F1 Madness

The Russian Grand Prix was moved up in 2016 and it’s now Round 4 of the Formula 1 World Championship. The Sochi Autodrom is a semi permanent facility that was built as part of the Winter Olympics park. Built on the shores of the warm waters of the Black Sea the popular seaside area is […]

Read the full story

F1’s official tyre supplier Pirelli, has announced the tyre choices for the upcoming Russian Grand Prix. The Red Bull and Haas F1 teams have gone super aggressive with their selections – both choosing 10 sets of super-soft tyres per driver for the race weekend. Teams are able to select 10 of the 13 sets of […]

Read the full story

Three-time Formula One world champion and non-executive chairman of the Mercedes F1 team Niki Lauda was honoured with the lifetime achievement award at this year’s Laureus World Sports Awards. Lauda was presented with the award by Mercedes F1 team driver Lewis Hamilton and actor Daniel Bruhl, who played the role of Lauda in the 2013 […]

Read the full story

The 2016 Chinese grand prix delivered a plethora of tyre strategies as the drivers made their way through the 56 laps. The compounds on offer for the race were the red-walled supersoft, yellow-walled soft, and the white-walled medium. It was evident from the long runs in Free Practice that the supersoft tyre would be the […]

Read the full story

For years we’ve been frustratingly calling for Nico Rosberg to up his game. With a third win out of three in 2016 he’s done it. The German driver effortlessly converted pole position into victory as the chaos unfolded behind his Mercedes. However, it was second-placed starter Daniel Ricciardo who snatched the lead of the race […]

Read the full story

DRIVERS 1 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 3 – Daniil KVYAT (Red Bull) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Kai Ebel) Congratulations, Nico, amazing gap, fantastic race, but just tell me why could Daniel Ricciardo pass you at the start? Nico ROSBERG: Ni hao, hello China. Yeah, the start was not quite good enough, […]

Read the full story

Sebastian Vettel has a little go at Daniil Kvyat in the #RoomofAwkard before heading on to the Chinese GP podium. Vettel was voicing his disapproval of Kvyat’s very brave move on him at the start of the Chinese GP. Kvyat took a massive chance and came at Vettel “like a torpedo” forcing the German into […]

Read the full story

Qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix race threw up some interesting points. The change back to the 2015 format mixed the grid more than the new 2016 regulations were meant to do. But one of the most talked about aspects is the tyre strategy come race day. The three tyre compound per race weekend has […]

Read the full story

Nico Hulkenberg will drop three-places down the grid ahead of Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix race following a wheel nut incident in Qualifying. The Force India driver was on his out lap in final minutes of Q2 when his front left wheel nut came loose sending the trye careening towards the tyre walls. The stewards ruled […]

Read the full story

DRIVERS 1 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2 – Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull) 3 – Kimi RAIKKONEN (Ferrari) TV UNILATERAL Q: Nico, it all looked fairly in control, a little bit of a glitch at the start of the session with Lewis, but how does that feel for you? Nico ROSBERG: I’m pleased of course. The whole […]

Read the full story