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Max Verstappen shows his middle finger to Lando Norris
Total F1 - 28 Feb 2020 20:11
Max Verstappen had a rapid conclusion to the end of the final day of testing as he set his fastest time of the day in the closing stages. However, it could be his antics that catch the eye rather than his driving. The Du...
Albon: No one will be 100% ready for Melbourne, but we'll be close | RaceFans Round-up
F1 Fanatic - 28 Feb 2020 02:01
In the round-up: No one will be 100% ready for Melbourne, but we'll be close - Albon • DTM test relocated due to Coronavirus • 'I sometimes get bored in races' - Ricciardo
McLaren ‘shocked in a good way' with MCL35 pace
Total F1 - 28 Feb 2020 21:10
Carlos Sainz is pretty upbeat with how testing has gone for McLaren, with the pace of the MCL35 shocking the team in a good way. McLaren are defending their ‘best of the rest' crown in 2020 and, at first glance, appear...
Again no S-duct for McLaren?
Total F1 - 28 Feb 2020 18:02
Even though most teams still use the S-ducts, even when featuring narrow nose likes like on the Renault RS20 or Mercedes W11, it seems like McLaren will once again opt against an S-duct. Last year, with the introduction ...
Ricciardo ahead as F1 2020 quickens up
Total F1 - 28 Feb 2020 14:10
Daniel Ricciardo topped the timesheets ahead of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton on a fast final morning of testing as a host of teams revealed their 2020 pace. The previous five days of testing have been labelled a "s...
Is 2020 Suzuki's best World title chance in two decades?
Moto GP - 28 Feb 2020 11:15
Hamamatsu factory has been without a MotoGP™ World Championship since Kenny Roberts Jr in 2000. Can Alex Rins or Joan Mir end the drought?
Ferrari: We're not sandbagging
Total F1 - 28 Feb 2020 04:40
Ferrari have once again defended their preseason performance, with team principal Mattia Binotto stressing that he can't control the pace of his rivals. Fastest of all runners on Thursday in Barcelona, Sebastian Vettel's...
Williams Racing record the most laps on penultimate test day as Latifi finishes fourth
Total F1 - 28 Feb 2020 02:00
What a difference a year can make... This time last year Williams Racing were experiencing possibly the lowest point of their time in Formula 1 as they trailed the pack at the back of the field. Fast-forward to 2020 and ...
Gasly happy with ‘intense day' to finish second fastest in Barcelona
Total F1 - 28 Feb 2020 01:30
Scuderia AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly completed a total of 139 laps on day 5 of pre-season testing at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya ahead of the 2020 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season, setting the second fastest time...
Mercedes with thrilling pace, Ferrari long way behind - Day 5 analysis
Total F1 - 28 Feb 2020 00:50
F1 Test, Barcelona,Circuit de Catalunya The timesheet may suggest differently, but Mercedes has once again demonstrated their impressive pace today despite their reliability issues that have hindered them on the penultim...
Inside Line: Max's nearly lap and bonkers F1 pecking order
GRAND PRIX 247 - 28 Feb 2020 23:38
Last hour of Formula 1 pre-season testing at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya would be good I figured, surely somebody was going to unleash some wicked laps to end the test with a signal to their rivals and with F1TV comin...
Like it or not Mercedes will again be the team to beat
GRAND PRIX 247 - 28 Feb 2020 23:33
Reigning Formula 1 World Champions Mercedes will head to Australia for the March 15 season-opener as the top team in testing but with rivals Ferrari and Red Bull hinting at hidden pace. Valtteri Bottas produced the quick...
Is Ferrari International Assistance a thing again?
Total F1 - 28 Feb 2020 23:30
The FIA know stands for Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, but the Formula 1 governing body also has a history of being cosy with Ferrari over the years. Thus it is well known that the FIA has in the past been re...
Is Ferrari International Assistance a thing again?
GRAND PRIX 247 - 28 Feb 2020 23:21
The FIA know stands for Federation Internationale de l’Automobile, but the Formula 1 governing body also has a history of being cosy with Ferrari over the years. Thus it is well known that the FIA has in the past been ...
Barcelona test 28-02... in quotes
Total F1 - 28 Feb 2020 22:30
The teams reflect as the sixth and final day of pre-season testing comes to an end. Mercedes Lewis was behind the wheel of the W11 in the morning session, continuing his long-run work from the previous day and collecting...
Anyone-but-Busch bounty for Truck winners hits $100K
Racer - 28 Feb 2020 22:21
There is officially a bounty on Kyle Busch. It started as an idea last weekend on social media. Kevin Harvick threw it down on Twitter that (...)
Mercedes: 'We clearly still have some work to do'
Total F1 - 28 Feb 2020 22:20
Mercedes didn't have the cleanest of weeks by their standards, but they will head to the Australian Grand Prix as the favourites to win. Valtteri Bottas finished the final day with the fastest time of the session. This c...
Russell: 'It's something Mercedes needs to get working on'
Total F1 - 28 Feb 2020 22:01
George Russell isstarting his second season in Formula 1. On Friday, he looks back on recent winter tests and concludes that work needs to be done from the Mercedes point of view. Williams buy Mercedes' engine, which fai...
Coronavirus and Alain Prost: Fact and fiction
Total F1 - 28 Feb 2020 22:01
There is an Arab word, maktub. In essence, it means 'it is written', or that there is a certain destiny in life. So it seems that maktub has seldom rung so true as in the 2017 book Asterix and the Chariot Race, where not...
Verstappen 'definitely feels ready' after finding RB16's limits
Total F1 - 28 Feb 2020 22:00
Max Verstappen is all set and ready to go after two weeks of pre-season testing during which the Red Bull driver explored - and found - the limits of the team's RB16. Verstappen came close to stealing Valtteri Bottas thu...
Hamilton unconvinced by Pirelli's 'pumped up' tyres
Total F1 - 28 Feb 2020 22:00
Lewis Hamilton has expressed his frustrations with Pirelli's 2020 tyres after concluding pre-season testing in Barcelona, believing pressures are excessive. Pirelli initial plan for this season included the introduction ...
Coronavirus and Alain Prost: Fact and fiction
GRAND PRIX 247 - 28 Feb 2020 21:55
There is an Arab word, maktub. In essence, it means 'it is written', or that there is a certain destiny in life. So it seems that maktub has seldom rung so true as in the 2017 book Asterix and the Chariot Race, where not...