Formula One 2017

[Adam]

Damn, the logo they've just replaced was just perfect. I'd like the new one more if the '1' actually looked like a 1 and it was a different colour to the 'F'.

[Chris2K]

21 hours ago, Rich said:

This logo was easily being used until the end of the 1990's

Now I have the guitar riff in my head from before every race.

As for the last race of the season I gave up watching at about half distance, it may have been the most pointless grand prix of all time and what really is a poor race track in terms of exciting racing.

[Lineker]

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Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari ended the final Formula 1 running of 2017 fastest as Pirelli's post-Abu Dhabi Grand Prix tyre test concluded on Wednesday.

Vettel set his 1m37.551s on the new hyper-soft tyre in the morning, and the time was not beaten.

The Ferrari driver caused a brief red flag earlier in the day by stopping on track, but was soon running again.

Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen were second and third for Mercedes and Red Bull respectively, with Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon alternating in the Force India and taking fourth and fifth.

The main intrigue of the day was Williams evaluating both Sergey Sirotkin and Robert Kubica.

Sirotkin drove for the majority of the day and set his best time of 1m39.947s on the soft tyre, placing him 10th.

Kubica bolted on hyper-softs for a late run and lapped in 1m39.485s, 1.9 seconds off Vettel's pace. He ended the test seventh, behind Carlos Sainz Jr's Renault.

Stoffel Vandoorne's day was interrupted by damage from an incident at the Turn 19 left-hander towards the end of the lap. He resumed after repairs and went eighth, ahead of Haas driver Kevin Magnussen.

McLaren was the only team running two cars at the test, as it made up for the cancelled Interlagos session called off a fortnight ago due to security concerns at the Brazilian GP venue.

Its reserve driver Lando Norris conducted development work for Pirelli and was 12th quickest.

On the day its new tie-up with Alfa Romeo was announced, Sauber was 11th with likely 2018 signing Charles Leclerc.

Brendon Hartley and Pierre Gasly shared the Toro Rosso and completed the field.

Day two times

POS	DRIVER	CAR	TIME	GAP	LAPS
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1m37.551s	-	118
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1m38.490s	0.939s	141
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull/Renault	1m38.736s	1.185s	132
4	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	1m38.818s	1.267s	52
5	Esteban Ocon	Force India/Mercedes	1m39.148s	1.597s	72
6	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1m39.444s	1.893s	109
7	Robert Kubica	Williams/Mercedes	1m39.485s	1.934s	28
8	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren/Honda	1m39.782s	2.231s	105
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas/Ferrari	1m39.810s	2.259s	124
10	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams/Mercedes	1m39.947s	2.396s	86
11	Charles Leclerc	Sauber/Ferrari	1m40.666s	3.115s	149
12	Lando Norris	McLaren/Honda	1m41.714s	4.163s	118
13	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m43.345s	5.794s	61
14	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m44.827s	7.276s	63