Pushing The Limits

  ©Getty Vettel’s win around the streets of Monte Carlo extended his championship lead over Lewis Hamilton to 25 points, but the way he jumped his teammate through the pit stops has led to suggestions Ferrari have already made the him their No. 1 driver.              ©Getty Four-time world champion Vettel was kept out five laps longer after Raikkonen came in for his only stop. This gave Vettel clear air to put in some fast times and ‘overcut’ Kimi, who was visibly unhappy after the race. Ferrari said Raikkonen's stop was pre-planned and that Vettel had been left out to avoid any danger form Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.                     ©Getty “The stony demeanour said it all for Kimi Raikkonen by the close of the Monaco Grand Prix and, while the Iceman is renowned for giving nothing away in public, that he was not happy at how his race had panned out was clear,”  Giles Richards wrote in The Guardian . Des

Failing to pick up a single point this season, McLaren have so far had a frustrating start to 2017 with reliability problems and an under-powered Honda engine. Despite failing to score points in the Spanish GP, McLaren Honda looked fairly competitive-Fernando Alonso even managed to make it into Q3.  A combination of updates including a new front wing, rear wing , floor and bodywork aided Alonso's seventh place. Honda chief Yusuke Hasegawa hopes that unique characteristic of the circuit that makes it less reliant on outright power can provide McLaren a chance to attack for points. With Fernando Alonso skipping the Monaco GP to compete in the Indy500, McLaren have brought Jenson Button back for a one-off race return. Jenson too feels that new updates may be the key to McLaren's success this weekend. McLaren realising that this is probably their best shot at scoring good points, are keen to ensure a trouble-free weekend. Racing director Eric Boullier tol

The halo device, which has been in development for a few years now has been dropped by the F1 strategy group. As its replacement, a new 'shield' concept is being favoured for 2018. The Halo device was meant to be introduced this year but was pushed back to 2018.    Let's be honest the Halo looks like flip-flops on the car. It's terrible  appearance  seems to be one of the reasons it was dropped. In a quest for cockpit protection, F1 has now turned to the 'shield'.  The Shield is a kind of elongated windscreen which runs along the nose and top of the Monocoque, and is designed to protect the driver from debris. (WTF1) The shield should look something like Redbull's aeroscreen concept. FIA says : “ A number of more integrated solutions for additional frontal protection have been studied, and the decision has been taken to give priority to the transparent ‘Shield’ family of systems. The FIA aims to carry out track tests of this sys