Kimi Raikkonen was having a productive final day of pre-season testing at Bahrain, with him completing the most laps of anyone and managing a lap time good enough for P4. READ: ‘We Are Sandbagging’: Valtteri Bottas On Mercedes’ Testing Woes However, the final lap of testing saw things take a dramatic turn, with him making
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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen managed the fastest lap of the third and final day of pre-season testing in Bahrain. READ: ‘Ferrari Still Think Vettel Drives For Them’: F1 Fans Notice Something Unusual At Testing The Dutch ace’s best effort, a 1m28.960s, was set on a set of the C4 tyres – one compound away
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Ferrari and its two customer teams – Alfa Romeo and Haas – will be running a new power unit this year after having the weakest engine in Formula One last campaign. READ: Source: WADA Still Investigating Haas Livery Despite FIA Saying It’s Legal The Scuderia has said it is confident that it has taken a
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Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas poked fun at Max Verstappen today during an official media event after the morning session of the final day of the three-day Bahrain pre-season test. READ: ‘We Are Sandbagging’: Valtteri Bottas On Mercedes’ Testing Woes Bottas was sitting in the seat the driver who finishes in P3 typically sits in following
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Pre-season testing did not go well for the Mercedes F1 Team, with Valtteri Bottas missing most of the Friday morning session due to a gearbox issue and Sir Lewis Hamilton then struggling for pace in the afternoon. READ: ‘Ferrari Still Think Vettel Drives For Them’: F1 Fans Notice Something Unusual At Testing Things continued to
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Murray Walker, who was an F1 commentator for over a quarter of a century, passed away on Saturday at the age of 97. He commentated on his first F1 grand prix in 1949 before becoming a full-time commentator in 1978. READ: Bottas Tops Second Day Of Testing As Hamilton Spins Out Walker was appointed an
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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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