F1 Madness

As far as thrillers go the Abu Dhabi grand prix isn’t quite going to make the list of most memorable races. Though visually spectacular the Yas Marina circuit has brought the 2015 season to a close in fairly mundane manner but still provided several talking points. In only the second time in its seven year […]

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On Saturday at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the FIA received a request from Mercedes regarding clarification on wind tunnel regulations and the limits on wind tunnel work. The FIA have ruled on the matter and have told teams that teams are not allowed to collude on aerodynamic testing, more specifically, customer teams with technical […]

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Toro Rosso’s Max Verstappen was handed a post race drive through penalty for ignoring blue flags in Sunday’s race for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The rookie impeded Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton towards the end of the race and was handed the drive through penalty which was converted to a 20-second time penalty. That meant Verstappen […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 3 – Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari)   PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard) Q: Nico, that must taste good? Nico ROSBERG: Delicious! The best ever! Q: It’s been an incredible end to the season. This was, to me, your most dominant win of the season, […]

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Pos. Driver Team 1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 3 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 4 Sergio Perez Force India 5 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 6 Valtteri Bottas Williams 7 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 8 Felipe Massa Williams 9 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull 10 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 11 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso 12 Jenson […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 3 – Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari)   TV UNILATERAL Nico, six poles in a row at the end of the season – how have you done it? Nico ROSBERG: Well, before it was close in the other direction and now its close in this direction. […]

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Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg has secured his sixth straight pole position ahead of the 2015 Abu Dhabi grand prix. The first session of the qualifying hour was highlighted by miscalculation of Sebastian Vettel’s side of the Ferrari garage. It meant that the German missed out on advancing to the next stage of the session and […]

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As the final Free Practice session for the the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix got underway, it emerged that the Mercedes Formula 1 Team have written to the FIA requesting clarity on wind tunnel regulations regarding technical partnerships with other teams. With the Haas F1 team set to enter the Formula 1 circus next year and […]

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Nico Rosberg finished fastest in the 3rd Free Practice session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Despite saying that he will be down on power this weekend. Rosberg set a time of 1:41.856 on the super soft tyres to go 0.281s faster than Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton struggled to get in a clean lap […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Cyril ABITEBOUL (Renault) Maurizio ARRIVABENE (Ferrari) Federico GASTALDI (Lotus) Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing) Claire WILLIAMS (Williams) Toto WOLFF (Mercedes)   PRESS CONFERENCE Cyril, it’s been a little while since you’ve been here joining us in the press conference. You’ve been talking a little bit recently about next year – larger budgets etc […]

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