F1 Madness

Red Bull’s Mark Webber topped the time sheets at the end of the third free practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka. Webber, set a time of 1:32.053 for P1. Hamilton, in his Mercedes set a time of 1:32.187 for P2, only 0.134s slower than Webber. Nico Rosberg finished the session in P3 […]

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Sebastian Vettel led the second practice session as several other drivers suffered spins and crashes. Vettel’s out going team mate Mark Webber made it a Red Bull one-two despite twice being held up by Force Indias. Mark was heard voicing his frustration with the Force India duo over his team radio saying, “These Force Indias […]

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According to Spanish media, the body of Maria Villota was found in her hotel room in Seville, this morning. According to police sources, Maria Villota was scheduled to participate in a talk called ‘What really matters’. Emergency service sources have said that they received a call from the hotel at 07.23am to attend to a […]

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The first free practice session for the 2013 Japanese grand prix was topped by Lewis Hamilton. The notoriously difficult Suzuka circuit didn’t take long to snare its first victim as Marussia’s Jules Bianchi ended his first session in the tyre barrier of the Degner 2. It was later reported that Bianchi had gotten his elbow stuck between the steering […]

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It’s Formula One commentating legend Murray Walker’s 90th birthday today and we thought we’d celebrate by sharing some of our favourite Walkerisms. For many Formula One fans worldwide Murray Walker is part and parcel of the sport they fell in love with. Starting every race with his enthusiastic, “GO! GO! GO!”, Murray is well known […]

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It has emerged that Kimi Raikkonen’s race engineer Mark Slade will not follow him from Lotus to Ferrari, according to a report in Italy’s La Gazzetta dello Sport. The report on Thursday, said that Ferrari has “no intention” of hiring Mark Slade. The report stated, “Ferrari has no intention of hiring Mark Slade to bring […]

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Jenson Button, McLaren “Suzuka feels a bit like a second home circuit to me. My win there back in 2011 remains one of my most emotional victories, because it was the first Japanese Grand Prix after the terrible tsunami that devastated the north of Japan – it was such an important event for the whole […]

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There are few things that are greater than the sport Formula 1. But if there was ever a possibility of it being transcended, of something being greater than the sport that so is beloved then Japan’s Suzuka circuit would be that mystical exception. The circuit lap record is held by Kimi Raikkonen, set during the exceptionally memorable 2005 Japanese GP. Suzuka made […]

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The Lotus boys really had quite a bit more than usual to say ahead of this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. Perhaps their double podium in Korea had a bit to do with their longer than usual preview quotes. Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus “Normally it doesn’t make too much difference to me where we race […]

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The Mercedes boys sound very excited about going to Suzuka. Here are their preview quotes ahead of this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes “Suzuka is one of the most exciting circuits of the year and I love racing there. Our car has been fast in high-speed corners this season as we seem to […]

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