A new Formula One season is just around the corner. With the Australian Grand Prix just a few days away, no one can predict how the 2018 season will turn out. Following all the new car launches and the Barcelona pre-season tests, we have gained insight on how the new season may play out.
The first team group set off for Australia last Friday and the last members will arrive mid-week. Such a long trip, 16,000 kilometres and a whole day travelling, takes a bit of planning, especially as it’s the first of the season. In fact, the team is actually “operational” at the track as from Wednesday.
Affalterbach. Mercedes-AMG will use the most powerful Official FIA F1 Safety Car of all time in the 2018 Formula 1® season: the 430 kW (585 hp) AMG GT R will have its debut as the Official FIA F1 Safety Car of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship at the Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia from 25 to 27 March 2018.
Lewis Hamilton, a very well paid 33-year-old driver will start his 2018 season with major sponsors like Mercedes-Benz and Pretonas making up the 3 quarters of his Sponsors payout and smaller sponsors round out the total of his sponsorship for the season.
We are now in the very short period between when the various Formula 1 teams are back at base after the 2018 pre-season testing days at the Spanish 'Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya', unusually interrupted by snow this year, and the first Grand Prix of the year at Melbourne.
Once again this year, Scuderia Toro Rosso and its Official HR Partner, Gi Group, are running Formula Future, the innovative education project which opens the doors of the Faenza technology factory to talented youngsters with a passion for motorsport. Those chosen will be able to work alongside highly qualified professionals and grow professionally and personally, on a course that combines theory and practice with a Blended Learning approach.
How many times have you gulped down your Sunday lunch before crashing out in front of the TV to watch the start of a Grand Prix? Well, from now on, you can take your time, as the start times of the F1 Grands Prix have all been put back a bit.
McLaren has no regrets about its off-season move from Honda power to Renault despite contrasting performances in Formula 1's winter testing.Toro Rosso and McLaren effectively swapped engine suppliers over the break with Honda now... ...