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Renault f1 20178/22/2023 Yet, the recipe remains the same as the 2016 editions, especially in terms of style. New Formula 1 season, new car, new livery, new pilot ( Nico Hulkenberg, joining Jolyon Palmer), and, more in line with our books, a new watch. After the complex BR-X1 RS16, available in skeleton chronograph or even with a tourbillon chronograph movement, Bell & Ross comes back to more accessible pieces, which could easily please more collectors. This Bell & Ross BR03-94 RS17 is everything that you could expect from a race-car oriented watch and, good news for the F1 aficionado, it will be part of a trilogy launching later this year at Baselworld. What we have is a new chronograph, sporty, colorful and bold, and using high-tech materials. He finished Wednesday second fastest, two and half tenths back from Vettel and was five-tenths quicker than the time set by current McLaren driver Stoffel Vandoorne on Tuesday.While Renault Sport Formula One Team was hosting a press conference event to launch their new R.S.17 racing car – because, yes, the 2017 F1 season will start soon – Bell & Ross benefited from this occasion to launch their new collaboration piece, which marks the second year of partnership between the watchmaker and the F1 team. The 17-year-old, who was signed to the McLaren young driver programme this year and is currently second in the European Formula 3 championship, put in a strong display at the Hungaroring. The emerging talent of the young British driver Lando Norris was also impressive. It was the strong performance expected from the 19-year-old Monégasque who is part of the Ferrari driver academy and leads the Formula 2 championship – he is strongly tipped to step up to an F1 drive next season. On the first day of testing in Hungary Charles Leclerc set the fastest time for Ferrari. Having successfully mastered the new cars and the tight, demanding cornering of the Hungaroring, Kubica has proved he is capable of returning to a competitive drive after an absence of six and half years. However, the manufacturer is entirely serious about challenging at the front of the field within three years and having two drivers able to compete strongly sooner rather than later would be of huge value to the team. “Clearly we are looking at options for 2018, and Jo could be an option for 2018. “I told him that Robert is not an immediate threat,” he said. Nico Hulkenberg has scored all 26 of Renault’s points this season and Palmer’s seat has come under increasing scrutiny as he has been out-qualified and out-raced by his team-mate, although Renault’s managing director, Cyril Abiteboul, has insisted Palmer still has time to prove himself. He successfully passed the FIA cockpit extraction test on Monday and what had seemed an unlikely return now seems increasingly possible and that he may play a part in the 2018 driver market or possibly even sooner. Kubica has not returned to the F1 paddock since his accident, insisting that he would only do so as a driver. “There was never a doubt about his talent, his speed and his ability to drive the car.” “It’s great for him to be back,” the German said. You have some that are much better than the rest, but still not the greatest, and then you have real special drivers like him.” Not a lot of great, great drivers come through. “If he was still racing today he’d been in contention for a world title, if he’d not won one. “Robert’s one of the quickest drivers I’ve ever raced against,” he said. The Polish driver is highly rated in the paddock and by his competitors such as Lewis Hamilton who has raced him in karts and entered F1 one year after the Pole. But showing he was able to contend with the faster and more physically demanding 2017 cars was essential. He had previously completed two tests this year in the 2012 Lotus-Renault and out-paced the team’s usual test driver Sergey Sirotkin. For now, I owe a big thanks to everyone at Renault Sport Formula One team for making this test happen.” “After today, it’s too early to say what the next step might be. I learnt a lot about the latest generation car, as there are a reasonable amount of differences between it and the Formula One cars I have driven in the past. It has been an incredible journey to this point, where I have answered many questions to myself. “It was amazing to see so many fans come to see me out on track, so thank you to all of them.
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