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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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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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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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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Four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel is set to make his debut with the Aston Martin F1 Team in just a few weeks’ time in Bahrain, and the German is clearly excited by his new adventure in the pinnacle of motorsport. Speaking just a few days before pre-season testing, Vettel said he is looking forward to
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said he is not expecting many out-of-the-box ideas from F1 designers this season due to the regulations remaining fairly stable and teams carrying over their 2020 cars due to the financial ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic. He also said he believes this year will be more about “marginal gains”
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Aston Martin has unveiled its Safety and Medical cars which will be used this upcoming season as the British car brand shares the honours with Mercedes. This coincides with Aston Martin returning to F1 this year for the first time in over six decades following Racing Point’s rebrand. READ: Chinese Engine Company Set To Return
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