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– Felipe Massa finished 13th and Lance Stroll 16th at the Spanish Grand Prix – Lance made a good start on a set of new soft tyres, avoiding the action to move up from P18 to P13 on the opening lap – After a great start, Felipe and Fernando Alonso made contact at turn two, resulting in a front-right puncture […]
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Q1 F. Massa 1:22.138 (14th) L. Stroll 1:22.411 (18th) Quickest time: L. Hamilton 1:20.511 Q2 F. Massa 1:21.222 (8th) L. Stroll – Quickest time: L. Hamilton 1:20.210 Q3 F. Massa 1:21.232 (9th) L. Stroll – Quickest time: L. Hamilton 1:19.149 Qualifying Notes – Felipe Massa qualified ninth and Lance Stroll 18th for the Spanish Grand Prix – Both drivers struggled […]
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FP1 Weather: Warm and dry Air & Track Temperatures: 18-23C / 23-38C F Massa, FW40-03, Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+, 1:24.618 (14th) L Stroll, FW40-02, Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+, 1:25.919 (18th) Quickest time: L. Hamilton 1:21.521 FP2 Weather: Warm and dry Air & Track Temperatures: 24-26C / 39-45C F Massa, FW40-03, Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+, 1:22.015 (9th) L […]
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Paddy Lowe We come to the first European race of the season. After the Russian Grand Prix this is the first time that we have seen all the cars and freight come back to the factory since everything headed out to Australia in early March. It marks a new phase in the calendar as we return to the familiar surrounds […]
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Driver: Alex Lynn Chassis / Engine: FW38-02 / PU106C Hybrid Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, 4.655km Weather: Warm and Dry Maximum air & track temps: 23ºC / 39ºC Rod Nelson, Chief Test & Support Engineer: It was a very successful day. We’ve been doing a lot of aero testing today on development items. We also went through a programme looking at […]
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Barcelona, Spain 4.655km / 2.89 miles FP1 Weather: Warm and Dry Air & Track Temperatures: 16-19°C / 23-34°C V Bottas, FW38-03, PU106C Hybrid, 1:25.672 (7th) F Massa, FW38-02, PU106C Hybrid 1:26.186 (9th) Quickest time: S. Vettel (1:23.951) FP2 Weather: Warm and Dry Air & Track Temperatures: 19-21°C / 36-43°C V Bottas, FW38-03, PU106C Hybrid, 1:25.708 (11th) F Massa, FW38-02, PU106C […]
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Driver: Alex Lynn Chassis / Engine: FW37-01 / PU106B Hybrid Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, 4.655km Objectives: Aero and chassis work Weather: Hot and Dry Air & track temps: 19 – 31 ºC / 26 – 52 ºC Rod Nelson, Chief Test & Support Engineer: It has been a good day with Alex in the car, his first time in a […]
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Driver: Felipe Massa Chassis / Engine: FW37-01 / PU106B Hybrid Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, 4.655km Objectives: Aero and Chassis Work Weather: Hot and Dry Air & track temps: 19 – 31ºC / 26 – 52ºC Rod Nelson, Chief Test & Support Engineer: We had a good day with development work on this and next years’ cars. The conditions are similar […]
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Race Notes: • Valtteri Bottas finished fourth and Felipe Massa sixth in today’s Spanish Grand Prix. • Valtteri’s long second stint on the option tyre allowed the team to change from a three-stop to a two-stop race, helping him to keep the closing Ferrari of Räikkönen at bay in the final laps. • Felipe managed to make up positions in […]
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Circuit de Catalunya 4.655kms / 2.892miles Qualifying Notes • Valtteri Bottas qualified fourth and Felipe Massa ninth for tomorrow’s Spanish Grand Prix • Valtteri drove a clean qualifying with consistent pace in all sessions to split the Ferraris in Q3 and start on the second row. • After using two sets of option tyres to ensure his place in the […]
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