Weekly Wrap Up [Week 3]

F1 pundit Dane Hansen, writes for The Sport Space giving you weekly breakdowns of exclusive, need to know facts about the exciting and dynamic world that is Formula One. Find out what happened here…

Further developments in F1 as it begins and ends the second test at Barcelona.

15 February – 21 Feb

Monday, 16^th

• Lotus man Gerard Lopez criticizes F1 Management, citing them for being “archaic”. “Why do these potential sponsors never make the leap when they are not really undaunted by the amounts requested in F1? What’s holding them back?” He is frustrated by the poor marketing in F1, and the lack of an official marketing group for the sport.
• Force India have not confirmed Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez as their driving pair for the second test in Barcelona, but confess both drivers will be involved. It seems as though there is still a window for opportunity for German young gun, Pascal Wehrlein.
• McLaren gets up and running for a filming day in Barcelona.
• McLaren’s difficulties have come with thanks to its extreme design and packaging, they have revealed.

Tuesday, 17^th

• Further developments are being put into place today on having more powerful engines, bigger tyres and wider chassis types. Ron Dennis says if F1 were to change, its changes would need to be revolutionary, saying “we should change it dramatically and therefore we should change it dramatically for 2017.”
• Marussia has paid its entrance fee for the 2015 and is now running under the name of Manor. Rumour or truth ?

Wednesday, 18^th

• As an attempt to make driver identification easier, in-season helmet changes are now banned.
• Wehrlein will test for Force India in the second test at Barcelona.
• Rumours suggest that Aston Martin are in the running to save the stranded Manor race team. Aston Martins are believed to run Mercedes AMG V8 engines.
• Adrian Sutil is reported to have links to get a drive for the Nissan LMP1 in the WEC.

Thursday, 19^th  (TEST 2, Day 1)

• Susie Wolff begins her day in a Williams during the second test at Barcelona.
• Hamilton is unfit to test on day one due to illness and is replaced by Wehrlein, causing a call up for Sergio Perez.
• Due to immense reliability issues, Honda has had to redesign an ERS component, and need to replace their power unit. Their day has ended after completing just 21 laps.
• Felipe Nasr and Susie Wolff collide going into Turn 5. Both drivers are okay and telemetry seems to indicate that Nasr was at fault.
• Marussia have come out of administration and may return to the grid this year as Manor Racing.

1. Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	1:25.011s	69 Laps
2. Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:25.167s+0.156	74 laps
3. Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	1:25.547s+0.536	59 laps
4. Sergio Perez	Force India	1:26.636s+1.625	34 laps
5. Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:27.307s+2.296	79 laps
6. Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:27.900s+2.889	94 laps
7. Jenson Button	McLaren	1:28.182s+3.171	21 laps
8. Pascal Wehrlein	Force India	1:28.329s+3.318	32 laps
9. Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes	1:28.489s+3.478	48 laps
10. Susie Wolff	Williams	1:28.906s+3.895	86 laps
11. Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.429s+5.418	11 laps

Friday, 20^th  (TEST 2, Day 2)

• The FIA declares that drivers will not be able to change their helmets during the season. Gone are the days when drivers celebrated special races like Monaco and Singapore.
• Rumours have come up suggesting Renault are interested in buying out a current F1 team, and return to the grid as a full time constructor.
• Ferrari has agreed to supply Manor racing with 2014 spec engines should the fighting team return to the grid this year.

1. Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:24.574s	142 laps
2. Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:24.584s + 0.010s	90 laps
3. Felipe Massa	Williams	1:24.672s + 0.098s	88 laps
4. Sergio Perez	Force India	1:24.702s + 0.128s	121 laps
5. Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:24.923s + 0.349s	89 laps
6. Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:25.556s + 0.982s	66 laps
7. Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:25.961s + 1.387s	59 laps
8. Jolyon Palmer	Lotus	1:26.280s + 1.706s	77 laps
9. Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:27.344s + 2.770s	113 laps
10. Carlos Sainz Jr	Toro Rosso	1:28.945s + 4.371s	100 laps

Saturday, 21^st (TEST 2, Day 3)

1. Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	1:24.348s	104 laps
2. Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:24.739s + 0.391s	129 laps
3. Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:26.076s + 1.728s	101 laps
4. Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:26.340s + 1.992s	53 laps
5. Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:26.407s + 2.059s	105 laps
6. Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	1:26.589s + 2.241s	111 laps
7. Felipe Massa	Williams	1:26.912s + 2.564s	55 laps
8. Pascal Wehrlein	Force India	1:27.333s + 2.985s	81 laps
9. Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:27.556s + 3.208s	49 laps
10. Jenson Button	McLaren	1:29.151s + 4.803s	24 laps

Sunday 22^nd (TEST 2 Day 4)

• Fernando Alonso tears of the track between turn 3 and 4 in a bazar accident. His car seems barely damaged besides the lost front wing and broken suspension on the right hand side. He was airlifted to hospital as a precaution.

1 Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:24.067s	111 laps
2 Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:24.321s + 0.254s	129 laps
3 Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	1:24.941s + 0.874s	102 laps
4 Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:24.956s + 0.889s	73 laps
5 Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:25.345s + 1.278s	127 laps
6 Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:25.604s + 1.537s	88 laps
7 Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:26.312s + 2.245s	74 laps
8 Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	1:26.591s + 2.524s	36 laps
9 FernandoAlonso	McLaren	1:27.956s + 3.889s	20 laps