F1 Madness

Official Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli says that it remains focused on safety following the FIA Strategy Groups’s announcement about proposed 2016 ‘free choice’ tyre rules. The FIA revealed on Friday that the Strategy Group – which is made up of six F1 teams, FIA President Jean Todt and Bernie Ecclestone – were proposing a […]

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Gene Haas is not ruling out the possibility of seeing Danica Patrick behind the wheel of an F1 car. The American motorsport mogul is set to launch his Formula 1 team in ten months and has not ruled out Danica Patrick as a potential driver choice. “Danica Patrick is highly marketable, and if anything we’re […]

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The Formula 1 strategy group met yesterday in Biggin Hill to discuss the state of the sport and exchange views on the current challenges F1 faces. Not only were the teams invited to the meeting, but engine manufacturers were also invited. The current V6 engines will remain but will be higher reving to increase the […]

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Lotus test driver Jolyon Palmer finished on top of the time sheets for Lotus on the final day of the Barcelona in-season test on Wednesday. Palmer set his fastest lap of the day with a set of Pirelli’s super soft tyres a few minutes before the day ended. His time of 1:26.080 was 0.417s faster […]

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Nico Rosberg picked up right where he left off for Mercedes on Tuesday in testing after victory at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday.  Rosberg’s fastest lap of 1:24.374 came in the morning session with an unmarked Pirelli compound was 0.307s quicker than his pole setting time for the Spanish Grand Prix. He also clocked […]

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It’s taken a bit of time but Nico Rosberg has struck back and with quite a dominant victory at that. The circuit de Barcelona Catalunya has always been a good hunting ground for the German/Monegasque but given the way his 2015 season has been going the weekend wouldn’t have started with Rosberg as the favourite. In […]

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Toro Rosso star Carlos Sainz Jr got his Formula One career off to a fantastic start by scoring points on his debut at the Australian Grand Prix. He then followed that with yet more points in Malaysia. Red Bull presents this short clip looking back on Carlos Sainz Jr’s journey to Formula One and also […]

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It appears that a tear-off visor strip is to blame for Fernando Alonso’s brake failure at the F1 Spanish Grand Prix. The brake failure saw Alonso very nearly running over his pit crew and then retiring from the race. The McLaren team identified the issue during Alonso’s second stint and called him in to the […]

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Mercedes driver and current F1 World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton was not happy with the radio message from his team telling him to back off during the final stint of the Spanish Grand Prix. A slow start from second on the grid and a slow first pit stop compromised Hamilton’s race and meant that he […]

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The first in season test for 2015 will be held at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona from the 12th – 13th May 2015. Most of the teams have already confirmed their driver line up for the test apart from Manor, who will not be participating in the test. Below is the line up for both days […]

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