7 years ago Daniel Ricciardo will be starting the 2018 Formula One season with a bit of a disadvantage, earning himself a three-place grid penalty for an infraction during the second free practice session for the Australian Grand Prix. © Red Bull Content Pool The home hero failed to stay above the minimum time in the final sector
7 years ago A third DRS zone has been added to the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit to boost overtaking, which will help improve the entertainment value of the race. This is the first time that the sport has used three DRS zones on a single circuit. © Daimler AG The circuit previously featured two consecutive DRS zones with
7 years ago The new F1 TV streaming service will not be available for the Australian Grand Prix due to some delays in the development process force the company to move into the testing phase. The original plan was for the service to be available in time for the first race of the season in Australia. © McLaren
7 years ago It’s that time of the week again: time for us to look at the past teams that made an exit from the sport of Formula One, having scored no points. This week, we remember Fondmetal. Fondmetal first appeared in the Formula One world as a sponsor for the Osella driver Piercarlo Ghinzani. This led to
7 years ago It’s that time of the week again: time for us to look at the past teams that made an exit from the sport of Formula One, having scored no points. This week, we remember Lyncar. Lyncar was a motorsport constructor created by Martin Slater. After gaining experience producing his own cars for some junior racing
7 years ago Pre-season testing is now officially over and the next time that the drivers will be in their cars will be at the Australian Grand Prix. With much improved weather for the second week of testing, the teams all ran nearly twice as many laps as they ran during the first test, which was impacted by
7 years ago It’s that time of the week again: time for us to look at the past teams that made an exit from the sport of Formula One, having scored no points. This week, we remember Hispania Racing F1 Team. In 1997, a retired Formula One driver who participated in 21 with Minardi in 1987 and 1988
7 years ago The FIA conducted some tests of their one during the fifth day of pre-season testing for the 2018 season. They tested the new standing start procedure which will be debuting for the first time ever in 2018. © Daimler AG The test was mainly focused on software that the FIA will use for the procedure,
7 years ago Formula One will be getting a theme song, as famous Hollywood composer Brian Tyler reveals that he has been commissioned for the task. Tyler has an extensive portfolio ranging from movies to video games. Tyler is an award-winning composer and conductor in the film and entertainment industry and has been commissioned by the sport of
7 years ago The first pre-season test of the 2018 season has now finished. Unfortunately, due to the extremely poor weather, the test likely didn’t yield as much data as the teams would have liked and it has likely set many teams behind in the test programmes. Heavy rain, low temperatures and even snow limited running a lot
