Pre-season testing got underway on Friday in Bahrain, giving drivers the first chance to drive their 2021 cars at the limit and gather data ahead of the season-opener at the same circuit later this month. Ferrari were the final team to unveil their 2021 challenger, with the Scuderia taking the wraps off of the SF21
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Valtteri Bottas set the pace on day two of pre-season testing in Bahrain, with him managing a best lap time of 1m30.289s on a set of C5s – the softest tyre in Pirelli’s 2021 F1 range – in the closing segment of the afternoon session. Sir Lewis Hamilton, who will be gunning for a record-breaking
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Haas F1 rookie Nikita Mazepin almost crashed into the back of the Alfa Romeo of Antonio Giovinazzi in the Saturday morning session of pre-season testing in Bahrain. The incident took place just after the opening complex of corners and Mazepin lost the rear of the car after pulling out of the slipstream, but he managed
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Sebastian Vettel’s pre-season preparations with the Aston Martin F1 Team were disrupted on day two of testing at Bahrain, with a gearbox issue hampering his running. Due to the issue, Vettel completed just eight laps in the AMR21 on Saturday – the least of any driver – and the lack of running this morning also
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Daniel Ricciardo topped the time sheet for the morning session of the first day of the three days of pre-season testing in Bahrain. Ricciardo, who joined McLaren from Renault at the end of 2020, completed 45 laps around the Bahrain International Circuit and set a best time of 1:32.203 using Pirelli’s new C2 tyres. READ:
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Mercedes have revealed the rear floor of their 2021 car, the W12, as day one of pre-season testing got underway in Bahrain on Friday. The Silver Arrows opted to hide the rear floor area – the part of the car most affected by the changes to the technical regulations this season – when they unveiled
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Pre-season testing for the 2021 F1 campaign got underway in Bahrain today, with all teams present at the three-day test as they were all able to develop and assemble their cars in time. The grid this year will feature two rebranded teams, with Racing Point becoming Aston Martin and Renault being rebranded Alpine (though it
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Alfa Romeo have announced that team principal Frederic Vasseur has tested positive for coronavirus and will consequently miss the three days of pre-season testing in Bahrain. The team didn’t specify when he tested positive for COVID-19, but noted that he took another test a few days later which came back negative. READ: Ferrari Unveil SF21
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Haas F1 rookie Nikita Mazepin will make his debut in the pinnacle of motorsport in just a few weeks’ time – and he will be the only driver on the Formula One grid in 2021 who has never won a Championship over the entirety of his racing career. Mazepin sparked criticism last year for his
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The legality of the Haas F1 Team’s 2021 livery is still being investigated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), a source at the international doping watchdog told Formula1News.co.uk on Thursday. On 5 March, it transpired that WADA was investigating if the Haas F1 Team’s recently unveiled 2021 livery is in violation of the two-year ban
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