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Year: 2016 articles archive
Some F1 teams are “in big financial trouble”
F1 Fanatic Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Some F1 teams are “in big financial trouble” • Ricciardo ‘can beat Hamilton in equal cars’ • Hulkenberg doubts Force India can progress
Your favourite F1 drivers and teams of 2016
2016 F1 season review
Posted onAs the second-most popular driver among F1 Fanatic readers bows out, where do the rest rank in your affections? And what about outgoing champion Nico Rosberg?
Liberty to revamp F1 races into week-long festivals
F1 Fanatic Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Liberty to revamp F1 races into week-long festivals • Schumacher ‘instrumental to Mercedes success’ • Haas ‘focused on 2017 early’
‘Well done Baku’? No, it was 2016’s worst race
2016 F1 season review
Posted onWell done Baku? The new addition to the calendar in 2016 proved the least popular race of the year among F1 Fanatic readers.
Liberty won’t offer voting rights to F1 teams
F1 Fanatic Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Liberty won’t offer voting rights to F1 teams • New Toro Rosso will be ready for first test • Wolff rejects “conflict of interest” claim
F1 Fanatic’s must-read highlights of 2016
2016 F1 season review
Posted onWith 2016 almost behind us, now’s the time to revisit a selection of the best and most popular articles from F1 Fanatic this year.
Renault promise groundbreaking 2017 engine
F1 Fanatic Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Renault promise groundbreaking 2017 engine • Haas ‘approached Magnussen before Grosjean’ • Grosjean comfortable at Haas
Watch the top ten non-F1 races of 2016
2016 F1 season review
Posted onThe whopping 21-race Formula One left little time for following over championships. Watch these ten great races you may have missed this year.
Palmer doubts passing could get harder in 2017
F1 Fanatic Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Palmer doubts passing could get harder in 2017 • Points tough for Renault next year – Hulkenberg • Teams unlikely to welcome budget cap plan
F1 Fanatic’s Funniest Caption Competition winners of 2016
2016 F1 season review
Posted onF1 Fanatic readers kept the laughs coming throughout 2016 in our regular caption competitions. Here are all 29 of this year’s winners.
Daniel Ricciardo voted Driver of the Year by F1 Fanatic readers again
2016 F1 season review
Posted onF1 Fanatic readers have voted Daniel Ricciardo as the best driver of the 2016 F1 season . It’s the second time he’s won the Driver of the Year poll.
2016 F1 season stats: The year in context
2016 F1 season review
Posted onMercedes’ crushing dominance was the theme of the year again but 2016 also saw F1’s ever-growing calendar reach new heights.
McLaren ‘would’ve won races with top engine’
F1 Fanatic Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: McLaren ‘would’ve won races with top engine’ • Ricciardo backs Red Bull’s “aggressive approach” • Tost ridicules cost cap claims
2016 F1 season in pictures: Best shots
2016 F1 season review
Posted onFormula One’s epic 21-race journey this year is at an end. Here are the most spectacular and striking images from the 2016 F1 season.
FIA ‘should equalise engines if Mercedes aren’t caught’
F1 Fanatic Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: FIA ‘should equalise engines if Mercedes aren’t caught’ • Budget cap would fail – Ferrari • Mercedes will come under pressure – Horner
Tyre compounds for first two races of 2017 announced
2017 F1 season
Posted onPirelli has confirmed which compounds will be used for the opening two races of 2017 following the drastic off-season change in tyre rules.
The top team radio highlights of 2016
2016 F1 season review
Posted onFurious rows, joyous celebrations and simmering controversies: The team radios again provided some of the most dramatic moments of the season in 2016.
Mercedes crush the competition but lose their champion
2016 F1 season review
Posted onMercedes’ rivals will be relishing the uncertainty the champions have been plunged into as the year comes to an end.
Red Bull win twice on the track and once off it
2016 F1 season review
Posted onRed Bull bounced back from a difficult 2015 with victories in Spain and Malaysia. But their biggest win in 2016 came off the track.