Renault progress as expected – Ricciardo

    Daniel Ricciardo says Renault made the expected step forwards with its power unit over the winter. Red Bull and Renault’s relationship became strained in 2015 due to reliability and performance issues, leading Red Bull to re-badge the power units as Tag Heuer’s this year. Having been expecting to fight for the championship last season, Ricciardo…

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      Raikkonen sets fastest time after debut of Halo

      Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest time of pre-season testing so far on the penultimate morning in Barcelona. The Finn – who completed an installation lap sporting the Halo cockpit protection concept on his Ferrari – set a time of 1:22.765 on the ultrasoft tyre to set a new benchmark for the two tests. Sebastian Vettel had…

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        Massa hails ‘best day up to now’

        Felipe Massa described the penultimate day of pre-season testing as “the best day I had up to now” after finishing with the second fastest time. The Brazilian driver took over from team-mate Valtteri Bottas for the final two days of testing and proceeded to complete more than 100 laps and go second behind Kimi Raikkonen…

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          ‘Giroud & Batshuayi are more than capable’ – Abraham injury of no concern to Chelsea colleague Christensen

          The Blues defender saw an in-form team-mate pick up a knock during a Champions League clash with Valencia, but there are other options available Tammy Abraham’s injury has presented Chelsea boss Frank Lampard with a selection poser up front, but Andreas Christensen claims Olivier Giroud and Michy Batshuayi are “more than capable” of providing cover….

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            Grosjean confronted Ericsson over Turn 1 clash

            Romain Grosjean says he confronted Marcus Ericsson after the Chinese Grand Prix about his driving at the start of the race. Going through the ever-tightening Turn 1, Grosjean was on the inside of Ericsson when the Sauber driver moved further across in front of the Haas. Grosjean took to the inside kerb to try and…

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