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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Alfa Romeo have unveiled their 2021 car, the C41, in a live presentation held in Warsaw. The car is largely a carry-over of the team’s 2020 challenger, but it has a notably different livery and an upgraded front-end, in addition to significant changes to its rear floor in line with the 2021 regulations. READ: F1
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Antonio Giovinazzi, who races with Ferrari customer team Alfa Romeo, didn’t take part in last week’s Fiorano test. However, he still has ties to the Scuderia and remains hopeful that he will eventually drive for Ferrari in Formula One, though he believes Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz will be their driver line-up for a while.
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McLaren driver Lando Norris sparked criticism from some F1 fans in October after he downplayed Sir Lewis Hamilton’s success with Mercedes. Specifically, when asked for his thoughts on Hamilton breaking Michael Schumacher’s grand prix win record at the Portuguese Grand Prix, Norris said: READ: Jordan King On Racing In Different Championships & Making A Potential
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Kimi Raikkonen is the most experienced F1 driver in the history of the sport – and while many younger drivers, like Lando Norris and George Russell, are avid gamers and sim racers, the Finn has no interest in such things at the moment. In a recent interview, Raikkonen said he used to play PlayStation when
MoreFollowing the season finale in Abu Dhabi last weekend, Alfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur has said they are currently not in a position to commit to Ferrari beyond next season. Vasseur said he believes Ferrari “has mostly been a solid partner”, but added that he “can’t disagree” that their weak power unit ruined the
MoreAlfa Romeo reserve driver Robert Kubica will fill in for Kimi Raikkonen in the first practice session of this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Kubica has already ran in three FP1 sessions so far this season – namely at the Red Bull Ring, the Hungaroring and Silverstone. READ: Vettel Says He’s ‘Certainly Ready’ To Take On
MoreThe upcoming double-header at Bahrain will see grand prix run on the track’s standard layout and the outer circuit, presenting teams and drivers with a new challenge. Speaking ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, Alfa Romeo driver Kimi Raikkonen said “the layout we will race on in the second week is a bit of a
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