News Details

Sainz baffled by top teams' mileage after STR's troubled day

Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz Jr. said he doesn’t understand how rival Formula 1 teams managed to complete so many laps on the first day of 2017 pre-season testing. Toro Rosso’s car drew attention at its launch on Sunday, particularly for some design features it has in common with the latest Mercedes, but the team had a troubled first day that Sainz put down to “a little bit of everything”. While the Spaniard managed 51 laps, he was amazed at the mileage achieved by other teams, with Mercedes (152), Ferrari (128) and Williams (103) all surpassing 100 laps.  “We were planning to do more laps than we did,” Sainz told reporters in the Barcelona paddock.  “We found a few issues...
Full Story »
8y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Sainz snr plays down new Renault rumours

Carlos Sainz's father has played down the revival of rumours linking the...
8y ago from ThisIsF1.com

‘Positive' start for Sainz and Toro Rosso

Carlos Sainz was left smiling when he felt the effects of Formula 1's new...
8y ago from PlanetF1.com

Lewis Hamilton leads opening F1 pre-season test day at...

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton set the quickest time as Formula 1’s...
8y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Gregoire Munster confirmed for WRC Monte Carlo in...

The season opener marks a return to the event where Munster claimed his...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: Arsenal eyeing up a move for 20-year-old...

Arsenal are interested in signing Club Brugge midfielder Aleksandar...
9h ago from CaughtOffside.com

‘A quick learner’: how Declan Rice went from...

fielder will be part of the conversation for a Ballon d’Or if he...
13h ago from TheGuardian.com

Manchester United and Arsenal step up interest in...

Manchester United and Arsenal have stepped up their pursuit of Belgian...
14h ago from SportsKeeda.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.