F1 Madness

Lewis Hamilton has secured the first ever pole position for the Russian grand prix. The Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg locked on the front row of the Sochi Autdrom but it wasn’t without pressure from behind. Williams driver Valterri Bottas nearly pulled a rabbit out of the proverbial hat but a slide […]

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Lewis Hamilton set a dominant pace during the final practice session at the Sochi Autodrom ahead of this weekend’s Russian Grand Prix. Hamilton’s time of 1:38.726 was comfortably faster than the rest of the pack, despite a spin at the penultimate corner which saw him destroy his tyres and unable to complete his lap. At […]

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The FIA has revealed more details about Jules Bianchi’s crash during the Japanese grand prix. Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting went through CCTV footage taken a handful of minutes before the Marussia driver’s crash. “There is a dryish line. As the rain has intensified, a little bit of water creeps on to the drier […]

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Formula 1 teams will come together this weekend to discuss the possible implementation of a specified yellow flag speed limit. The FIA and race director Charlie Whiting has called for a meeting to discuss the possibility of limiting the speed of cars in the yellow flag zones. The meeting comes as a result of Jules […]

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Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton finished the first two practice session at Russia’s Sochi Autodrom on top of the timing sheets. For the first time in its illustrious history Formula 1 commenced an official F1 race weekend in Russia. The circuit, 5.8 km in length and designed by Herman Tilke, was praised by several drivers. […]

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The Marussia F1 team confirmed on Friday morning that they will run one car for Max Chilton at this weekends Russian Grand Prix. Marussia have written to the stewards to inform them that they have withdrawn their second car. They feel that running a single car is the appropriate course of action under the difficult […]

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The Marussia Formula 1 team are yet to decide if they will run two cars at this weekends Russian Grand Prix. Reserve driver Alexander Rossi was nominated by the team to race in place of Jules Bianchi who remains in a critical condition at the Mie General Hospital in Japan after his crash at the […]

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The Lotus F1 team have confirmed it will be powered by Mercedes Benz power units from 2015 onward. The Enstone based team agreed to be supplied with Mercedes-Benz Power Units by Mercedes AMG High Performance Power-trains (HPP) based in Brixworth, UK. The power units will use the Fluid Technology Solutions designed by Mercedes technology partner, […]

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Drivers: Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari) Jenson BUTTON (McLaren) Daniil KVYAT (Toro Rosso) Felipe MASSA (Williams) Adrian SUTIL (Sauber) Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing)   PRESS CONFERENCE Q: It’s just five days since we were in Suzuka, I would just like to hear your views on the events of last weekend – starting with Fernando. Fernando ALONSO: […]

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Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli revealed the tyre choices for the final three Grand Prix of the 2014 season. The Yellow soft and White medium tyres will be nominated for the Circuit of the America’s in Austin Texas. The two compounds were chosen by Pirelli because of the combination of the fast corners and technical […]

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