News Details

Mercedes 'guided in wrong direction' over F1 tyres

Data gathered during post-Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Formula 1 testing sent Mercedes in the wrong direction with its compound selections in Canada, according to team boss Toto Wolff.  Mercedes endured a tough weekend in Montreal as Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton finished second and fifth respectively, with the reigning world champions once again struggling to optimise its performance on Pirelli’s softest-available tyres.  The German manufacturer opted for a different route with its tyre picks for Canada compared to its rivals, limiting its drivers to just five sets of the Hypersoft compound for the entire race weekend. Neither Mercedes driver ran the Hypersofts until Saturday morning,...
Full Story »
7y ago from Crash.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hamilton: F1 going in wrong direction with engines 

Lewis Hamilton believes Formula 1 has taken the wrong direction over its...
7y ago from Crash.net

Hamilton: ‘F1 is going in the wrong direction'

Lewis Hamilton was very critical of the engine rules in Formula 1 after...
7y ago from PlanetF1.com

Hamilton: The sport is going in the wrong direction

Perhaps it was said in the heat of the aftermath of a disappointing...
7y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Alonso fears direction F1 is taking

Those back-to-back title in 2005 and 2006 seem a lifetime ago, and in...
7y ago from Pitpass.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Miguel Oliveira reveals what’s ‘more difficult’...

Miguel Oliveira says WorldSBK’s race weekend format is harder to adapt...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Motorsport legend Alex Zanardi dies aged 59

Ex-F1 and CART driver Alex Zanardi has passed away aged 59. His family...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Mileage in Myles in midfield: why MLS must change...

I’ve been banging the drum for Myles Lewis-Skelly to move into midfield...
2h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Should Lewis-Skelly start against Atletico? I'd like...

Thierry Henry said Myles Lewis-Skelly's future lies in midfield after his...
1h ago from SkySports.com

Have Arsenal found the keys to unleash Gyokeres at the...

Viktor Gyökeres has divided opinion since arriving, but one thing is...
4h ago from FreshArsenal.com

“It’s a horrible one” - Gary Neville names...

Manchester United legend Gary Neville has named the one fixture in which...
8h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.