Arrivabene says that policy changed when he arrived at the team last year. He insists that, despite Sebastian Vettel having had a better start to the season than teammate Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari will continue to give the Finn all the support he needs. “We will give him all of the necessary support, and I do
Whom on who in Shanghai race – Hamilton on Rosberg, Vettel on Kimi and so on …
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton continued his clean sweep of pole positions throughout the 2015 season and claimed his fifth pole in China, thanks to a time of 1m35.782s on the P Zero Yellow soft tyre. His team mate Nico Rosberg lines up alongside him on the grid tomorrow, just 0.042 seconds behind. Paul Hembery, Pirelli
“Ferrari is a treat for sure”
“Oh come on guys,” the German expressed his disappointment on the radio when told the gap was less than a tenth of a second here in China. Following the qualifying, he told media: “Definitely, yeah. When it’s four hundredths… that’s nothing. I’m frustrated because it’s so close.” Also the Germen says that the Italian squad
Rosberg: “I wouldn’t give him 200 million!”
Off-track, however, Hamilton’s season has been less smooth as he handles his own negotiations for a new Mercedes contract beyond 2015. As the saga has continually dragged, the feeling in the paddock is that the Briton may have set his price too high even though Mercedes does want to retain him. “I think he deserves
Qualies in China: Three from three for Lewis
Hamilton had been strong favourite for pole after topping all three practice sessions and Q2. A 1m35.782s on his first Q3 run emphasised that status, with Rosberg three tenths adrift at that point. But it became closer in the final battle, with Hamilton unable to improve and Rosberg closing to within 0.042s. Malaysian GP winner
FP2: Three different cars in the first three position in China
Lewis Hamilton topped both Friday practice sessions ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix weekend, but Ferrari again showed signs of being able to challenge Mercedes over a race distance during the two 90 minute sessions. Following Sebastian Vettel’s victory in Malaysia, the big question heading to China was whether Ferrari could sustain its challenge to
FP1: Mercedes on top in China
Lewis Hamilton has returned Mercedes to the top of the timesheets in comprehensive fashion during first free practice for the Chinese Grand Prix, the defending champion emerging more than 1.1secs ahead of Ferrari. The series leader struck to the front with little more than 40mins of the opening session remaining around the Shanghai International Circuit,
Hamilton unsure about a new deal with Mercedes
Ahead of this weekend’s Chinese GP, an exasperated-sounding Hamilton admitted that the deal had now hit a snag and his new contract remains unsigned. “I think it is unlikely,” Hamilton told Sky Sports News HQ when asked if his contract would be signed this week. “Obviously at the last race I said it would be
Humbleness in motorsport’s world, Carmen Jorda: “women will never beat men”
Williams tester Susie Wolff said a grand prix category just for women is “definitely not the right way forward”, while another female driver Alice Powell was less scathing but said she would prefer to compete against men. And Michela Cerruti, who has raced in the new Formule E series, said the women’s F1 series would
Bottas: “back will be 100 per cent in China”
The Williams driver missed the season-opening race in Melbourne after suffering a small tear in the annular part of a disc in the lower back. But after travelling to Indonesia where he acclimatised to the hot and humid conditions, while having physiotherapy, he was cleared to race in the Malaysian Grand Prix. The team made