Sebastian Vettel fastest early as F1 tests resume, McLaren struggles
March 06, 2018 19:15 ISTVettel had the fastest time in the morning session with a lap of 1 minute, 20.396 seconds, two tenths faster than Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes.
Vettel had the fastest time in the morning session with a lap of 1 minute, 20.396 seconds, two tenths faster than Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes.
It was a busy day at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona after snowfall and cold temperatures kept most cars in the garage on Wednesday.
The Finish driver further said that he is not going to hold on his weaknesses and would rather concentrate on spending his energy and focus on performing well on track.
Cold weather also affected the first two days of testing, keeping teams from learning much about the new 2018 cars as the track remained without enough grip for proper runs.
The Finn's lap of 1 minute, 20.270 seconds was followed by Stoffel Vandoorne in his McLaren and Sebastian Vettel, who was getting his first drive behind the new Ferrari.
Team's development driver Nikita Mazepin will run the car first in Monday's testing while drivers Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon will take turns to test the new car later in the week.
Speaking at the launch of Mercedes' new W09 car at Silverstone, Hamilton said that he had already made it clear to his current Formula One team that he is not considering any other options outside Mercedes.
Williams Martini Racing revealed the first look of its 2018 Formula One challenger car, the Williams Mercedes FW41, at the team's season launch in London.
Bottas said 'grid girls' have been a part of the motorsport for quite a long time now, and the idea of introducing children in the F1 would be a great idea for the sport.
Brown insisted that McLaren and almost all other teams would be very interested to rope in Hamilton.
The four-time F1 champion was heavily criticized after he posted a video on his Instagram account wherein he could be seen lambasting his nephew online and making inappropriate comments on his relative's choice of Christmas attire.
Hamilton who holds the record for highest pole positions (72) said he was assured from the beginning of doing well in the 2017 season.
Describing Bottas as an "amazing" teammate, Hamilton backed the former to put up a more sustained challenge next season.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton recently became a four-time world champion with a ninth-place finish at the Mexican Grand Prix, the race which was won by the Red Bull's Verstappen.
The 30-year-old German finished behind Mercedes-Amg driver Lewis Hamilton in the 2017 F1 driver standings.
The Australian has said that the highest class auto racing is a talk around who has the fastest car rather than the natural driving talent.
The Brit driver won the F1 championship by a margin of 46 points over Vettel whose campaign imploded with crashes and reliability issues and resulted in a series of poor results in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan.
Lewis Hamilton has won the F1 title in three of the past four seasons with Mercedes, losing out to former teammate Nico Rosberg last year.
Despite Vettel leading the title chase for the first half of the Formula One championship, it was Hamilton who eventually took his fourth drivers' championship title.
Marchionne is unhappy with the sport's proposed 2021 engine rules, which were revealed at the end of October, and has said that Ferrari could leave F1.
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