Lewis Hamilton leads FP in China
The British did the best times in FP1 and FP2 of the Chinese Grand Prix, the third round of the FIA Formula 1 season.
Free Practice 1
With rain forecasts, the teams have hurried to get...
One good and one bad for Kimi Raikkonen after the night’s Free Practice
The Free Practice 2 began different for Red Bull. After their morning issues, Max Verstappen could go on track after Red Bull solved the RB14's problems. The dutch driver hadn't time to rest doing the...
Ricciardo puts Mercedes, Ferrari in the shade
Thought Bahrain would be another Mercedes-Ferrari battle? You may have to think again – at least if Daniel Ricciardo has anything to do with it, after the Australian put Red Bull top in Friday’s...
Sebastian Vettel takes a estrategical win on the Australian Gran Prix
Early this morning, lights went out and the first race of the season started. Lewis Hamilton was on pole an with the problems that suffered yesterday Bottas, the brit was completely alone in the...
Hamilton takes a spectacular record pole in Australia
Despite the expectations of seeing rain fall over Albert Park and the fact that the third practice session had started with a wet track, in the end it was a dry qualifying session, which...
Time Machine: Renault hits first (2005 Australian GP)
We are waiting for the Grand Prix and as newness this season, Formula Rapida brings you this section where the best races in F1 will be remembered. Adrià Santos explain the situation, the race...
Laurent Mekies leaves FIA and goes to Ferrari
FIA again in the spotlight. Laurent Mekies, current deputy race director at the FIA, has decided to leave his job to go to Ferrari. It is not the first time it happens. Marcin Buskowski...
Zero Brazilians in F1 could benefit Stock Car
For the first time since 1970, there will be no Brazilian drivers in F1 after Felipe Massa's retirement at the end of last year. There are some questions about if the Brazilians will continue...
Renault promotes the French GP
France has not hosted a F1 Grand Prix since 2008. After 10 years, the Paul Ricard Circuit will once again give the French country an F1 race. Renault, made a stopover in their country...
Pirelli announces driver’s tyre compounds for Australia
Less than fifteen days before the lights of the 2018 Championship turns green, Pirelli showed the graph with the tires that each driver takes for the first rae of the championship in Melbourne.
Soft, Supersoft...
Räikkönen ends the last day on the lead
CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA-CATALUNYA | After the first half of the testing session, the situation on track was very calmed around 13:30. Since there was no official pause for lunch, the morning session was continued instead...
Vettel holds the lead at the end of seventh day
After an intense morning, with very fast lap times, the afternoon began with Stoffel Vandoorne being the first driver to go on track to do more laps. He was closely followed by Lance Stroll and Lewis Hamilton, who were replacing...
Alonso: “We know a 99.9% of what we want to know”
CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA-CATALUNYA | Fernando Alonso and McLaren have had another difficult testing day. An oil leak has force an engine replacement and the Spaniard has lost almost the entire day.
At the end of the day,...
Ricciardo keeps the lead at the end of day 6
After 1:00 PM, Daniel Ricciardo improved his time to a 1:18.047, about to break the 1:18 barrier. After that, all teams stopped their activity on what was an 'unofficial lunch pause'.
A few minutes after 2:00 PM, Nico...
Tatiana Calderón will be test driver of Alfa Romeo Sauber F1
Tatiana Calderón will be the new test driver of Alfa Romero Sauber team for 2018. The Colombian adds a new challenge in her sports career after her confirmation just a few days ago of...
Rich Energy to buy Force India
So many weeks spent speculating about a possible sale of Force India. The team of Vijay Mallya denied it last week of testing, but the name of Rich Energy has entered the scene with...
Pirelli announces test calendar for 2018 season
On Last day of testing Mario Isola talked with the media on circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya about Pirelli plans for the 2018 season which is about to start. The italian tyre supplier will do 3...
Hamilton: “You definitely lose visibility with the halo”
CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA-CATALUNYA | Lewis Hamilton has ended the first week of testing with 94 laps, not a lot since some drivers have been able to complete more than 200. He has found the worst...
Verstappen, keeps positive after first testing week: “We compared data from headquarters”
The talent of the Red Bull family have completed only 35 laps on a day where the action began on the wet track of circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and progresively was drying his new tarmac...
Mario Isola analyzes the Pirelli in this first week of test
It has not been a great week for the F1 teams due to the bad weather at the Circuit of Barcelona-Catalunya and rebound has not been for Pirelli either. The lack of driving involves...
Hamilton ends the first week of testing on top
CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA-CATALUNYA | After another day with no pause, the afternoon hours have been of the most active and useful of the week. Lewis Hamilton took the place of Valtteri Bottas in Mercedes...
Boullier: “Two pounds problem made us lose a lot of time”
Eric Boullier was, at last, optimistic. Mclaren's Thursday is being very useful, seeking to recover the lost time of the first two days in which they did not complete 100 laps. Only counting the...
Sirotkin: “It’s better than I could ever dreamed”
Sergey Sirotkin is fulfilling a dream. The Russian driver will be one of the rookies on the grid this 2018 season. He was announced as an official driver and did not raise too many...
Vettel, satisfied with SF71H reliability: “This are good news”
After today’s testing, which closet he firest week testing at cirecuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Sebastian Vettel was the man who was behind the wheel with the Ferrari. With hottest temperaturas, today the dirvers could do...
Vandoorne leads after five hours of testing
CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA-CATALUNYA | Since the day began and the green flag waved at 9:00, drivers quickly went on track to get the mileage they had lost yesterday. All cars had done at least...
Renault’s ultimatum to Red Bull
Red Bull-Renault relationship is far from its best moment. The lack of reliability that the engine has had in recent times and that has hurt the results of Red Bull does not help Milton...
Hartley: “The reliability has been faultless”
Despite the third day of testing was been one of the most odd, unproductive and cold sessions that have been held in years, some drivers have been brave enough to go on track.
One of...
Fernando Alonso, the only driver to complete a lap in Day 3
CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA-CATALUNYA | One of the most useless and odd days of preseason in recent years. A total of 16 laps between the only five drivers who have went on the track. Undoubtedly, no...
Snow stops activity in Day 3 morning
The third day of testing has started with no track activity at all during the entire morning. A heavy snowfall began to fall on the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit at dawn and has covered the facilities....
Verstappen: “The initial feeling is very positive”
Max Verstappen has had a day with mixed feelings in Montmeló. After some decent laps, the Dutch driver had to stop for a very long time, and he even left the track. Despite this problems...
