Archives of Year: 2015 - Page 50

Horner thought Ricciardo would win in Hungary

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner admits that he thought Daniel Ricciardo would go on and claim victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix. The...

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30 Jul 2015

Honda in buoyant mood after points finish

McLaren’s season has finally “really started”, according to Honda’s motorsport chief Yasuhisa Arai. The team scored their first double-points of the season in Hungary...

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30 Jul 2015

Bose Presents - The Sound Of __ The Perfect F1 Pit Stop

The Event: The Sound of The Perfect Pit Stop Join our quest with #Bose to present the sounds of #F1; What does the Sound...

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30 Jul 2015

Trouble brewing over planned 2016 F1 calendar

Jul.30 - Discontent is brewing over the proposed 2016 F1 calendar. After the most recent meeting of the World Motor Sport Council, the FIA declared...

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30 Jul 2015

Hakkinen: Vettel 'a threat' to Mercedes' title

Jul.30 - Sebastian Vettel is in the hunt for the 2015 title. That is the claim of former double world champion Mika Hakkinen, after...

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30 Jul 2015

Reports: Honda set for 50 horse power step

Jul.30 - Struggling Honda is preparing to take a significant step forward of up to 50 horse power after the summer break. Under severe...

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30 Jul 2015

Button backs Montoya's plan to improve F1

Jul.30 - Jenson Button has backed former F1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya's proposal to spice up the sport "straight away". Asked about F1's high-profile...

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30 Jul 2015

Baku welcomes summer date on 2016 F1 calendar

Jul.30 - Organisers of the inaugural grand prix in the Azerbaijan capital Baku have welcomed their summer race date on the 2016 calendar. The...

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30 Jul 2015

STUDIO SHOW - Toto on Hungarian GP & Paddy on F1 summer shutdown

This week Leandra speaks to team boss Toto Wolff about what happened at the Hungarian Grand Prix and why the last two race starts...

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30 Jul 2015

Susie Wolff joins Valtteri Bottas for a hot lap

Susie Wolff joined Valtteri Bottas for a hot lap around the Circuit de Catalunya at the Rexona Ultimate Driving Experience yesterday #AMGDrivingAcademy Williams Martini...

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29 Jul 2015

Report: Ferrari to let Raikkonen 'option' expire

Jul.29 - Ferrari looks set to allow the 2016 'option' in Kimi Raikkonen's current contract to lapse. Roger Benoit, the veteran correspondent for the...

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29 Jul 2015

Wolff defends Hamilton after dire Hungary GP

Jul.29 - For the first time in the 'power unit' era otherwise dominated by the German team, Mercedes "did not deserve" a podium finish...

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29 Jul 2015

Rossi hints at Haas talks

Jul.29 - GP2 driver Alexander Rossi is not ruling out a move into formula one next year with the new American team Haas. The...

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29 Jul 2015

Ecclestone: Renault close to deciding F1 future

Jul.29 - Among Renault's top brass, it is decision time. That is the claim of the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport, reporting that...

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29 Jul 2015

Singapore tweaks set to boost overtaking

Jul.29 - A tweak to the circuit layout for the Singapore F1 GP could boost overtaking. That is the view of track engineer Jonathan Giesecke,...

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29 Jul 2015

Monza takes step towards securing GP

Jul.29 - Monza has reportedly taken a major step towards securing the future of its historic Italian grand prix. Local media reports say the...

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29 Jul 2015

Button linked with Top Gear presenter role

Jul.29 - Jenson Button has been linked with a shock move from the F1 grid to the television presenter's chair. The Daily Mail reports...

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29 Jul 2015

Ecclestone: F1 would welcome Mosley back

Jul.29 - Bernie Ecclestone thinks F1 is too democratic. "The trouble is that formula one today is too much of a democracy. And I'm...

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29 Jul 2015

TURBO | Driven by Data with SAP

A Honda turbo charger spins up to 125,000 RPM. A turntable at that speed could play Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' in...

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29 Jul 2015

PITSTOP | Driven by Data with SAP

In 2014 our average pitstop time was just 2.911 seconds. That's the time it would take to blink just 7 times. McLaren-Honda’s technology partner,...

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29 Jul 2015

HEAT | Driven by Data with SAP

The MP4-30's brakes can reach 1000° C. That's hot enough to melt gold. McLaren-Honda’s technology partner, SAP, help our Formula 1 team push technological...

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29 Jul 2015

GRIP | Driven by Data with SAP

An F1 car has so much grip it could drive upside down, but it would need to travel at a speed of 200 mph...

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29 Jul 2015

ENGINE | Driven by Data with SAP

The McLaren-Honda MP4-30's engine produces up to 250 strokes per second. 5 times faster than a hummingbird beats its wings. McLaren-Honda’s technology partner, SAP,...

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29 Jul 2015

DOWNFORCE | Driven by Data with SAP

At 10 Kg the front wing generate 65 times its own weight in downforce. That's the equivalent of a human lifting ten Honda Gold...

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29 Jul 2015

G-FORCE | Driven by Data with SAP

Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso experience up to 5G on high speed corners. That's twice as much as an astronaut being launched into space....

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29 Jul 2015

BRAKES | Driven By Data with SAP

The McLaren-Honda MP4-30 can brake from 100-0 Km/h in 2 seconds. Less time than it takes to read this sentence. McLaren-Honda’s technology partner, SAP,...

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29 Jul 2015

HiRes wallpaper pictures 2015 Hungarian F1 GP

72 HiRes wallpaper pictures of the 2015 Hungarian grand prix. This F1 race has been won by Sebastian Vettel in his Ferrari SF15-T  on the 26th of...

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29 Jul 2015

Force India eyes curbs after 'B' car failures

Jul.27 - Fingers were being pointed at the Hungaroring's curbs after Force India suffered a second failure of the weekend with its new 'B'-spec...

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28 Jul 2015

Russia GP promoter buoyed by Kvyat podium

Jul.28 - The promoter of the Russian grand prix is hoping Daniil Kvyat can challenge for victory at Sochi later this year. Earlier in...

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28 Jul 2015

Mercedes worried about bad race starts

Jul.28 - Mercedes is worried a developing problem with its race starts could begin to dent the team's cruise to the 2015 world championships....

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28 Jul 2015