Pascal Wehrlein expressed disappointment at missing out on a testing day with Force India, but hailed the Mercedes W06 Hybrid as 'amazing.' Wehrlein, who drove for both Force India and Mercedes pre-season, was scheduled to drive the VJM08 on Tuesday at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, but illness scuppered those plans. Instead, he sat out the day's running though recovered sufficiently to pilot Mercedes' car on Wednesday. "I am a bit better today but still not perfect," he said. "Yesterday I was really disappointed that I […]

Formula 1 reconvenes at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the first of two in-season tests, which take place on Tuesday and Wednesday at the home of the Spanish Grand Prix. Under 2015 regulations, teams must allocate two of their four days of testing - the other running takes place in Austria next month - to young drivers. GP2 driver Pierre Gasly will make his Formula 1 debut with Toro Rosso on Tuesday before piloting the Red Bull RB11 on Wednesday. Ferrari will hand Esteban Gutierrez […]

Pascal Wehrlein expressed his happiness after he received test outings with both Force India and Mercedes at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Thursday. Wehrlein was called up by Mercedes to replace the unwell Lewis Hamilton and after sampling Force India's 2014 car, he switched to Mercedes' 2015 machine for the afternoon session. Wehrlein's time of 1:28.329, set during his stint in the Force India, left him in eighth place on the leaderboard. "Today was a really good day in my career," he said. "I was […]

Pascal Wehrlein could be a regular name on the F1 race circuits in the near future. In September, Mercedes signed the now 20-year-old German to be the dominant F1 team's new reserve driver. Since then, he has been a regular in the team's F1 simulator at Brackley and he set the pace in the title-winning W05 in the post-race Abu Dhabi test. Driving for Mercedes' premier HWA team, Wehrlein this year became the youngest race winner in DTM history, but he is now preparing to […]