9 years ago Ferrari had a great chance to take their first race victory of the season, with one half of the Mercedes duo stuck at the back of the grid. Things turned sour for the team right from the get go and their chance of victory was thrown away by disaster. © Ferrari Media Ferrari got a
9 years ago Drivers gathered at the demanding Shanghai International Circuit for the Chinese Grand Prix. With Nico Rosberg leading the World Drivers’ Championship, Ferrari needed to get a race victory in order to close the gap. With Lewis Hamilton thrown to the back of the pack for the race start, all eyes were on Ferrari to see
9 years ago Both Ferrari drivers have locked out the second row of the grid, starting behind Nico Rosberg and Daniel Ricciardo. Starting from P4 on the grid, Sebastian Vettel doesn’t feel that his qualifying run was worthy of a top three result. The German was at the top of the time charts of for the first qualifying
9 years ago Lewis Hamilton’s weekend has went from bad to worse after failing to record a lap time in qualifying at the Shanghai International Circuit. Mercedes will be at both end of the grid, with Hamilton starting at the rear while his teammate has the pole position. Hamilton’s starting position was already going to be limited, having
9 years ago The third round of the 2016 Formula One season will be underway shortly at the Shanghai International Circuit for the 2016 Chinese Grand Prix. The amount of proper running has been limited throughout the weekend for various reasons, making the race tyre strategy very difficult for teams, as they will have very little data to
9 years ago The Indian government has temporarily suspended Vijay Mallya’s passport, awaiting a response from the Indian businessman shortly. Although the suspension is only temporary at the moment, the Indian government could revoke his passport in a few weeks. Mallya fled to the United Kingdom in March to avoid the repayment of over $1.3 billion in bank
9 years ago The first session of the weekend saw multiple tyre failures that brought out the red flag and limited the amount of running for the team in free practice one. Given how similar the tyre failures were and that they all involved the left-rear tyre, fans turned to Pirelli for an answer. However, investigations show that
9 years ago Pirelli is under fire for multiple tyre failures during the opening session in the Chinese Grand Prix weekend. A total of three tyre failures greeted the drivers, causing multiple stoppages of the session and limiting the running for the session. The first tyre failure occurred in turn six only a little less than a half
9 years ago With a P13 finish for Pascal Wehrlein in Bahrain, Manor appears to be moving away from a season of uncompetitive races and heading toward becoming a mid-field challenger. Although there is still some work to do before the car will reach its peak performance, the team is confident that they can build on their success
9 years ago The FIA has allowed Fernando Alonso to take part in the Chinese Grand Prix, despite not having all of the required documents. The stewards have overlooked this and decided to allow him to take part in the race, although he will be subject to some more tests. © McLaren Racing Limited Following his horrific accident
