Sentences with phrase «f1 team driver»

An FIA statement read: «Following an examination undertaken this morning at the Bahrain International Circuit Medical Centre, it has been decided that McLaren Honda F1 Team driver Fernando Alonso should not take part in this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix.

Not exact matches

«The Mark Webber team was telling him to try and take care of the engine a few laps before the finish because they could see from the data that the engine was in danger of breaking down and two laps before the finish it exploded,» he added, referring to the F1 race driver.

It featured a range of different game modes and the F1 drivers and teams, although only PGP was licensed.

The Red Bull team principal is wondering why Lewis Hamilton doesn't rate Daniel Ricciardo as one of the best drivers in F1

Surely the new driver on the grid that fans will expect the most from, 20 - year - old Charles Leclerc will partner Marcus Ericsson at the new - look Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 team.

«Ferrari: Race to Immortality» focuses on the Scuderia's early years in F1 and the drivers who raced for the team

2018 should be a fascinating battle, and hopefully I can offer fans a bit of an insight into the teams, the personalities and everything it takes to be an F1 driver.

Fellow IndyCar driver Conor Daly says that Josef Newgarden's progression in recent years shows that F1 teams should be having a serious look at hiring him

That's all set to change this year though as McLaren is set to launch a «World's Fastest Gamer» competition, with the winner given a role as a simulator driver for its F1 team.

F1 benefits from the added diversity and potential of another team becoming more competitive, and Ferrari benefit from not having to lend them Antonio Giovinazzi when one of the Sauber drivers gets injured from rolling a three - wheeler or crashing into a chicken.

The first official F1 esports series has its grand final in Abu Dhabi this weekend, and McLaren launched a competition to find a gamer who was good enough to become the F1 team's official simulator driver.

He was a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy and completed testing Ferrari and Force India, before moving up to F1 with the Marussia team.

An F1 driver always wants to beat their team mate, but these drivers got well and truly demolished by them.

Liberty Media have made massive steps in giving F1 a bigger presence on social media this year, with teams and drivers able to share more content than ever before.

With Formula E providing a place for manufacturers to develop electric power Christian Horner reckons that F1 should stop chasing future engine technologies and go back to a formula which puts emphasis back on the drivers and teams.

You browse the internet for F1 stories but there isn't much around as the teams and drivers take some time off.

Fernando was the third youngest F1 driver ever on his debut and impressed immediately, out - qualifying his team mate Tarso Marques by a ridiculous 2.6 seconds.

F1 teams and drivers have another week of testing ahead and will be hoping that bad weather doesn't cause another week of stuttered running.

Like any F1 guide there's a complete rundown of the teams and their drivers, as well as guides to all the tracks and countries the sport visits.

Alongside a number of rule changes agreed at the last F1 Strategy Group, the F1 teams were told that «sporting regulations will be strictly enforced» to make sure driver names and numbers are clearer.

From 1950 to 1960 the Indianapolis 500 counted towards the World Championship in F1, even though it was run to completely different rules by completely different teams and drivers.

Although she was development driver for Lotus in 2015, Jorda has only driven an F1 car in the team simulator, which makes you wonder what experience she seems to be speaking from.

As an F1 driver and a member of Team Mugen, I will push to win.

It was in April that year when Hamilton signed a development driver programme with McLaren — kick - starting a relationship that lasted all the way to the end of 2012, when he left the McLaren F1 team for Mercedes.

Due to the clash between this year's Le Mans and the European Grand Prix, F1 fans, journalists, drivers and team personnel didn't get to watch the conclusion to one of the greatest Le Mans races ever.

That's because he's teamed up with Robert Kubica's manager, Alessandro Alunni Bravi, in an effort to boost Kubica's chances of becoming an F1 driver again.

In F1, drivers and teams usually lay down a few plans for the opening part of the race in advance, but Alonso has said that just can't be done in IndyCar.

A lot of the F1 teams use software generated from the games industry to give a more realistic environment for their driver simulators.

There'd also be a «Rookie Night Race» with teams» reserve drivers and those racing in their first F1 season, to take place on the Friday evening of a race week.

«I am extremely happy to join the Sauber F1 Team as a development driver,» Calderon said.

Brawn also said F1 is looking at setting up a live F1 game, where people can compete in a virtual race that happens at the same time as an actual Grand Prix to see how they stack up against the real teams and drivers.

The French F1 driver competed in 34 races for the Marussia team but sadly passed away in July 2015 from injuries sustained in his crash during the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix.

Williams racer Lance Stroll didn't get his first test as a fully - fledged F1 driver off to the best start when he brought the team's running to an early end following a spin through the Turn 9 gravel trap.

But despite the potential of social media to bridge the gap between the sport and its fans F1's previous owners put heavy restrictions on how teams and drivers could utilise it — especially when it comes to video — because obviously if Bernie couldn't make money from it, he wasn't interested.

Allowing teams and drivers to share more on social media can only be a good thing; F1 is way behind some other championships in this area.

He'd just had an impressive points - scoring season with Manor and, when Nico Rosberg announced his shock retirement, as a Mercedes junior driver Pascal looked to be in prime position to be promoted to F1's top team.

One of the criticisms of F1 is that the drivers are seen as PR robots, unable to say anything that might be seen as controversial or harmful to the team and its sponsors.

This will all be done alongside full campaigns in junior categories, in which each driver will seek to justify their positions with these F1 teams.

In 1996, legendary F1 drivers Ralf Schumacher and Naoki Hattori drove a Team Lark McLaren F1 GTR to second place in the Japanese GT Championship.

Unlike many other esports competitions though, this one came with a seriously epic prize - a job as one of the official simulator drivers for the F1 team.

Gurney joined Porsche's factory F1 team in 1961 where a trio of second places helped him to fourth in the drivers» championship.

These McLaren - affiliated drivers must consider the prospect of getting a call - up to the F1 team in 2019 - especially in Norris's case - because Brown has essentially announced that both seats are potentially up for grabs.

He'll drive alongside two - time Formula E race winner and former Marussia F1 driver Jerome d'Ambrosio, who's been with the team from the beginning.

Fernando Alonso has become the first F1 driver to get involved with esports after launching his own team

He told team boss Ken Tyrrell how good he was and before long, Cevert was an F1 driver for Tyrrell.

F1 Live London will mark the first time F1 teams have completed a huge demonstration in the UK's capital since 2004, when drivers took to the roads around Piccadilly Circus and Regent Street.

Buying a flag, or wearing a branded team cap or t - shirt are all fairly low - key ways to show your support for an F1 driver at a race track.

Like so many other talented drivers later would, he started his F1 career with the Minardi team, but the unreliable cars meant he only actually reached finished five races in two seasons with the team.

The Toro Rosso driver thinks F1's stewards are punishing him more than others after his clash with team - mate Carlos Sainz Jr. at Silverstone

Jolyon's dad got his F1 career underway in 1983 when he was a Williams test driver and was rewarded with a one - off race in Brands Hatch that year when the team entered a third car specifically for him.