Archives of Month:  February 2017

F1 season 2017... It's On!

 Check out this mega recap of an epic day at Silverstone, where Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas got their first taste of the...

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28 Feb 2017

Esteban Ocon on the 2017 F1 season

 Sahara Force India newest recruit, Esteban Ocon, chats about the new VJM10 and the 2017 F1 season with Sky Sports F1's Natalie Pinkham.

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28 Feb 2017

What's Life Like for a Night Shift F1 Mechanic?

Daybreak in Barcelona as Formula One pre-season testing continues. And as Lewis Hamilton​ hits the track, the night shift finally hit the sack...

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28 Feb 2017

Fastest lap times 2nd day of 2017 F1 testing in Barcelona

The second day of testing has been stopped at 18:00 CET. It  was a good one for a lot of teams except for McLaren...

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28 Feb 2017

Horner: Rivals rejected 'shark fin' ban

Feb.28 - Christian Horner says fellow team bosses rejected his appeal for the 'shark wing' engine cover fins seen on the 2017 cars to...

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28 Feb 2017

Italy slams Ferrari for Barcelona 'news blackout'

Feb.28 - Italian media sources have slammed Ferrari for turning its low-profile preseason strategy into a total blanket of silence. After president Sergio Marchionne...

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28 Feb 2017

Trainer: 2017 cars easier for older drivers

Feb.28 - F1's more experienced drivers will adapt more easily to the sport's much faster cars. That is the claim of Mark Arnall, who...

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28 Feb 2017

Sochi staying on calendar until 2025

Feb.28 - Russia is set to remain on the F1 calendar for the best part of the next decade. We reported recently that Sochi...

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28 Feb 2017

Liberty to 'unleash' new social media era

Feb.28 - F1 is already turning a sharp corner in the early days of the post-Bernie Ecclestone era. Former Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo...

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28 Feb 2017

Alonso 'not happy' as McLaren breaks down

Feb.28 - Fernando Alonso was "not very happy" when McLaren-Honda's new orange and black car for 2017 broke down after a single lap as...

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28 Feb 2017

Source: F1 still at risk of investigation

Feb.28 - The possibility of a European Commission investigation into formula one remains open for now. However, the BBC has reported that competition commissioner...

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28 Feb 2017

Injured Wehrlein set for next doctor decision

Feb.28 - A dark cloud continues to hang over injured Sauber driver Pascal Wehrlein. The young German is in Barcelona for the start of...

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28 Feb 2017

F1 delivers on much faster cars for 2017

rumourFeb.28 - F1 has burst back into life for its all-new era, delivering on the promise of much faster cars. "Lewis (Hamilton) is already...

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28 Feb 2017

The RB13 takes to the track in Barcelona!

Watch as the Red Bull RB13 rolls out for its first laps at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya at the hands of Daniel Ricciardo. 2017...

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28 Feb 2017

Fastest lap times 1st day of 2017 F1 testing in Barcelona

The first day of testing for the upcoming 2017 F1 season has been kicked-off on the Catalunya Circuit! All 10 brand new cars where...

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27 Feb 2017

Wallpaper pictures F1 testing 1st day 2017 Barcelona

See all brand new 2017 F1 cars doing F1 testing on the Catalunya circuit driving around in the last week of February 2017, to...

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27 Feb 2017

Red Bull RB13 launch pictures

Here you can find HiRes wallpaper pictures of the new Red Bull RB13! The car was launched on the 26th of February. The Red...

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27 Feb 2017

Key: Toro Rosso 'not blue Mercedes'

Feb.27 - Technical boss James Key has played down suggestions the new Toro Rosso 'looks like a blue Mercedes'. When the new Renault-powered STR12...

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27 Feb 2017

Ferrari's low-profile winter 'like therapy'

Feb.27 - Ferrari extended its ultra low-profile approach to the 2017 season into the official reveal of its new car. Pino Allievi, arguably the...

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27 Feb 2017

Massa admits 2017 Mercedes 'beautiful'

Feb.27 - Although every 2017 car is now officially unveiled, Felipe Massa is not willing to guess who will have the edge in Melbourne....

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27 Feb 2017

Marko: 'No problems' with 2017 Renault engine

Feb.27 - Dr Helmut Marko has played down reports Renault's 2017 engine came out of the blocks with an apparent technical failure. It emerged...

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27 Feb 2017

Alonso: Mercedes wanted 'a Bottas or a Wehrlein'

Feb.27 - Fernando Alonso has finally confirmed reports Mercedes expressed interest in signing him up for 2017. Ultimately, the German team replaced the suddenly-retired...

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27 Feb 2017

McLaren budget 'big enough' for 2017

Feb.27 - McLaren has played down claims it may struggle to keep up with F1's bigger-spending teams in 2017. Given the major regulations change,...

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27 Feb 2017

McLaren joins rivals with controversial suspension

Feb.27 - Another team has joined Mercedes and Red Bull in planning to field a controversial suspension system in 2017. A protest threat is...

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27 Feb 2017

Vandoorne under less 'time pressure' than Alonso

Feb.27 - Stoffel Vandoorne agrees he is under less pressure than Fernando Alonso to reach his career ambitions in the next years with McLaren....

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27 Feb 2017

Ecclestone's right-hand man leaves F1

Feb.27 - Bernie Ecclestone's long-time right hand man has also left F1. For years, Pasquale Lattuneddu was the recently-ousted F1 supremo's most trusted aide,...

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27 Feb 2017

Wolff's family to travel with him

Feb.27 - Toto Wolff says his new family will accompany him around the F1 calendar. The Mercedes boss is married to former Williams tester...

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27 Feb 2017

Toro Rosso STR12 launch pictures

Here you can find HiRes wallpaper pictures of the new Toro Rosso STR12! The car was launched on the 26th of February. The Toro Rosso STR12...

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27 Feb 2017

Haas VF-17 launch pictures

Here you can find HiRes wallpaper pictures of the new Haas F1 Team VF-17! The car was launched on the 26th of February. The Haas VF-17...

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27 Feb 2017

Haas F1 Team’s 2017 Challenger: The VF-17

The VF-17 follows the team’s very first car, the VF-16, which carried Haas F1 Team to an eighth-place finish in the 2016 constructor standings....

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27 Feb 2017