Charles Leclerc ended the morning session of the first day of pre-season testing in Bahrain fastest following a late enforced driver change for McLaren. Daniel Ricciardo was forced to miss the first day of the second pre-season test in Bahrain after falling ill overnight, with Lando Norris taking the reigns on day one of the
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Former Ferrari sporting director Massimo Rivola has spoken about Fernando Alonso’s ability to read a race, admitting that he often made fools of the team’s engineers. Alonso claimed two championships with Renault in 2005 and 2006 before eventually moving to Ferrari ahead of the 2010 season to replace Kimi Raikkonen. He took 11 wins with
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Former Formula 1 driver Martin Brundle has suggested that the new technical regulations introduced this year could well cause separation between teams. A ground effect-led aerodynamic concept has been adopted this year, meaning a significantly reduced number of aerodynamic parts on the cars, while the tyres have increased to 18 inches in size to facilitate
MoreFerrari’s Charles Leclerc has compared the porpoising many teams experienced during testing in Barcelona to “turbulence” in an aircraft, while team-mate Carlos Sainz believes that many in the paddock “underestimated” the issues the new technical regulations might present. Leclerc topped the timesheets on day two of testing in Spain last week, putting 78 laps on
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Mattia Binotto is unconvinced by the notion that Ferrari have put together a better race car than Mercedes this season, and predicts that the Silver Arrows will have the upper hand come the first round of the season in Bahrain. Ferrari completed 438 laps during the three days of running in Spain last week, and
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Plenty of talk during the first week of pre-season testing in Barcelona pertained to Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes after a fascinating three days of running that kept us guessing who had the upper hand. Lando Norris topped day one before Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc went quickest on Thursday, and Mercedes locked out the front two spots
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko is unconvinced by Mercedes driver George Russell’s argument that McLaren look like one of the quickest teams ahead of 2022. McLaren completed 367 laps over the course of three days of pre-season testing in Barcelona, with Lando Norris going quickest on day one before Daniel Ricciardo ended day two
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One of the key themes of the pre-season test in Barcelona was undoubtedly the aggressive manner in which the cars seemed to bounce up and down along the straight, and there is speculation that this may be cause for concern for some of the teams. Not least of those was Ferrari, and a slow-motion video
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Alpine’s Fernando Alonso believes that his former Ferrari team have put together the best package ahead of the 2022 season. All 10 teams headed over to Spain to complete three days of pre-season testing last week, and Ferrari notched up 438 laps between Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc in a promising week, as they seek
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Lando Norris disagrees with Mercedes driver George Russell’s suggestion that the Silver Arrows are behind McLaren and Ferrari following the first pre-season test in Barcelona. Norris topped day one having put 103 laps on the board, before Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc went quickest on day two and completed 78 laps. Mercedes suffered a troublesome second day,
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