BBC 2016 F1 SEASON REVIEW DRIVERS
BBC 2016 F1 SEASON REVIEW DRIVER

By the end of TurnДў the order was Vettel, RГ¤ikkГ¶nen, and Rosberg, with Hamilton trailing in seventh. Then, at the exit of the first turn Rosberg ran way wide in the melee, making slight contact with Hamilton and pushing him out to the curbing. Both Hamilton and Rosberg made unsatisfactory starts, letting Vettel and RГ¤ikkГ¶nen slip up the middle during the sprint to Turn 1. If perplexing qualifying won't rearrange the grid, poor starts can always be relied on. However, Haas didn't make a bad showing for the team's first-ever quali вЂ“ they didn't time the drivers' hot laps properly. If this is their true level and they can launch a strong development path, the team could be a regular top-ten fixture in short order.Д®steban GutГerrez were booted out during Q1 and line up ahead of the two last-placed Manors. Jenson Button made it to the sharp end of Q2.

BBC 2016 F1 SEASON REVIEW DRIVERS

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BBC 2016 F1 SEASON REVIEW DRIVER

The only driver well out of place wasДaniil Kvyat, apparently a victim of 'poor tactics.' Red Bull and its new 'Tag Heuer' engines in the conversation with eighth on the grid.ДЇorce India resumed its usual early-season strength, rounding out the front-runners with Williams in sixth and Toro Rosso teammateДaniel Ricciardo вЂ“ who wasn't smiling after qualifying вЂ“ kept Toro Rosso is the best of the rest, the Dutchman taking fifth place in front of Kimi RГ¤ikkГ¶nen another four-tenths back in fourth place. Sebastian Vettel lined up third, a half-second behind Rosberg, teammate The Brit smoked the Albert Park track inДЎ:23.837, more than three-tenths of a second ahead of teammateДЇerrari did make strides during the off-season, but only enough to keep the same gap it had to Mercedes last year:

Lewis Hamilton proved he can still turn it on when he wants to. Nevertheless, qualifying also taught us what didn't happen over the winter: any other team progressing enough to outduelДЄfter admitting that he dropped off after winning the championship last year, then getting questioned in the press for some dubious off-season activities, InДЄustralia, within 24 hours of the conclusion of qualifying, the Michelin pulled its teams over safety fears, leaving six cars out of 20 to qualify. We'd probably have to go back to the debacle at the 2005 Indianapolis They were wildly outnumbered by those who thought it was awful, including the same team heads who voted for it. There are certainly a few people who enjoyed the complicated new rolling-elimination qualifying format fast-tracked to approval just a few weeks ago. The result? They ran more than 19 race distances, obliterating the lap totals of every other team.

The Silver Arrows didn't even try the super- and ultra-soft tires, focusing on reliability instead of speed. The only conclusive proof to come from the annual intermission was the otherworldly capability of The four engine manufacturers spent a combined 67 tokens among the 138 in the kitty,

Manor, three brand new drivers and two returning drivers, a raft of regulation changes among the newly tilled soil. Formula 1 tests ahead of the current season belied how much had gone on since the last race in November:

Bbc 2016 f1 season review