Month: February 2017

With only a few days to go before the pre-season testing in Barcelona, Spain, Williams Racing are the latest to have unveiled their new car for the 2017 F1 World Championship - the Williams Mercedes FW40. It too is wider and with new bodywork as part of the rule changes which have to make the … Continue reading 2017 F1: Williams Racing FW40

It's here, it's cool, it's orange. Very orange. This is the 2017 Formula One car for team McLaren-Honda, the MCL32. The colour, dubbed 'Tobacco Orange', is said to be a homage to McLaren's 1960s roots. While there's not much detail available on the tech specs of the new contender, Honda's Chief engineer Yusuke Hasegawa was … Continue reading 2017 F1: McLaren-Honda MCL32

Here it is. The one in red. This is Ferrari's contender for the 2017 F1 World Championship - the SF70H. It is Scuderia's 63rd single-seater and by the looks of it, it is gunning for number one, ie, the pre-season favourite Mercedes. The men behind the wheel remain the same - Sebastian Vettel and Kimi … Continue reading 2017 F1: Scuderia Ferrari SF70H

The Sahara Force India Formula 1 team unveiled their new car for the 2017 F1 World Championship - the VJM10. With the new regulations, the team claims that this new car carries forward nothing from the previous one, while Chief Operating Officer, Otmar Szafnauer said that their aero philosophy is very similar to 2015 and … Continue reading 2017 F1: Sahara Force India VJM10

Ladies and Gentlemen, here's the car that will win the 2017 F1 World Championship. Or will it? While Mercedes-AMG Petronas team has been dominating for the past three years now, it is an exciting time of uncertainties for them too. With the new cars as per the new regulations, and with Nico Rosberg's shock retirement … Continue reading 2017 F1: Mercedes F1 W08 EQ Power+

This is Sauber's 2017 F1 World Championship contender, the C36, in a special blue and gold livery celebrating the team's 25 years in Formula One. While the Sauber team is getting its unit from Ferrari, the car has been 'redesigned from scratch' owing to the new regulations about wider tyres and better aerodynamics for more … Continue reading 2017 F1: Sauber C36-Ferrari

  This is Renault's F1 car for the 2017 Formula 1 season, the R.S.17. Though the manufacturer had a pretty bad 2016, the new car holds promise to help them climb up the ranks again, while even they admit that cracking the top 3 would be too much to ask for. Jerome Stroll, Renault Sport … Continue reading 2017 F1: The Renault Sport RS 17