“From a technical standpoint we’re ready for Melbourne; everything has been checked,” director of operations Rémi Taffin said, “but we’re still not producing the level of performance that we’d like to. That’s something we’ll be focusing on at the final round of official testing this week, but at least we’re starting from a solid base.
Massa: “Verstappen is amazing but too early for F1”
It is a rapid ascension that has surprised Williams Martini Racing driver Massa, who says that while he believes Verstappen is ‘amazing and fantastic’ he lacks experience in certain areas to be competing at this high level so early in his career. “To be honest, I think he is amazing,” Massa told Crash.net in an
Ferrari wanted to provoke with its concept car design
Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene says his team was trying to provoke its rivals into action when it released its concept design for a future Formula 1 car. McLaren and Red Bull are known to have created comparable concepts of their own as part of F1’s push to revitalise its public appeal in its next generation
Analysis of Barcelona first test – 2015
Once again in Barcelona, as was the case at the first test in Jerez, we had quite cool weather and a sprinkling of rain, but the teams were still able to get through a considerable testing distance, with all the compounds apart from the full wet tried out, although there was very little significant running on
Rory Byrne back at work at Ferrari
South African Byrne, 71, was a key member of the Ferrari ‘dream team’ of last decade, when along with Jean Todt, Ross Brawn and Michael Schumacher, they utterly dominated the sport. More recently, he had retired to Thailand, but Byrne can now be found once again in the corridors of Maranello. His new role is
Wild speculation follows mysterious Alonso crash
“Fernando’s accident was just one of those things that happens in testing,” said team boss Eric Boullier, insisting the same is also true of his trip and stay in hospital. “Inevitably, some media reports have sought to exaggerate the severity of the incident -? it was just a normal testing accident,” the Frenchman added. However,
Second test, second day – Red Bull and Ferrari on top
“It was definitely better than yesterday,” Ricciardo told reporters at the track as the day’s running ended. “We’ve been trying to get a day with 100 laps and it was good we did that today. “It’s just testing, but it’s encouraging seeing us on the top, or at least in that front group.” World champion
Alonso: Mercedes won’t repeat 2014
Alonso does not think Mercedes will dominate Formula One this year in the same way it did in 2014, despite a remarkable opening day of testing for the world champions. On a day when Alonso completed just six laps in the new McLaren-Honda, Nico Rosberg racked up 157 in the impressively-reliable Mercedes W06. But Alonso
The new look of Ferrari
Sergio Marchionne will begin his first full-year as Ferrari’s President after succeeding Luca di Montezemolo, while Maurizio Arrivabene occupies the role of Team Principal after Marco Mattiacci was sacked in November. Design chiefs Pat Fry and Nikolas Tombazis also departed the outfit at the end of last year. The SF15-T will be given its public
‘Force India is for sale and Renault is interested’
The off-track troubles of Vijay Mallya are well known, and Force India’s co-owner Subrata Roy is even in jail. Bach reports that at the F1 strategy group meeting in London on Tuesday, it emerged that Force India is “facing financial collapse” and is currently insolvent. The situation means the 2015 car is delayed “because important