News Details

FP1: Hulkenberg quickest at slippery Sochi

A diesel spillage that marshals tried to wash away with water resulted in a delayed start to FP1 in Russia, an extremely slippery track and a P1 for Nico Hulkenberg. Although FP1 began on time it did so without any drivers on the track due to a diesel spillage from a sweeper truck at Turn 8. As the marshals tried to wash away the spillage, the drivers sat in their garages with Race Control having announced that there'd be no running for the first 30 minutes. Once the drivers were cleared to run – with a lot of 'track slippery' notices up for the teams – they headed out for installation laps on the intermediate tyres with Sebastian Vettel stating 'what a mess' as he went through...
Full Story »
10y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

FP1 in Russia delayed by diesel spillage

 XPB Images The first practice session for the Russian Grand...
10y ago from F1i.com

Nico Hulkenberg: “The track has a nice flow”

Nico Hulkenberg felt the result in Japan two weeks ago was just what the...
10y ago from TheCheckeredFlag....

Hulkenberg heads disrupted opening session

Sahara Force India Force India driver Nico Hülkenberg topped a disrupted...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

Diesel spill causes FP1 delay

A 'significant diesel spillage' on track just minutes before the start of...
10y ago from Crash.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

The FIM responds to the multiple ‘challenges' on...

The FIM - the governing body of motorcycle racing - has released a...
48m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Alex Rins reveals how Brazil MotoGP track conditions...

Alex Rins has suggested that the adverse track conditions at the...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

New: Liverpool & Arsenal handed boost in pursuit...

Liverpool and Arsenal may have been handed a boost in their rumoured...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Sources: Arsenal 'sense' chance to beat Man City...

Arsenal “sense an opportunity” to get involved with one of the major...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Formal approach prepared: Man Utd rival Arsenal for...

Manchester United are reportedly expected to make a formal approach for...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Interlull round-up: Ireland go out, Gyokeres...

Morning all. It's a grey day here today. Not just in terms of the weather,...
6h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.