Pushing The Limits

(If on Laptop/Desktop , move your mouse over the text to darken it !)  2017 Formula One Season kicks off in Melbourne, Australia on March 26th. There are no new circuits this year. The German Grand Prix has once again been dropped. 2017 is set to witness much faster, wider and louder cars. These cars will be physically more challenging for the drivers. Teams and Drivers:  1. Scuderia Ferrari Drivers: 5.Sebastian Vettel              7.Kimi Raikkonen  Power Unit: Ferrari Name :   SF70H © Scuderia Ferrari            2.Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team   Drivers: 77. Valtteri Bottas               44 Lewis Hamilton   Power unit:  Mercedes      Name : W08 © motorsport.com 3.Williams Martini Racing   Drivers: 19.Fe...

2016 was an eventful year in F1 . There were number of controversies. Handful of driver changes and retirements. Here are the top 5 things that happened in 2016 -  1.Elimination-style qualifying  In the beginning of the 2016 the elimination-style qualifying was set to be introduced. Australian GP qualifying was one of the most boring qualifying session in the history of the sport.  Cars were not on track during the end of sessions including the last few minutes of Q3 where drivers would fight for pole position. The elimination-style qualifying was dropped due to protest from Team principals and drivers and  was reverted to the old system of qualifying with immediate effect. 2. Daniil Kvyat's move from Redbull to Toro Rosso  This move came just days after Kvyat crashed into the back of Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari in Russia. Kvyat was immediately switched with Max Verstappen in Toro Rosso. This was reasoned by Redbull as a move to all...

Nico Rosberg was crowned the 2016 World champion on Sunday at Abu Dhabi! The action of the race was concentrated over the first few laps and last few laps. The last 20 laps were simply stressful for any  Mercedes fan. First of all Max Verstappen’s stint on the super softs was incredible. Despite having an early spin and falling back to the end of the pack, he suddenly found himself in the middle of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg courtesy of pit stops. Both the Mercedes were on newer tyres and Rosberg was told it was critical to pass Verstappen. I mean all of the drivers on track he had to pass Max, one of the toughest drivers to overtake and on top of that he had to do it for the championship! Nico eventually did pass him and Max soon had to pit for new tyres. “I thought I wouldn’t see Max today, not today BUT there he was again!” – Nico Rosberg  Now to the last 20 laps, Sebastian Vettel had just pitted after do...