306 0,987 4 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:28,332 1,013 5 31 Esteban […]

DRIVERS 1 – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 2 – Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 3 – Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Jenson Button and David Coulthard) JB: Lewis this is your first time qualifying on pole in Suzuka. Absolutely immense, great job buddy, but it’s not just that, you have just shattered the qualifying lap record […]

F1 Racing event: Japanese Grand Prix F1 Circuit: Suzuka Circuit Weather: 22°C dry Tarmac: 25°C dry Lewis Hamilton scored his 10th pole position of the season and the 71st of his F1 career today. Although it's the 3rd time Hamilton will start from pole for the Japanese Grand Prix. The British driver will start from […]

F1 Racing event: Japanese Grand Prix F1 Circuit: Suzuka Circuit. Weather: 20°C dry Tarmac: 23°C dry F1 Lap times 3rd practice 2017 Japanese Grand Prix Pos No Driver Team Lap Time 1st Gap Tyres Laps 1. 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:29,055 Super S 9 2. 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:29,069 0,014 Super S 19 3. […]

Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas topped the final practice timesheet at Suzuka at the end of a session that was twice halted by red flags, first as Bottas himself hit the barriers and then for a crash involving Ferrari’s Kimi Räikkönen. Bottas posted a best time of 1:29.055s on soft tyres early in the session to finish 0.014s […]

Oct.7 - F1 drivers will wear a biometric sensor in their gloves from 2018. Austria's Osterreich newspaper said the FIA wants to be able to monitor life saving data thanks to a three millimetre sensor sewn into a glove. Initially, the sensor will monitor the driver's heart rate and oxygen in the blood, which will […]

Oct.7 - McLaren could be now just days away from announcing a new deal for Fernando Alonso. Team boss Eric Boullier said earlier at Suzuka that he expects the Spaniard to eventually sign a 2018 contract. Marca sports newspaper quoted Alonso as saying: "Next week I think everything will be clearer." Alonso's former Renault teammate, […]

Oct.7 - Daniel Ricciardo going on the market for 2019 is "understandable". That is the view of Dr Helmut Marko, the Red Bull official who admits the energy drink company is having to look beyond Australian Ricciardo's current contract. "For all his racing life Ricciardo was part of the Red Bull family," he told Kronen […]

meeOct.7 - The issue of Marcin Budkowski's 'gardening leave' will be discussed during the next F1 strategy group meeting. Renault finally announced at Suzuka that Budkowski has left his leading technical role at the FIA to become the Enstone team's executive director. Team boss Cyril Abiteboul said he will start work in "early April", despite […]

Oct.7 - Eric Boullier has admitted Jenson Button could leave his role as official McLaren reserve driver next year. Earlier in 2017, the 2009 world champion stood in for Fernando Alonso in Monaco, but Button indicated at Suzuka that he wants to return to another series full-time next year. "I miss racing," said Button, present […]

Oct.7 - Eric Boullier is pushing hard to get Fernando Alonso's signature on a McLaren contract for 2018. It appears that the two sides are headed for a new deal following the Honda split. "Honestly, I don't think there are any special difficulties," Frenchman Boullier said at Suzuka. "We are already discussing the details of […]

Oct.7 - Pierre Gasly says he is still unsure how he will spend the remainder of the 2017 season -- and then whether he will step up with a full Toro Rosso seat next year. Heading into Suzuka, Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko said the rookie Frenchman is likely to drive for Toro Rosso for […]