日: 2022年3月11日

The team was only eighth fastest overall in Spain, having lost most of the final day after a hydraulic leak led to a fire.
Like other teams Alpine has brought a package of updates to the Bahrain test. The car didn’t set any headline-grabbing times on Thursday when an issue restricted mileage, but on Friday Esteban Ocon was fastest in the morning session.
“Obviously we had a strange day …Keep reading

Nicholas Latifi was forced to slow on track after a fire emerged at the rear of his Williams FW44 car during the morning session at the Bahrain International Circuit, before spinning at Turn 12.
The session was quickly red-flagged while Latifi jumped out of the car, which was then tended to by a fire marshal who extinguished the flames.
The incident resulted in a red flag lasting nearly 40 …Keep reading

Williams has announced that it will take no further part in Friday’s running in Bahrain as its FW44…

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A technical issue with a plane in Turkey that was bringing Haas’s freight to Bahrain for the second test meant its cargo did not arrive until Tuesday evening.
It forced Haas to miss the opening morning of running in Bahrain on Thursday. The Haas VF-22 car only got out on-track yesterday afternoon, leaving the team on the back foot.
The team asked if it would be able to complete an extra …Keep reading

Team boss Christian Horner was quoted as saying by German publication Auto Motor Und Sport on Thursday that he had doubts about the legality of the sidepods, and suggested they were not within the ‘spirit of the regulations’.
Red Bull subsequently denied that Horner has spoken to the media, before later clarifying that nothing had been said as an official statement.
Speaking in public for …Keep reading

On the back of an encouraging week in the first pre-season test in Barcelona, McLaren has endured a more difficult time at Sakhir after struggling with overheating brakes.
The team could not find a cure for the problem at the track, and that meant that Lando Norris’ long-run plans have been restricted during the first two days.
McLaren’s factory has been mobilised to manufacture revised …Keep reading

Even the very best of cars can have their areas of weakness, or diva-like tendencies as they have been coined by Mercedes in recent years. But on the 1996 Williams FW18, weak spots were few and far between.
Damon Hill took it to eight wins, nine pole positions and that year’s world championship title, making it a shoo-in for his favourite car. He also achieved a feat matched by only two other …Keep reading