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MONTREAL, Canada (AFP)–Ferrari are not expecting miracles in improved performance from their upgraded power units this weekend, Finn Kimi Raikkonen said on Thursday. The Italian team, without a win this year, are to introduce revisions for both the turbo and the compressor for their cars at the Canadian Grand Prix. “This is a step forward, but how much only time will tell,” Raikkonen told reporters. “It is a new part and we never put new parts […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) —Lewis Hamilton seeks to confirm his title defence is back on track at Montreal, one of his most rewarding, circuits, a fortnight after his resounding return to form and first win of 2016. Hamilton’s win on the unforgiving street circuit of Monte Carlo was his first in seven months since clinching his third title triumph in Texas last year and, with Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg finishing seventh, he cut the German’s lead from […]
MONACO,Principality of Monaco (AFP) 5/27/2016 –Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton said they were stunned by the unexpected speed of Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo in Thursday’s practice for this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix. The Australian clocked the quickest lap by six-tenths of a second ahead of defending three-time champion Briton Hamilton, with Rosberg third ahead of Dutch teenager Max Verstappen in the second Red Bull. “It is definitely surprising how quick they were,” said […]
MONACO, Principality of Monaco (AFP) 5/25/2016 -Nico Rosberg stuck to the professional sportsman’s most stubbornly-used credo on Wednesday, when he denied he was even thinking about equalling any records ahead of this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix. The championship-leading German, who holds a 34-point advantage in the drivers’ title race, has won the last three Monaco races and has a chance to do something on Sunday only previously achieved by Ayrton Senna. The great Brazilian won […]
MONACO, Principality of Monaco (AFP) 5/25/2016 -McLaren’s duo of champion drivers on Wednesday cautioned against unrealistic optimism ahead of this weekend’s classic blue riband Monaco Grand Prix. Both two-time champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso and 2009 champion Briton Jenson Button made clear that the Honda powered team’s recent improvement should not inspire unrealistic expectations. Briton Lewis Hamilton’s triumph in 2008 was McLaren’s 15th win at Monaco but was also their last. “We have to be realistic,” […]
by Tim Collings MONACO, Principality of Monaco (AFP) 5/26/2016 -Lewis Hamilton heads into this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix knowing he has to perform a perfect balancing act and avoid, at all costs, another spectacular crash with his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg. While many in the paddock and a new generation of fans will focus on Dutch teenager Max Verstappen, Formula One’s youngest winner, as he starts his second race for Red Bull, the key contests […]
