| By Jonathan Noble | Saturday, March 29th 2014, 04:35 GMT |
A hairline split in the side of a rubber tube that holds the Mercedes spark plug was the cause of Lewis Hamilton's retirement from the Formula 1 season opener in Australia, AUTOSPORT has learned.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Saturday, March 29th 2014, 05:31 GMT |
Formula 1 drivers will face increased scrutiny to ensure that they slow for yellow flags under new demands laid down by the FIA for 2014, AUTOSPORT can reveal.
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| By James Roberts | Saturday, March 29th 2014, 06:06 GMT |
Nico Rosberg enters qualifying as a favourite for pole position after setting the fastest time in final practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, March 26th 2014, 11:38 GMT |
The Red Bull Formula 1 team has revealed details of how it plans to defend itself against Daniel Ricciardo's disqualification from the Australian Grand Prix.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, March 26th 2014, 12:39 GMT |
Formula 1 risks having the outcome of races decided by the accuracy of fuel flow sensors if the sport's chiefs do not find a more reliable way of policing matters, warns Red Bull.
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| By Jonathan Noble and Dan Cross | Wednesday, March 26th 2014, 15:20 GMT |
Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams believes its switch to Mercedes engines was an astute judgement call rather than luck.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, March 21st 2014, 11:55 GMT |
Red Bull's appeal against Daniel Ricciardo's disqualification from the Australian Grand Prix could determine the success of Formula 1's new fuel regulations
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, March 21st 2014, 17:19 GMT |
Red Bull's appeal against Daniel Ricciardo's disqualification from the Australian Grand Prix will be heard on April 14.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, March 21st 2014, 15:08 GMT |
Lotus thinks it may have to wait until the Spanish Grand Prix before it is able to fight near the front of the Formula 1 grid again
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, March 21st 2014, 11:55 GMT |
Red Bull's appeal against Daniel Ricciardo's disqualification from the Australian Grand Prix could determine the success of Formula 1's new fuel regulations
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, March 21st 2014, 15:08 GMT |
Lotus thinks it may have to wait until the Spanish Grand Prix before it is able to fight near the front of the Formula 1 grid again
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, March 21st 2014, 17:19 GMT |
Red Bull's appeal against Daniel Ricciardo's disqualification from the Australian Grand Prix will be heard on April 14.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, March 20th 2014, 12:33 GMT |
Valtteri Bottas has no doubts the best is yet to come from Williams, after the team's encouraging return to Formula 1 form in the Australia Grand Prix
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, March 20th 2014, 12:45 GMT |
Red Bull has formally lodged its appeal with the FIA over Daniel Ricciardo's disqualification from the Australian Grand Prix, AUTOSPORT has learned
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, March 20th 2014, 17:00 GMT |
McLaren is eyeing a half-second per lap improvement for the Malaysian Grand Prix, but knows it will not totally close the gap to Formula 1 pacesetter Mercedes
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| Wednesday, March 19th 2014, 14:39 GMT |
Kimi Raikkonen has admitted that Ferrari's brake-by-wire system is at the heart of his difficulties in the early part of the 2014 Formula 1 season
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| By Sam Tremayne | Wednesday, March 19th 2014, 16:25 GMT |
McLaren will instigate a "very aggressive" development push in a bid to close its deficit to Formula 1 rival Mercedes, according to its new racing director Eric Boullier
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, March 19th 2014, 17:08 GMT |
Red Bull believes it can make a massive step forward in form once engine partner Renault gets on top of its ongoing problems in Formula 1
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| By Glenn Freeman | Tuesday, March 11th 2014, 11:54 GMT |
Formula 1 teams believe the sport is heading into the unknown as it is impossible to predict how the Australian Grand Prix will play out this weekend.
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| By Edd Straw and Pablo Elizalde | Tuesday, March 11th 2014, 15:13 GMT |
Force India is aiming to develop a young driver scheme similar to that of Formula 1 rival McLaren in order to find new talent
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| Tuesday, March 11th 2014, 16:34 GMT |
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has warned that Formula 1 risks emulating "taxi-cab driving" due to fuel and tyre conservation concerns.
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| Friday, March 7th 2014, 14:42 GMT |
Pirelli has announced the schedule of the dedicated days that each Formula 1 team will devote to tyre testing during 2014
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, March 7th 2014, 15:41 GMT |
A bullish Lewis Hamilton believes he has a car to triumph in Formula 1 this year, as he heads to the Australian Grand Prix as favourite.
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| By Ben Anderson | Saturday, March 8th 2014, 11:35 GMT |
Kevin Magnussen and Valtteri Bottas believe drivers will make more of a difference in getting the most out of this year's new breed of Formula 1 car
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| By Edd Straw | Friday, March 7th 2014, 13:48 GMT |
Felipe Massa believes that Williams could be in the mix at the front in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix next weekend.
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| Friday, March 7th 2014, 14:42 GMT |
Pirelli has announced the schedule of the dedicated days that each Formula 1 team will devote to tyre testing during 2014
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, March 7th 2014, 15:41 GMT |
A bullish Lewis Hamilton believes he has a car to triumph in Formula 1 this year, as he heads to the Australian Grand Prix as favourite.
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| By Edd Straw and Matt Beer | Saturday, March 1st 2014, 15:34 GMT |
Sebastian Vettel admits he did not expect Red Bull's plight to remain so bad in the final week of 2014 pre-season Formula 1 testing.
The world champion missed out on another day of running in Bahrain on Saturday when electrical and battery issues with the RB10 meant he first stopped on an installation lap, then failed to get out of the pitlane when Red Bull made a second attempt to begin its programme.
Vettel's problems came after Red Bull managed an encouraging 66 laps with his new team-mate Daniel Ricciardo on Friday.
Bahrain test day three report
"We thought we would be in a much better place this week compared to last week. That hasn't really been the case," said Vettel.
"There's no point being too emotional at this stage. We really have to take it step by step.
"We know how serious it is, especially inside the team - on Renault's side and our side. We've been a team the last five years and things have been fantastic.
"There were difficult days and difficult times - when we had the engine blow up with two races to go [in 2010], nearly deciding the championship, which wasn't great. There were other faults on our side, and on the driver's side. We are a team. These things happen.
"There's no reason to paint everything black. We know that it's a difficult time but everyone is aware of that and motivated to get out of it, get going and find out where we are."
F1 testing in pictures
Red Bull's problems have been exacerbated by the second and third tests taking place back to back so far from the team's European base, reckons Vettel, giving it little chance to recover from earlier faults.
"I think some things will calm down just by the fact that in two weeks' time we'll have lots of new parts," he said.
"Obviously we've had quite a lot of problems and therefore damaged quite a lot of parts which are not available overnight, and also we are in Bahrain so it's not that easy to fix things. That will get better once we get to Australia."
He also believes the RB10 has decent potential when it is able to run cleanly.
"With the very, very few laps we did, the car felt good," said Vettel.
"I was very happy with the car.
"Obviously it's a step back from last year in terms of overall grip, but it wasn't too bad.
"There's hope on that front."
| By Edd Straw and Dan Cross | Saturday, March 1st 2014, 16:11 GMT |
Romain Grosjean believes Lotus is on the backfoot with its 2014 Formula 1 challenger and is likely to struggle in the opening rounds of the season.
He had his first outing of this week's final pre-season test on Saturday, but his running amounted to just 33 laps amid two lengthy interruptions.
The Frenchman was first hindered by an electrical problem with the gearbox fan in the morning and his day was later curtailed by an issue with the E22's energy recovery system that proved too problematic to fix in time.
These troubles came after team-mate Pastor Maldonado only completed 31 laps on both days he was behind the wheel, due to problems with a new exhaust configuration and a Friday fire.
"In terms of preparation, we are not quite ready," Grosjean admitted.
"There are plenty of things we would like to try and do before we get to Melbourne, but tomorrow's session is only a few hours and we'll need to get on top as many things as we can.
Bahrain test day three report
"It's not going to be perfect for Melbourne, or even Malaysia, but we will try our best to improve everything.
"It will be nice if we can get a few points, but if we don't, then we understand that it's a chance to move forward,
"But honestly, it's not going be a straightforward season for anyone."
Grosjean said long delays incurred when trying to resolve issues hampered Lotus's progress, echoing other teams' comments about the complexity of problem-solving on the 2014 cars.
2014 F1 cars take twice as long to fix
"If you have a small leak or need to change the battery, for example, it takes about three hours," he explained.
"It's been a big change in the regulations and it's hard for all of us - engine suppliers and teams.
"But the more we run the more we discover things and the more we can solve them.
"It's not ideal, but at least we can tick a few boxes in terms of reliability."
| By Edd Straw | Saturday, March 1st 2014, 16:15 GMT |
Sauber has recalled Adrian Sutil to drive tomorrow morning after a disastrous third day of the final pre-season test in Bahrain.
Sutil suffered an engine problem on his installation lap in the morning and the decision was made to change it, meaning that the German failed to complete a lap today.
The team had planned to give team-mate Esteban Gutierrez the full day, but because of the engine problem the decision has been made to split Sunday between the two.
F1 testing in pictures
"Unfortunately today we have encountered an anomaly on the engine and as a precautionary measure we decided to change it, which meant we could only manage one lap in the morning," said head of track engineering Giampaolo Dall'Ara.
"However, assembly takes considerably longer and at a certain stage during the afternoon we decided to focus on tomorrow and be ready for the final day of testing."
Gutierrez, who drove yesterday, was upbeat about the progress the team was making, but still felt Sauber had a lot of work to do.
"Overall, we've been making some progress," said Gutierrez.
"Today, we didn't look at performance, we looked more at racing and going through procedures, covering areas to prepare for the race for the mechanics and engineers.
"We managed to complete our full programme, which is a positive, but obviously we still have a lot of work to do in terms of the car, the reliability.
"There is nothing specific, we just need to keep doing the steps we are."
