WILLIAMS BARCELONA TEST TWO – DAY TWO REPORT
Lance Stroll: I am quite happy with the afternoon and pleased with the morning watching Felipe do some solid running.
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Mercedes 2017 Pre-Season Test 2, Day 1 Report
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport completed 135 laps – just over 628km - of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Tuesday, as 2017 pre-season testing continued in Spain with Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas taking turns at the wheel of the F1 W08 EQ Power+
REDBULL PRE-SEASON TEST #2, BARCELONA – DAY ONE
Daniel’s lap of 1:19.900 was set just before the lunch break on ultrasoft tyres as the team spent the morning focusing on shorter runs before longer stints in the afternoon.
2017 Pre-Season Test 1, Day 4
Silver Arrows brush off early setback to smash 500 total lap barrier for the week ...
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2017 Pre-Season Test 1, Day 3
Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton rack up the mileage as W08 hits the 170 lap mark ...
2017 Pre-Season Test 1, Day 2
The W08 stretches its legs, completing its first on-track race simulation of 2017 ...
FIA forces Renault to tweak rear wing concept
The team's new RS17 was launched in London last week and almost immediately rival outfits queried the design of its support pillar.
First look: Changes to Australian GP circuit for F1 2017 cars
As exclusively revealed by Motorsport.com, the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne is currently undergoing a number of safety-related revisions in order to deal with the increased speeds expected in 2017.
McLaren yet to do “a single proper run” – Vandoorne
Honda’s third year back in F1 got off to a torrid start on Monday, with Fernando Alonso essentially missing the morning due to an oil leak, and only completing 29 laps for the day after an engine change.
Vandoorne fared slightly better on Tuesday when he took over McLaren’s MCL32, completing 40 laps, but his day also included an engine change.
Verstappen: Following F1 2017 cars feels “same as last year”
Verstappen has developed a reputation for his overtaking prowess during his two years in F1 so far, pulling off several memorable moves in various race conditions.
Ahead of F1's move to new-for-2017 regulations, which have increased the cars' speed and downforce, many suggested the new ruleset would make overtaking more sparse.
Barcelona F1 test: Raikkonen puts Ferrari on top on day two
Using soft compound tyres, Raikkonen set a best time of 1m20.960s just over an hour into Tuesday afternoon's running – narrowly bettering Hamilton's session-topping morning effort of 1m20.983s, which was set using supersofts.
Hamilton's effort was still good enough to finish the day second overall, with Valtteri Bottas taking over driving duties for Mercedes for the afternoon.
F1 marketing boss vows to “detonate the fan experience”
Bratches, a sports marketing veteran, said the opportunities to promote and grow Formula 1 were "simply huge" and that a focus on digital products were the key to greater fan engagement. "The basis of this, if you peel everything back, is that every single thing that we're doing has to pivot around the fan,"
FIA warns F1 teams over suspension designs
Debate between teams about clever hydraulic suspension devices has been ongoing since Ferrari wrote to the FIA at the end of last year to query their legality.
Although Ferrari's initial clarification was not aimed at any specific team, it is believed the issue revolves around technology concepts Mercedes and Red Bull have previously used
Mercedes seeks cooling through shark fin chimney
No one expected that the tests would come so thick and fast though, with the team resorting to various solutions as it ran through it planned schedule on day one, putting in 79 laps with Bottas and 73 with Hamilton.
Here is the Mercedes running a relatively short shark fin configuration in combination with the T-Wing.
Mercedes F1 team tests double T-wing at Barcelona
The issue of bodywork behind the engine cover has been a major talking point since the launch of the 2017 cars, with teams experimenting with both shark fins and the high T-wings.
While Mercedes, Williams, Haas and Ferrari have so far run the T-wings, which help condition airflow over the rear of the car, the concept was taken to the next level on Tuesday.
Drivers heed first warning signs of F1 2017 overtaking fears
Higher overall downforce levels make it harder for a following car to keep up in fast corners, because it loses front grip in the wake of the car ahead.
After the first full group F1 test today, Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa admitted that it will be an ongoing issue this year.
F1 2017 – Red Bull Racing Official Car Launch RB13
A first glimpse of the all-new RB13.
Haas VF17 Launch Video F1 2017 Car
The VF-17 follows the team’s very first car, the VF-16, which carried Haas F1 Team to an eighth-place finish in the 2016 constructor standings.
Ferrari unveil their 2017 challenger, the SF70H for the 2017 season
The 63rd single-seater designed and built by Scuderia Ferrari to take part in the Formula 1 World Championship is born out of a regulation change that is without precedent in this category of motor sport.
