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Mar252016 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Racing cars are two and a half seconds faster this year than last year

Those of us who found a (foreign) program last Saturday, where we could watch the broadcast of qualifications for the first race of this year's Formula One season, which will be the first in more than 30 years that none of our television stations will broadcast in Slovenia, we were so shocked, surprised and appalled at how miserably the last part of the qualifiers failed in particular that we didn’t even notice the time Lewis Hamilton, the fastest racer on Saturday, drove around the track in Albert Park. The Briton drove the lap 2.5 seconds faster than last year, which only testifies to how diligent they were at Mercedes over the winter. Of course, the offer of the mixes that Pirelli brought to Melbourne this year is also partly to blame for the better round. Last year the racers had a soft and medium hard mix at their disposal, and this year they had on

Mar182016 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Hamilton starts the season at the top

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Lewis Hamilton was the fastest racer in the first practice before the Australian Grand Prix, who was disturbed by the rain. The Briton drove the best lap, 1: 29.725, on dry track tires during downpours, and his lap time is just under two tenths worse than the best time of last year’s first practice (1: 29.557) set by Nico Rosberg. The Mercedes racer was 0.421 seconds better than second-placed Daniil Kvyat with Red Bull. The third was Kvyat's teammate Daniel Ricciardo, and the fourth time went to Nico Hulkenberg. Fifth was Max Verstappen in Toro Rosso. Only sixth was Hamilton’s team-mate Rosberg, who, despite the fastest first sector, failed to put together a full lap on dry track tires by the end of training. Both McLarns followed the German. Fernando Hello

Nov102015 by Blaž Štremfelj7 Comments

Marquez finished the first tests for 2016 at the top

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The heat has not subsided since the end of the 2015 season, but attention is already focused on the 2016 season. So the racers and teams passed the first day of official testing of the 2016 season. A test day in Valencia, where racers continued to learn about new tires. will be supplied by Michelin next season, marked by many falls. The first to fall in search of the border was Marc Marquez, whose front tire on his Honda slipped in the fourth lap after the first hour. A lap earlier, the Spaniard set the fastest time to date, namely 1: 32.077, which was improved in the next hour by Cal Crutchlow and Dani Pedrosa with their Hondas. After three hours, Marquez swung to the top of the tables again with a round of 1: 31.551. Time remained the fastest until the end of the day as the Spaniard switched to a motorcycle for arrival

Mar12015 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Rosberg pleased with the winter preparations

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Nico Rosberg did not hide his optimism at the end of the pre-season tests, exactly two weeks before the first race of this year, after he drove the fastest time. That Mercedes will be hard to beat this year was clear even before the start of testing, as their superiority last season was too great, and the combined testing times only confirm expectations. Rosberg spent the best time on soft tires, and his teammate Lewis Hamilton came closest to him on the same mix. The British time was a good two tenths worse. Although Valtteri Bottas and Williams approached Hamilton's time at four hundredths of a second, he set his time on faster, super-soft tires. The team from Grove predicted a run to the top places after a successful last season and judging by the times, they also succeeded, as

Feb192015 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Maldonado fastest at the start of testing in Barcelona

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Lotus racer Pastor Maldonado set the fastest time of the first day of testing in Barcelona. The Venezuelan stopped twice on the track with his E23, then put on soft tires towards the end of the day and set the fastest time, which was a tenth and a half better than the time set by Kimi Raikkonen in the fast Ferrari. The Finn spent his time on slower, medium-hard tires. Third was Daniel Ricciardo with Red Bull. The Australian was also bothered by the technique in the morning and he also achieved his time on a soft rubber compound. Sergio Perez was fourth with last year’s Force Indie race car left to him by Pascal Wehrlein, who replaced the sick Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes race car. Felipe Nasr, who was involved in the collision with Susie Wolff, scored five

Feb22015 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Vettel one second faster than yesterday

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Sebastian Vettel was the fastest racer on the first day, he was also the fastest in the morning part of the second day. The German, who switched from Red Bull to Ferrari this year, was almost a second faster than his lap time yesterday. His time yesterday was surpassed only by Mercedes racer Lewis Hamilton, who again led in the number of laps. In the morning, a Lotus E23 race car driven by Pastor Maldonado also drove on the track for the first time. The Venezuelan drove a few laps, which was more than they were able to take at Red Bull after a mistake by Daniil Kvyat, and after new technical problems at McLarn. Kvyat has damaged the front wings of the car, so the test day continues without it, as the team did not have a spare. McLaren as well as Honda were hoping, d

Feb12015 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Morning on top of Mercedes

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As of today, the Formula One teams have started their final preparations for this season. The first pre-season tests began in Jerez, during which Mercedes reigned supreme in the morning. The team of current champions basically tested their car this year last week in Silverston, so it is not surprising that they set the fastest time of the morning work, while Nico Rosberg drove 06 laps with the W84 car, while all other teams did it together. 98 rounds. We also kind of expected this year’s race cars to be faster and we got confirmation today. Rosberg’s morning time was two seconds faster than last year. But McLaren Honda’s problems seem to continue. After being in Abu Dhabi last December with an intermediate race car in two days most of the time

Jan222015 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Loeb swept the competition when he returned to the WRC!

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After the first speed test of the Monte Carlo Rally, Sebastien Loeb is in the lead, returning behind the wheel of a Citroen WRC race car. He completed the first test in 15 minutes and 53 seconds, Otto Tanaka was 22 times faster than the second fastest, and almost 31 seconds faster than current world champion Sebastien Ogier in the Volkswagen Polo. "I'm very happy with the time. I told Daniel I felt in a few places that we stopped because we were driving so slowly," Loeb commented on the best time of the first test.

May132014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

At Marussii found 3 seconds!

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Max Chilton and the Marussia team were surprised today, as the Englishman achieved the fastest time of the day, which was three seconds better than his best time in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix, which took place on the same track two days ago. Chilton explained that they achieved so much better time just by improving the settings, which means that only with better settings could the Marussie race car even start in fourth place at the start in Spain, ahead of Valtteri Bottas with Williams, who is in the last part on Saturday qualifiers set a time of 1: 26.632. "It's a successful day behind us. Finishing it as the fastest is an added bonus," Chilton said. “We’ve been improving all day and the fact that we’ve improved the car so much with the settings is a very big step away from what we

May132014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Chilton surprised with the fastest time

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Max Chilton surprised with the fastest time of the first of two days of testing in Barcelona. Racer Marussie overtook Lotus reserve racer Charles Pico by 0.227 seconds and 13 thousandths of a second more, Lewis Hamilton. The question of how Chilton managed to drive such a time is likely to remain unanswered and will only be the subject of much speculation, as his best time at the Spanish Grand Prix on the same track was more than three seconds slower. The Englishman drove a total of 60 laps. Lewis Hamilton completed 79 laps throughout the day, followed by Kimi Raikkonen, who has a difficult day behind him. In the morning, his power unit failed, and in the afternoon he flew off the track once, so he drove only 21 laps, which is the least of all participants. Testing will be when