10 years ago After teasing fans with a potential championship battle between Mercedes and Ferrari, the Formula One season continued for the 2017 HEINEKEN CHINESE GRAND PRIX at the Shanghai International Circuit. The bar was set quite high by the shocking result in Australia. Friday © Pirelli & C SpA Friday’s running was pretty light for the teams
10 years ago Requests to move the Chinese Grand Prix ahead to Saturday were rejected by the FIA. The discussion was started in an effort to prevent a race cancelation due to poor weather conditions expected for Sunday. © Pirelli & C SpA Each driver only managed to complete less than 10 laps of running on Friday, as
10 years ago The latest data regarding the air quality near the Shanghai International Circuit reveals that the practice sessions and qualifying could be run in potentially dangerous air quality conditions. However, air quality is expected to improve before the start of the race on Sunday. © Pirelli & C SpA Data available from the World Air Quality
10 years ago Pascal Wehrlein will be sitting out for at least one more race this season, as Antonio Giovinazzi takes his place for this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix. The German still insists that sitting out is not as a result of his injury, but rather a lack of physical fitness. Wehrlein has yet to make his debut
10 years ago Antonio Giovinazzi will officially replace Pascal Wehrlein for the remainder of the 2017 season, as Wehrlein prepares to undergo exercises and training to fully recover from his back injury during the Race of Champions event in Miami during the winter break. © Sauber Motorsport AG This is an April Fool’s joke, not a legitimate headline.
10 years ago The event organizers of the Australian Grand Prix have launched an investigation to find out how race fans were able to enter onto the circuit during the cool-down lap. The situation was quite dangerous, for obvious reasons, and against the safety regulations in place to protect the spectators. © Pirelli & C SpA Following Sebastian
10 years ago A marshal is too blame for the aborted start at the Australian Grand Prix, after they triggered the warning light at Daniil Kvyat’s grid position. Seeing no issue, the race director decided that it was safer to abort the start and do an extra formation lap. The issue was originally believed to have been caused
10 years ago After what was a nightmare weekend for Jolyon Palmer, the Renault Managing Director believes that the team’s lack of preparation for the season is to blame for the team’s shortcomings in Australia. However, he says that the team will be fighting for points this season if the team can combat the reliability issues. © Renault
10 years ago Despite a poor result for the team at the season opener in Australia, Romain Grosjean still feels that the Haas car has a lot of potential. Grosjean even went as far as to say that he believed the car was faster than the Williams. Unfortunately for the team, Grosjean’s day was ended prematurely by was
10 years ago After a long winter it as time for the Formula One drivers and teams to return to action at the Albert Park Circuit for the 2017 FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX. Pre-season testing revealed very little about the pace of the teams and offered no insight into what team would have the advantage heading
