Formula 1

McLaren’s Carlos Sainz Jr set the fastest time of Formula 1 pre-season testing yet, as a Sebastian Vettel crash interrupted the start of day two of the second Barcelona test. Sainz took over the MCL34 from team-mate Lando Norris – who ended Tuesday’s first day on top despite twice stopping out on track – on […]

McLaren driver Lando Norris headed the first day of Formula 1’s second pre-season test despite stopping twice on track, beating long-time pacesetter Pierre Gasly to top spot by 0.006 seconds. Norris covered 38 laps in the morning but missed the final hour and 40 minutes of that session when he stopped with a reported loss […]

Nico Hulkenberg snatched the fastest time of Formula 1 testing on the final day in Barcelona, shortly before his Renault stopped on track with a disappointing number of laps completed. Daniel Ricciardo set the second fastest time in the morning for Renault but Hulkenberg shone when he took the reins on Thursday afternoon. Using Pirelli’s […]

Claire Williams says it is “embarrassing” that Williams was the only team to have missed the start of 2019 Formula 1 pre-season testing. Following delays in the production of parts, Williams was only able to get its new FW42 on track briefly on Wednesday afternoon after missing the first two and a half days of […]

Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat put in a superb late quick lap of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catlunya to run quickest on the penultimate day of the first Formula 1 pre-season test of 2019. With less than 15 minutes left in the session, the Russian driver bolted on a set of the softest Pirelli compound on offer […]

After Sebastian Vettel topped the first day of pre-season F1 testing yesterday, new Ferrari recruit Charles Leclerc kept the Italian team at the top of the timesheets, finishing three tenths of a second clear of McLaren rookie Lando Norris. The session came to an early end for Pierre Gasly, however, when the new Red Bull Racing […]

Sebastian Vettel’s morning time ensured Ferrari ended a strong opening day of Barcelona Formula 1 testing on top, as he beat McLaren driver Carlos Sainz Jr to the fastest time. Vettel set a 1m18.161s in the morning session on the C3 tyres – the middle compound in Pirelli’s testing range – to end up 1.783 […]

Red Bull has revealed its 2019 Formula 1 car in its usual colours following the RB15’s launch in a one-off livery last week. The team unveiled its first Honda-powered F1 car in a new colour scheme with a lot of red and a different pattern. But the four-time constructors’ championship-winning team was always expected to […]

Alfa Romeo has revealed its definitive 2019 livery ahead of the first pre-season Formula 1 test at Barcelona on Monday. Despite its rebranding from Sauber over the winter, the team has kept the C-prefixed chassis designation used by its previous incarnation – meaning the 2019 design is the Alfa Romeo C38. The livery is similar […]

Ferrari has unveiled its 2019 Formula 1 car at a launch event in Italy with a tweaked red and black livery. The Maranello team has improved to become a regular challenger to Mercedes over the past two seasons but is still bidding to end a title drought that stretches more than a decade. Ferrari’s new […]