1:46 AM ET Formula One’s preseason continues on Thursday with the second day of testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. ESSENTIAL READING A curious Mercedes device is capturing paddock intrigue. The world champions’ car appears to have a steering wheel which the driver can pull towards himself, changing the angle of the tyres. Sebastian Vettel
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1:46 AM ET Formula One’s preseason continues on Thursday with the second day of testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. ESSENTIAL READING A curious Mercedes device is capturing paddock intrigue. The world champions’ car appears to have a steering wheel which the driver can pull towards himself, changing the angle of the tyres. Sebastian Vettel
2:07 PM ET BARCELONA, Spain — The first day of testing never gives away too many secrets of the upcoming season, but there are still lessons to be learned. 1 Related Here, we look at the main talking points from a productive day of track action for all ten teams. The fastest F1 cars of
12:07 PM ET Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes started the opening day of preseason exactly where they finished the 2019 campaign — comfortably top of the order. The reigning world champion set a 1:16.976 early in his afternoon stint in Mercedes’ car at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. Hamilton had taken over from teammate Valtteri Bottas after
Feb 19, 2020 McLaren have closed their paddock hospitality at Formula One testing in Barcelona to anyone who has visited China in the past two weeks as part of measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus. One Chinese motorsports journalist, who arrived on Tuesday after mentioning his departure from Shanghai on social media, said
Feb 19, 2020 Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo paid tribute to the late Kobe Bryant on his race helmet during the opening day of Formula One’s preseason. 1 Related Ricciardo stood on the grid for a promotional F1 video in the morning with a plain purple lid, but had additions made in the hours between then and
Feb 19, 2020 Aston Martin is putting on hold a planned entry into the World Endurance Championship (WEC) and Le Mans 24 Hours with its Valkyrie hypercar. The British sportscar maker said on Wednesday that this was due to proposed rule changes, although Le Mans organisers suggested the company’s business situation had played a part.
Feb 17, 2020 The Formula One season unofficially starts right here, with the opening day of testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. We’ll be with you every step of the way. ESSENTIAL READING KEY INFO Session time: 9am-5pm (local) Driver lineup Mercedes: Valtteri Bottas (morning), Lewis Hamilton (afternoon)Ferrari: Charles LeclercRed Bull: Max Verstappen McLaren: Carlos
11:44 AM ET Robert Kubica will be the first driver to test Alfa Romeo’s 2020 car during preseason. Kubica was named Alfa Romeo’s reserve driver for the new campaign, bringing personal sponsor Orlen with him — the Polish company has become a title partner of the team. Kubica, who completed his return to F1 with
11:40 AM ET With the excitement of launch week behind us, it’s time for F1’s teams to get down to the serious business of pre-season testing, which starts on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Over the next two weeks, all 10 teams will take part in two three-day tests at the Circuit de Catalunya (a total of