They always say Barcelona is the perfect test of a Formula 1 car, a place that stretches all aspects of chassis performance. It's also a good opportunity to see how F1 teams have progressed since winter testing, during.We watched the first and third free practice sessions for the recent Spanish...

Stoffel Vandoorne will return to the cockpit of McLaren's MP4-31 during the first of this year's two in-season Formula 1 tests, with Esteban Ocon to get his first taste of the Mercedes W07.Reserve driver Vandoorne made his F1 debut in the Bahrain Grand Prix in April, ffor the injured illing...

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel set the quickest time seen on a super-soft tire in pre-season Formula 1 testing on the final morning, while Lewis Hamilton suffered a transmission problem.Like teammate Kimi Raikkonen on Thursday, Vettel started the day with an installation lap trying the prototype cockpit protection system that has so...

Lewis Hamilton hopes to experience the Mercedes W07 Formula 1 car "on a knife-edge" on the final day of pre-season testing at Barcelona on Friday.Mercedes has dominated the mileage charts over the first seven days of testing in Spain, splitting duties each day between its drivers because of the number...

Lewis Hamilton feels the Mercedes W07 is not fully adapted to Pirelli's soft tires yet, and reckons the compound is a step back on last year's Formula 1 tire.The three-time world champion turned his first low-fuel laps on the compound on Wednesday morning, following a race simulation on Tuesday afternoon...

After days of speculation over potential innovations, Mercedes' definitive 2016 Formula 1 nose finally made its debut at the Barcelona test on Thursday morning. It follows the current trend of an S-duct fitted internally and also exhibits many unique features, but perhaps falls short of the radical expectations around its...

Force India's Nico Hulkenberg led the way on the third morning of pre-season Formula 1 testing, as Ferrari endured a frustrating start to Wednesday's running.Kimi Raikkonen took over the Ferrari SF16-H after Sebastian Vettel topped two near-faultless days at Barcelona, but only managed four laps and did not record a...

Mercedes has released a video of the exhaust layout from its W07 car it is hoped will improve the noise factor in Formula 1 this season.Following the introduction of the 1.6-litre V6 turbo-charged hybrid power units in 2014, considerable criticism has been aired about the lack of noise compared to...