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Why Ferrari might just snatch it away in 2017..

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Kimi Raikkonen on Day 4/ Autosport Gallery You know F1 is ready for a major shake up when fans are genuinely happy about the new regulations and cars. F1 2017 has ticked most of the boxes - better noise, faster cars, wider cars, better video content on social media and of course, an element of nail-biting rivalry between teams. And time after time, despite being called "mundane" and "predictable", the keyboard warriors often find themselves proven wrong with F1's unpredictabilty. For instance, nobody would have predicted Ferrari's 3 wins in 2015 after a win-less campaign in 2014. Not many could have predicted a win-less 2016 for Ferrari after a triumphant 2015 season. Not one would have said Max Verstappen would be a grand prix winner in a Red Bull car in 2016. Pre-season testing poses a similar challenge for fans, leaving them with bits and pieces of information, some true and some possibly untrue, to complete a jigsaw puzzle called F1 2017. But,...
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F1 2017 Testing – Barcelona Test 2 Day 4

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Nico Hulkenberg/Autosport  Today marked the last outing for the 2017 cars and drivers before landing in Melbourne in 2 weeks' time. Naturally, data gathering is important at this stage for teams like McLaren-Honda, who have had the worst start to their season. McLaren drivers put together 4 days of running couldn't make up to Sebastian Vettel's 2 days' worth laps. While things are looking grim for the Woking based team, back in Milton Keynes, the Red Bull Racing squad despite being quick enough, have conceded to losing P2 to Ferrari seeing their recent pace. Are we seeing mental games at this point? Is it too early for such claims? We'll try to answer that in the upcoming days. Here is the summary of the final day of the pre-season tests. Morning Session Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen's laptime of 1:18:634 has arguably given a much clearer picture of Ferrari'spotential this season. The Finn being the first one of the lot to break the 1m ...
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Season review of HRT, Caterham, Williams, Sauber..

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