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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: Picking up where he left off in Bahrain, and following some more very strong results in F2, Nicholas drove extremely well all day today. This allowed us to complete almost all the tests that we had planned. Over 134 laps, we completed a series of test programmes as we evaluated some new components and began some […]
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Race Notes George Russell finished 17th and Robert Kubica 18th in the Spanish Grand Prix Robert started 17th on the grid and George 19th both on the medium Pirelli tyre following a number of penalties for cars ahead Both drivers ran a two-stop race, pitting first for the soft tyres and once more for a new set of medium tyres with a stacked pitstop […]
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: We were able to complete some useful testing during FP1 and FP2 today as we made up for the time lost in Baku two weeks ago. Conditions were good all day and the track seemed to offer decent grip throughout the day. Robert had a small issue on his car during FP2, which cost us some […]
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With the first four races of the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship in the book, we return to familiar ground this weekend as the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya plays host to the Spanish Grand Prix. The fifth round of the year kick starts the traditional European leg of the season and presents a track that is very familiar to both […]
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Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: It’s very disappointing to miss two days of this first test in Barcelona, but we are very happy today that we got the car out for the afternoon session. We were late but not for the lack of incredible effort from the whole team both in the factory and here in the garage. We spent the […]
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Driver: Robert Kubica Chassis / Engine: FW41-02 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M09 EQ Power+ Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, 4.655 km Weather: Warm and dry Temperatures (min-max): Air 22ºC / Track 30ºC Dave Robson, Performance Projects – Principal Engineer: We’ve had another very busy and productive day today with a lot of laps completed. We’ve run a solid programme with Robert, building […]
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Driver: Oliver Rowland Chassis / Engine: FW41-02 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M09 EQ Power+ Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, 4.655 km Weather: Warm and dry Temperatures (min-max): Air 16-26ºC / Track 18-36ºC Dave Robson, Performance Projects – Principal Engineer: It’s been a really good day of testing. Oliver’s got through in excess of 120 laps which, given this was achieved within a […]
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Race Notes Lance Stroll finished 11th and Sergey Sirotkin 14th in the Spanish Grand Prix Both cars started on the soft Pirelli tyre, with Lance starting 18th and Sergey 19th Lance had an excellent start to climb to P12 on the opening lap meanwhile a crash between Grosjean, Hulkenberg and Gasly brought out the Safety Car Sergey had to take […]
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Qualifying Notes Sergey Sirotkin qualified 18th and Lance Stroll 19th for the Spanish Grand Prix Both Sergey and Lance qualified on the supersoft Pirelli tyre After completing initial runs, both drivers returned to the track with less than five minutes remaining, and Sergey improved by half a second to go P18 Lance improved and set personal best times in sectors […]
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Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: Firstly I want to congratulate Robert on his first official F1 session since he left the sport at the end of 2010. He did a fantastic job for us today, and it is a great credit to his determination and character that we have seen his return to F1. I’m only sorry that the car […]
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