F1 Madness

Formula One tyre supplier Pirelli gave the sport its first glimpse at their wider tyres for next season which will come into play under the revised 2017 F1 regulations. The wider tyre was unveiled in Monte Carlo ahead of the final practice session for the Monaco Grand Prix. The new technical regulations for the 2017 […]

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Full transcript of the post-race press conference following the Spanish Grand Prix. Drivers: 1 – Max Verstappen (Red Bull), 2 – Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), 3 – Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari). PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Placido Domingo) Q: Max Verstappen, of course you are aware that you are the youngest winner ever in Formula One. How does […]

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All eyes were on Max Verstappen heading into Spain following his surprise promotion from Toro Rosso to Red Bull. 18yr old Verstappen put in a stellar performance during Saturday’s Spanish Grand Prix qualifying session. Max finished in fourth place with team mate Daniel Ricciardo only narrowly beating him. Q: Max, did you envision starting this […]

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Full transcript of the post qualifying press conference ahead of the Spanish GP. Drivers: 1 – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), 2 – Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), 3 – Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull). TV UNILATERAL Q: Lewis, a bit of pressure on you there in the final run after that mistake in the first run of Q3 but […]

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Not even the #RoomofAwkard could have been as awkward as the Friday Drivers Press Conference following two practice sessions ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix. Demoted Daniil Kvyat – now racing for the Toro Rosso team, Promoted Max Verstappen – now racing for Red Bull, and Carlos Sainz (current and former team mate respectively) – […]

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Depsite a sensor switching his car into protective limp mode during the third and final Spanish GP practice session, Nico Rosberg maintained his strong form topping the time sheets for the session. Sebastian Vettel went third fastest for Ferrari setting the fastest overall times through the first and second sectors. His time was 0.147s off […]

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Formula One World Championship leader Nico Rosberg moved Mercedes ahead of the Ferraris during the second practice session for this weekend’s Spanish GP. Rosberg’s lap time of 1:23.922 on Pirelli’s soft tyres saw him finish the session 0.254s faster than his Ferrari rival Kimi Raikkonen. The Finn, who had been informed by his crew that […]

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The Red Bull Racing F1 team is set to debut its canopy protection system during the first free practice session ahead of the Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom. The sport has been making attempts to increase driver head protection in recent months, with the ‘halo’ device which was recently trialled by Ferrari, currently […]

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Members of the F1 Commission have until Friday to submit their fax vote concerning the 2017 engine regulations, according to a report on Autosport. The F1 Commission and the F1 strategy group met on Tuesday to discuss the new 2017 engine rules, ahead of Saturday’s deadline to have planned rule changes for 2017 finalised. According […]

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Former Manor team boss John Booth has joined the Toro Rosso Formula One team as Director of Racing, on a consultancy basis. Booth left the Manor F1 team at the end of 2015 after differences of opinion with team owner Stephen Fitzpatrick. The two disagreed over the direction that the team was going. Since leaving […]

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