Formula 1 2016

New season's starting in a few weeks. I know that is becoming boring and wildly unpopular, but i think that this season is going to be different.

Vettel with Ferrari is my favorite, its time for Mercedes to step down  8)

If someone is F1 fan, lets share some opinions, suggestions and hopefully enjoy a thrilling season.  :)

Today, live on their website Renault has unveiled its new RS16 car, painted in black-and-yellow livery, but livery could change for Melbourne. :)

Toro Rosso have just passed the mandatory crash tests ahead of the start of pre-season testing.

Their new car will have longer wheelbase and will be powered by Ferrari engines. Verstappen said yesterday that he expects to be faster between eight tents and a second. :)

I haven't been following Formula 1 closely for a while now, and I used to watch every single race and qualifying session in the 1990s. It got way too technological and less spectacular, but I guess I'll try to watch a race this season and see how it feels.

Thats exactly what people dont like, too much technology is involved. Senna's and Schumacher's time was simple, pure racing speed, but this season is expected for Ferrari to catch up Mercedes. So i recommend you to watch at least one race, it should be a great battle between them :)

It is official now, Pascal Wehrlein finally found his place in Fomula 1.

He will race for Manor racing in 2016. :)

Yesterday, Red Bull Racing revealed their livery and kit for 2016. Matte black looks good :)

New car will be revealed on February 22nd.

Manor Racing has confirmed that their second driver is Rio Haryanto, 23-year-old Indonesian driver.

Scuderia Ferrari will reveal their 2016 title challenger, livery and kit tomorow at 14hCET, live on their website.

Today, both Scuderia Ferrari and Williams Martini racing have revealed their car for 2016 season.

Scuderia Ferrari - SF16-H

Williams - FW38

Mclaren-Honda, Mercedes AMG Petronas and Haas Racing have presented their 2016 car, today.

Winter testing in Barcelona starts tomorrow, finally :)

Currently Vettel is on top of the timesheets at Barcelona, first day of winter testing. This looks promising for Ferrari and for the tifosi, also good job for Toro Rosso. Mclaren showed us an improvent in reliability, but the gap is still huge.

However, these results shouldnt be taken for granted, because there are no information on who was pushing hard, who was driving on full fuel tank, or empty one, etc...

Winter testing at Barcelona, day 1, Timesheet:

Well,in last years,the difference between teams is really big and because of that there was not too much interesting seasons in last period.Vettel will be favorite,it is final time to get Scuderia on the top of the Formula 1.Hamilton will be his biggest rival and it wont be easy for Vettel ,at all...

Well,in last years,the difference between teams is really big and because of that there was not too much interesting seasons in last period.Vettel will be favorite,it is final time to get Scuderia on the top of the Formula 1.Hamilton will be his biggest rival and it wont be easy for Vettel ,at all...

This season I expect that Ferrari is going to have a better pace, or at least the same as Mercedes.Other teams are just to far behind. Two great drivers against each other, it's going to be a great battle. :)

On day 2 winter testing at Barcelona, Vettel is still on top of the timesheet.

First time today drivers were testing new Pirelli Ultra soft tyre with purple line on it.

Earlier today, Renault had some problems on the engine with white smoke coming out.

Five minutes before the end of the day, unpleasant thing happend to Ferrari.Vettel suddenly stopped the car causing a red flag.There are still no information what caused him to stop.

Winter testing at Barcelona, day 2, Timesheet:

Fastest laps after the first 2 days:

Lewis Hamilton said today that the motivated to win a third title in a row. Great!

Breaking news:

In order to make things more interesting, qualifycation system is changing for 2016.

All F1 teams agreed with elimination style qualifying.

Q1

1. will last for 16 minutes

2. After 7 minutes, the slowest driver is going to be eliminated

3. Slowest driver will be eliminated every 90 seconds until the end of time

4. 7 drivers is going to be eliminated, 15 are progressing to Q2.

Q2

1. will last for 15 minutes

2. After 6 minutes, slowest driver is going to be eliminated

3. Slowest driver will be  eliminated every 90 seconds until the end of time

4. 7 drivers are going to be eliminated, 8 are progressing to Q3.

Q3

1. will last for 14 minutes

2. After 5 minutes, slowest driver is going to be eliminated

3. Slowest driver is going to be eliminated every 90 seconds until the end of time

4. 2 drivers are left in final which will last 90 seconds.

They are changing the one thing that was ok in Formula 1, this is no problem solution in my opinion.

Now this is going to be really interesting.... First off- everybody will have to drive on their best driving game, because you can't just sit there the whole minutes and go out in the end to do your lap and hope for the best :)

Now this is going to be really interesting.... First off- everybody will have to drive on their best driving game, because you can't just sit there the whole minutes and go out in the end to do your lap and hope for the best :)

Exactly, no room for mistakes now, those Ultra soft tyres are going to make the difference :)

Day 3 winter testing at Barcelona, Timesheet:

1.  Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1:23.110, supersoft tyres, 99 laps

2.  Romain Grosjean, Haas, soft tyres, 1:25.874, 82 laps

3.  Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:25.977, medium tyres, 77 laps

4.  Kevin Magnussen, Renault, 1:26.014, soft tyres, 111 laps

5.  Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:26.084, medium tyres, 74 laps

6.  Carlos Sainz, 1:26.239, medium tyres, 161 laps

7.  Felipe Nasr, Sauber, 1:26.392, medium tyres, 115 laps

8.  Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:26.421, medium tyres, 88 laps

9.  Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull, 1:26.497, medium tyres, 74 laps

10.  Felipe Massa, Williams, 1:26.712, medium tyres,109 laps

11.  Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:26.919, medium tyres, 51 laps

12.  Rio Haryanto, Manor, 1:28.249, 78 laps

Some noticable moments:

Force India was quickest today, Jenson Button's Mclaren broke down in the middle of the day, as well as Magnussen's Renault. Kimi Raikonen's Ferrari had some problems with the fueling system and he went to the track after three hours delay. Mercedes once again have done some serious mileage, they look bulletproof.

Force India were the fastest because they used the spft tyres. Everyone else wan doing testa for the long stinta

Force India were the fastest because they used the spft tyres. Everyone else wan doing testa for the long stinta

Yes, but as I saw, it was nice for them to finish on top, even though that was on softer tyre, they seemed happy :D

Off course, they are happy, the sponsors afe happy and the money keepa flowing. Today is another thing:)

On the last day of first winter testing at Barcelona another Ferrari driver made on top of the timesheet.

Manor Racing, Renault and Haas Racing had some problems today, but they were are able to recover later on and continue testing. McLaren on the other hand had some serious problems with water leaks, and they did only 3 laps. They can't catch a break.

Second part of winter testing starts on Tuesday.

Day 4 at Barcelona, Timesheet at lunch break:

As they finished the first part of the winter testing,there are some analysis. Mercedes as a team and a power unit suplier looks very reliable. They covered a distance like 10 Grand Prix.

They really out-run all opponents.

Because of some new timing software issues, new elimination qualifying system will not be used until Spanish GP.

I dont know why, It doesnt seem hard to me, just measuring lap times and droping out the slowest one :/

Sauber F1 team revealed their 2016 car, and Scuderia Toro Rosso have revealed new livery for 2016. Both cars are powered by Ferrari 2015-spec engine.

Sauber F1 team - Sauber-C35

Scuderia Toro Rosso - SRT11

Second and final winter testing at Barcelona is underway,it will last 'till Friday.

Second winter testing at Barcelona, Day 1:

Mercedes totally dominted today, they were again team with most laps driven, and with some qualifying practise laps they raised the bar. Ferrari again had problems, now some gearbox isues.

If we look in the picture bellow, Vettel still has the fastest lap time, but he drove on Ultrasoft tyre compound, and Nico Rosberg set his fastest time on Soft tires. Difference between these tyre compounds is about 1.5 seconds in favor of Ultrasoft. When Rosberg put those Ultrasoft he is going to be about 1.3 seconds faster.

It's starting to look like we're going to have a boring season again.

Watching the tests- Ferrari's are faster on the mediums than the mercs, but looking on the big picture mercedes will keep dominating this year. More interesting will be- how good will HAAS come in :D

Watching the tests- Ferrari's are faster on the mediums than the mercs, but looking on the big picture mercedes will keep dominating this year. More interesting will be- how good will HAAS come in :D

I am still lying myself that Ferrari can challenge them :D

I think Haas will end up in front of Sauber,Manor and Renault, somewhere near McLaren.

Sauber didn't made much inovations for this year, Manor is having problems, and they dont have experienced drivers like Haas,and Renault just doesn't have that power.

Ferrari will take some wins from Mecedes, but to be a real contender for the championship, sadly, but no :/

Sauber haven't done anything big this year, so they will be at the same place were they finished last year.... Manor is not a team for F1, yea the new guy from Indonesia said that there are many engineers but, the team can't come up even close to the rest of the field... They could put Hamilton, Vettel in the car and still they would be around 20th place :D

Mclaren will be in the battle with Sauber and Renault, but will come up short of them in the end.. The Honda engine is still in developing as it looks.

The bookies at the moment say: Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull, McLaren, Williams,(here ends, after their opinion, some reality to get the championship) Renault, Torro Rosso, Force India, Haas, Sauber, Manor..

But i would not put Mclaren so high...

I totally agree with you on that, but not with the bookies.

I think that Force India and Toro Rosso will be battling for 4th or 5th place. Mclaren that high, hm, i dont think so. Red Bull also, it's true that they have a great chassis but i'm not sure about that Tag Heuer branded Renault engine it doesnt have what it takes.

Toro Rosso with their nose job could make a disturbance in the top force, if the engine keeps up. :)

RB and Force India not this year....

FI looked promising last year at the end, but the beginning screwed the season total, so there's a chance that it will happen this year.

RB, on the other hand, hasn't got an engine.. during the test day's most of the time they are even behind Renault, which technically +- is using the same engine as they... Off course they maybe are testing for something else, but still...

Sadly that there are no bets in sportsbook's at the moment, which i know, where you can bet  who will be over the other in final standings... Only individual and constructor standings :/

Toro Rosso with their nose job could make a disturbance in the top force, if the engine keeps up

-They are going to have a strong season, for sure. Yesterday and today they've done some serious mileage,310 laps to bre precise.

Also there are some speculations about qualifications,it looks like elimination system is going to be introduced in Melbourne, but only for Q1 and Q2,while Q3 remains standard,like last year.

Timesheet at Day 2, second winter testing at Barcelona:

But there was a talk, that the new system of the qualification is going to be introduced only in the middle of the season.. At least Bernie said that, but knowing him lately you can't trust any word :D:D

But there was a talk, that the new system of the qualification is going to be introduced only in the middle of the season.. At least Bernie said that, but knowing him lately you can't trust any word :D:D

Yes, he said that a couple days ago, but yesterday the offiicials had a meeting and probably the system will be introduced in Melbourne. Given that he changes his mind every day, i dont believe him either :D

Raikkonen tested today or yesterday the Halo cockpit protective thing...

http://images.autosport.com/editorial/1456993602.jpg

It's an awfully looking thing. Probably more dangerous is to drive with it, than without it, because the field of vision is reduced.

He actually said that visibilty is good, but when something hit that carbon-fiber Halo thing,it will break into pieces right to his head :D

The important thing is that he is the fastest man today. He was faster on softs than Rosberg using the same tyre, maybe Ferrari was underestimated. There is a very little diference between softs,supersofts and ultrasofts to everybody,because of low track temperature. Maybe Ferrari will be able to challenge them after all.

That's another thing, the little things will hurt the driver more... And in the rain there could be problems too, as the rain hits the halo and the water changes it's direction

About the time's, it's good, but the temperature was low so the tyres were not optimal. At least it looks good, but then the driving goes to different venues i think Mercedes still will have the upper hand :(

At least it looks good, but then the driving goes to different venues i think Mercedes still will have the upper hand.

-Haha, probably :(

They are best when you need it most.

On a meeting with F1 race director Charlie Whiting drivers vote against new qualification system,so that whole thing is a mess now.

Another great day for Ferrari today, fastest lap yet again, and some good mileage, Williams also looking strong. Haas was having problems, again.

Timesheet at day 3, second winter testing at Barcelona:

And that's it - 2016 winter testing at Barcelona is complete!

Ferrari quickest overall, while Mercedes have done most mileage.

After FIA approval, new elimination qualifying system will be used this season,starting at Melbourne. It is official.

Timesheet at Day 4, final day of winter testing:

2016 Barcelona testing- Fastest laps:

Season starts in two weeks!

May the fastest man win!

Yay about the qualification system.... Hamilton today said, that he does not like the halo concept. Knowing that he is Bernie's little favorite kid, than it will not brought into the F1 :D

Ferrari's are fast, and the main question now is- how well can they do in the long run... It does not do anything if you can put 10 laps in a race fast and the other laps drive worse times

Yay about the qualification system.... Hamilton today said, that he does not like the halo concept. Knowing that he is Bernie's little favorite kid, than it will not brought into the F1 :D

 

Ferrari's are fast, and the main question now is- how well can they do in the long run... It does not do anything if you can put 10 laps in a race fast and the other laps drive worse times

Hahah, probably :D He said that if they have an option to put it or not, he would take it off from his car. :D

About the pace, i've read today, that they had very similar pace to Mercedes today, on mediums. Most laps for Vettel today, 142. They definitely made an improvent, let's hope that is going to be enough. :)

Even Masa said that it looks stupid and is stupid :D As said: No one is forcing you into the car, don't want to get hurt, drive slower.

First, yap fingers crossed and hope that's enough. Second, let's hope that mercedes didn't just play in the box and kept the maximum performance secret :D:D

If he said that, then it is totally unnecessary to use it  :D

Remember that Massa was seriously injured in Hungaroring in 2009 when that spring hit him in the head.

F1 is a dangerous sport, if they introduce all the safety things they want to, then the drivers salaries should be reduced :D

About Mercedes, i hate that, their pace is always a secret. Just when I'm starting to get my hopes up, they have an ace up their sleeves :D

I have always wanted to see Gran Prix race in St. Petersburg, Florida. This year it is being held

March 11-13.

I have always wanted to see Gran Prix race in St. Petersburg, Florida. This year it is being held

March 11-13.

That isn't Formula 1, probably indy series. Nevertheless, at least you can watch races in your own country. With Serbia, that's not the case. Enjoy :)

FIA announced today that for 2016 season, there will be limited communication between teams and drivers, some kind of radio ban.

Their intensions are to make drivers heroes again. For most things drivers will make decisions.

There will not be informations about speed comparisons, racing lines, braking points etc.

They will receive informations only about red or yellow flag, about some damage on the car or if there is a wet track, some oil, debris.

Renault announced today that they will unveil their final livery on March 16. Probably a yellow,black and white combination.

This is the best new for the 2016 season.... Now the drivers will be in total control, when to pit, what to do... Who will be smarter that will have only gains :D McLaren will definetly get an advantage over their direct opponents

This is the best new for the 2016 season.... Now the drivers will be in total control, when to pit, what to do... Who will be smarter that will have only gains :D McLaren will definetly get an advantage over their direct opponents

Yup, with two world champions behind the wheel, with all experience, they have better chances than Sauber, Renault and Manor, but not much more than Haas, because american team also have pretty experienced drivers. :)

Just few more days and the wait is over. New season starts on thursday with first practise session. :)

Here is the visual explanation of how new "musical chairs" qualifying format works :