F1 Madness

The Bahrain Grand Prix is back-to-back with the Chinese Grand Prix. We here at Madness HQ really enjoy these back-to-back races. It keeps us busy and eases with withdrawal. Round 04 of the Formula 1 World Championship takes us to the Bahrain International Circuit where for the second time it will play host to the […]

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Mercedes driver and current Formula One World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton believes that he has the psychological edge over his team mate Nico Rosberg in their battle for the Drivers’ Championship title this season. The defending world champ was accused of compromising Rosberg’s race during the Chinese Grand Prix this past weekend and responded smugly […]

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The hardest braking point on the Bahrain International Circuit is approaching turn 1. After the long straight, the driver has to decelerate by 267 km/h over just 158 metres. 2211 kilowatts of power are released in the process. The driver is subjected to 5.2 g, while having to push with 155 kg down onto the […]

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Philippe Bianchi, father of Jules Bianchi, has provided an update on Jules’ current medical situation, as well as voiced his anger around the FIA investigation which blames his son for the horror crash at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix. The 25-year old Bianchi remains in a coma in Nice more than six months after that […]

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After the race debrief Mercedes Director Toto Wolff has confirmed that Hamilton did not back Rosberg up on purpose and that it was all a consequence of preserving the tyres. Wolff called it a positive debrief adding that there was no animosity between the drivers. “I think he didn’t do it on purpose, and we’ve […]

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Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg lashes out at team mate Lewis Hamilton for driving too slow and compromising his own race. Rosberg was very vocal post race about his race being compromised and made no attempt to hide his dissatisfaction in the post race press conference. The full transcript of it  here.

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DRIVERS 1st Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2nd Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 3rd Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari)   PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Edwin Moses) Lewis, the gap was relatively small in the first part of the race. What happened in the second part of the race? Lewis HAMILTON: First of all, a fantastic job by the team. It was great […]

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Formula 1 is the biggest patience game you’re ever going to play. From Mercedes’ response, to Ferrari’s progress, to McLaren’s struggles, all of it requires buckets loads of determination and persistence. Mercedes showed a bona fide champion’s mentality after being beaten at the Malaysian grand prix. As speculation about strategies, tyre performance and pace dominated […]

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After Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton took victory at the Chinese Grand Prix, team mate Nico Rosberg lashed out at the Briton in the post race press conference claiming that Hamilton compromised his race by backing him into 3rd placed Sebastian Vettel. At a point in the race Rosberg came onto the radio and told his engineer […]

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DRIVERS 1st Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2nd Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 3rd Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari)   TV UNILATERAL Lewis, quickest in both sessions yesterday, quickest again today in all sessions, it’s looking pretty good for you this weekend? Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, I think China’s continuing to be generally a good circuit for me, and a very, very positive […]

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