News Details

Sebastian Vettel moves to play down rivals' long-run F1 test pace

Sebastian Vettel has raised doubts over the long-run pace that rivals Mercedes and Red Bull were able to display during Formula 1 pre-season testing. Formula 1 teams gathered at Spanish Grand Prix venue Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for eight days of running, with race simulations prioritised towards the end of the gathering. Mercedes captured the attention with a strong race simulation, leading to suggestions it is ahead of the pack, including Ferrari – its main 2017 rival, with Red Bull having made gains. However, Mercedes conducted its race simulation on Pirelli’s Medium tyres, with regulations stipulating that two dry-weather compounds must be used in a Grand Prix. It is...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Daniel Ricciardo: Red Bull more prepared than any...

Daniel Ricciardo believes Red Bull is more prepared for the new Formula 1...
7y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Tyre selections for Australian Grand Prix revealed

Formula 1 teams have loaded up on Pirelli’s Ultrasoft tyres for the...
7y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Lewis Hamilton 'doesn't care' about Sebastian Vettel's...

Reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton says he is not remotely bothered...
7y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Mercedes: Both drivers seem to like the car

Having completed over 1,000 laps in pre-season testing, Mercedes-AMG...
7y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

MotoGP: Álex Márquez reigns in Spain to take title...

t;li>Álex leads Marc Márquez in title race after Jerez winFabio...
4h ago from TheGuardian.com

Marc Marquez: ‘I don't understand' cause of...

Marc Marquez says he doesn't understand what led to his crash during the...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Alex Palou tops busy final Indy 500 test day

The NTT IndyCar Series wrapped up a two day test session on Thursday,...

Larson, Sato crash in high-boost Indy 500 test session

The second day of IndyCar’s Indy 500 open test opened with qualifying...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Welcome to the championship fight – Kalle...

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen completed their domination of the...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Mo Salah moves past Man City legend: Can you name...

Sports Mole challenges you to name every player to have scored 100 or more...
45m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Chelsea in talks with 60m-rated Barcelona star's agent...

Chelsea are reportedly in conversation with Barcelona defender Jules...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

David Ornstein: Arsenal focussing on these 2 strikers...

Arsenal’s striker hunt for the summer window is starting to sharpen –...
4h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Arsenal, Liverpool transfer blow as winger set to...

Arsenal and Liverpool reportedly suffer a blow in their pursuit of a...
3h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

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.