News Details

Mercedes widen gap to the Formula 1 pack

Early season dominance was expected for Mercedes after their seamless winter testing but Formula 1 fans had hoped at least to see the chasing pack close the gap to the champions. Those hopes were blown away on a windy Saturday at Albert Park where Lewis Hamilton stormed to a dominant pole position in qualifying for the opening Australian Grand Prix. The double world champion will be joined again on the front row for Sunday's race by Nico Rosberg, a sight all-too-familiar from last year when the ‘Silver Arrows' hogged 18 out of 19 poles and took 16 of 19 wins. While Hamilton's lap was nearly six-tenths of a second ahead of a disappointed Rosberg, the one-and-a-half second gap to the...
Full Story »
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mercedes kicked off the 2015 season at the top of the...

Nico Rosberg topped the opening session by just three hundredths of a...
10y ago from Motorsport.com

Rookies impress during Australian Grand Prix qualifying

The three rookie drivers who took part in qualifying for the Formula One...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Feature: The history of Albert Park in photos

– Melbourne celebrates a special anniversary this weekend, with the...
10y ago from GPUpdate.net

Track Guide: Albert Park

Following a long winter without racing, Formula 1 returns this weekend as...
10y ago from RichlandF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Victoria Government rejects MotoGP requests to move...

The Victoria State Government has rejected a request from MotoGP to move...

Dorna Sports unveils rebrand as part of MotoGP...

Dorna Sports has announced it will be officially known as MotoGP Sports...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

David Malukas heads the timesheets in opening IndyCar...

The NTT IndyCar Series held the first of two open test days at Phoenix...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

George Barber, founder of iconic IndyCar venue, passes...

Barber Motorsports Park has announced that founder of the iconic track...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Elfyn Evans wins Swedish showdown

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin clinched victory on Rally Sweden which ended...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: Tottenham star could complete surprise...

Tottenham striker Richarlison is reportedly a transfer target for Atletico...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'One of the only ones in that dressing room who has...

Rio Ferdinand has backed Gabriel Jesus to be a critical player for Arsenal...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Manchester United overtake Arsenal & Barcelona in...

Manchester United now reportedly look to be leading the race for the...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Every Premier League free agent this summer, featuring...

We've got a list of every free agent who'll be on the market this summer...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.