Sebastian Vettel has named his 2018 F1 car ‘Loria’. The four-time World Champion’s tradition of naming his car ahead of the start of the season dates back to 2008, when he named his Toro Rosso STR3 ‘Julie’. The names became more creative as the seasons passed, with ‘Kate’s Dirty Sister’ in 2009 and ‘Kinky Kylie’ […]
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For the first time, this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix will feature three DRS activation zones. In hopes of increasing overtaking manoeuvres in the opening round of the season, a DRS detection point has been added 170 metres before turn eleven on the Albert Park track, with the activation zone being between turns twelve and thirteen.
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The new Safety Car which will be used in the 2018 Formula One season has been revealed. With a top speed of almost 200mph and 585bhp, the Mercedes AMG GT R is the most powerful Safety Car yet. The car is a step up from the previous model, the GT S, which had been used since
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Formula One returns with the Australian Grand Prix this weekend. With four months of the off-season, we’ve had plenty of time to crunch the numbers ahead of the 23rd running of the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park. Here are all the stats you need! Note: You can find updated Track Stats for the 2019
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The new Formula One season is coming faster than a car before the braking zone of Turn One at Monza. With that in mind, we posed fifteen prediction questions for the season ahead on Twitter. Join in with the prediction fun by voting on the polls below – all you need is a twitter account.
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Formula One is almost back. It’s time to get to know the teams and drivers who make up the 2018 grid a little better. Read all about how the stars of F1 got on in 2017, and how the drivers compared to their team-mates in 2017. MERCEDES Slow off the mark when they rejoined as
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Before the start of the second week of Winter Testing, I posted five prediction polls on the Lights Out twitter account. How many of the questions did you get right? Find out below! 1. Will Toro Rosso do the most laps in Winter Testing? 1. By the end of the second week of testing, will
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We all know lap times don’t matter too much in Winter Testing – but the lap count is perhaps more significant. Below you can see which drivers and teams did the most (and least) laps on each day of the second test and which drivers and teams did the most laps in total over the
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Before the start of Winter Testing, I posted five prediction polls on the Lights Out twitter account. How many of the questions did you get right? Find out below! 1. Which team will be fastest in the first week? 1. Which team will have set the fastest time by the end of the first week
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Formula One will have an official theme song when it returns for the 2018 season. Though at the moment it is unclear where and how exactly it will be used, the theme has been composed by Brian Tyler, who has composed the scores for films such as Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Power Rangers
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We all know lap times don’t matter too much in Winter Testing – but the lap count is perhaps more significant. Below you can see which drivers and teams did the most (and least) laps on each day of the tests and which drivers and teams did the most laps in total over the four
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Just 16 laps were run on the third day of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Read all about it in Lights Out’s Day 3 Report! The session was scheduled to start at 9am local time, but the conditions meant that the medical helicopter was unable to fly, so the start of the day’s
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There was rain, there was snow and there was limited running on the second day of Winter Testing ahead of the 2018 F1 season. Read all about it in Lights Out’s Day 2 report! Driving in today’s test were Valtteri Bottas for Mercedes, Sebastian Vettel for Ferrari, Max Verstappen for Red Bull, Esteban Ocon for Force
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Formula 1 has announced F1 TV – the sport’s official OTT platform. The launch has been rumoured for some time. For $8-$12 per month, fans will be able to access all F1, F2, GP3 and Porsche Supercup sessions. Subscribers will also be able to access twenty on-board cameras, F1’s historical archive of footage and pre-event
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Williams will lose their title sponsor Martini at the end of the 2018 season. The news comes as the Bacardi Group – who own the Martini brand -will end their involvement in Formula One after their Williams contract comes to an end. Claire Williams has said that the team’s young driver line-up of Lance Stroll
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Formula One returned with the first day of Winter Testing ahead of the 2018 season. There was early drama for McLaren, an impressive showing from Honda and mixed weather conditions. Read all about it in Lights Out’s Day 1 report! The first day of Winter Testing for 2018 was preceded by three teams officially unveiling
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Force India have become the final team to unveil their 2018 F1 car – the VJM11. The car remains pink for a second season, thanks to their sponsorship from BWT. COO of the Silverstone outfit, Otmar Szafnauer, says there’s still a ‘high probability’ that the team will change their name ahead of the new season, but they
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Former F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone has a radical idea for shaking up Formula 1 – by making it an all-electric series. The 87 year-old multi-billionaire – whose previous ideas for shaking up proceedings have included allowing cars to take shortcuts and using sprinkler systems to create random wet races – has said the sport could
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