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Vettel beat Mercedes’ previous benchmark by 0.286 seconds but said Mercedes remained favourites ahead of the first race in Australia on 24-26 March. But Hamilton said: “I think Ferrari are bluffing and that they are a lot quicker than they are showing. “They are very close, if not faster.” He …

Thursday, 9 March 2017 :   The two-time champion said the Honda had “no reliability and no power”, with only two days of testing remaining before the first race of the season on 26 March. But the Spaniard said he was “enjoying” driving the faster 2017 cars and added: “I feel …

Wednesday, 1 March 2017 :  Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne completed only 40 laps – just 11 more than team-mate Fernando Alonso on Monday. With a quarter of pre-season testing gone, McLaren have completed 69 slow laps. Mercedes have done more than 300. Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferrari was fastest on Tuesday, from Lewis …

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 :  Lewis Hamilton was fastest as Mercedes completed 152 laps with both their drivers at Circuit de Catalunya. Hamilton was 0.113 seconds faster than Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari, which also ran reliably and used the slower medium tyre with the Mercedes on the soft. By contrast, the …

Saturday, 25 February 2017 :The 35-year-old Spaniard said he was “100% committed to winning”, adding: “I want to be world champion.” Alonso, champion in 2005 and 2006, has not won a race since 2013 as a result of a lack of performance from his cars. He added that he had …

The 45-year-old marketing guru will start work at McLaren next month. “In my new role I’ll be able to combine my absolute passion with my unparalleled area of expertise – respectively motorsport and marketing – while ensuring that the two stay totally aligned,” said Brown. But McLaren have confirmed that, …

Thursday, 25 May 2017 :  Jenson Button says he is feeling no pressure going into his one-off return to Formula 1 at Monaco this weekend. The 2009 world champion is substituting at McLaren for Fernando Alonso, who is racing in the Indianapolis 500. Button said: “I am very relaxed. Very …

Saturday, 15 April 2017 :  Britain’s Jenson Button will stand in for Fernando Alonso at next month’s Monaco Formula One Grand Prix while the Spaniard competes in the Indianapolis 500 on the same day, McLaren announced on Friday. Monaco resident Button, who handed over his McLaren seat to Belgian rookie …