F1 Madness

PART ONE: TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Frédéric VASSEUR (Sauber), Mattia BINOTTO (Ferrari), Mario ISOLA (Pirelli) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Mattia, it’s very tight at the top of the timesheets this afternoon. How did today go for you, Ferrari, and how do you assess the pace of nearest rivals? Mattia BINOTTO: Obviously we just finished the session so we are looking […]

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Daniel Ricciardo took the top spot in the second free practice session for the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver set the sessions fastest time of 1:18.455 on the super soft tyres which was 0.183s faster than Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel’s time of 1:18.638 which also came courtesy of the super soft tyres. Third fastest […]

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PART TWO: DRIVERS – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull), Sergio PÉREZ (Force India), Stoffel VANDOORNE (McLaren), Kevin MAGNUSSEN (Haas) Q: Session one we had a lot of talk about the implementation of the Halo cockpit head protection in 2018. I’d just like to get each of your thoughts on that. Perhaps we could start with Max. […]

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PART ONE: DRIVERS – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari), Fernando ALONSO (McLaren), Nico HULKENBERG (Renault) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Gentlemen, if we could by getting your thoughts on the Halo cockpit protection that is going to be introduced from the start of 2018. Sebastian, if we could begin with you, what are your thoughts about the Halo and how […]

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Sauber have confirmed that their 2018 technical partnership with Honda been cancelled. “It is very unfortunate that we have to discontinue the planned collaboration with Honda at this stage,” said Vasseur “However, this decision has been made for strategic reasons, and with the best intent or the future of the Sauber F1 Team in mind. […]

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After revealing their findings on Sebastian Vettel’s tyre failure at the British Grand Prix, Pirelli has now announced their findings on Kimi Raikkonen’s tyre failure and have concluded that damage to the tyre was caused by an external source effectively absolving he Italian tyre manufacturer of any blame. Pirelli say that they uncovered damage to […]

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Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli has concluded the investigation into the tyre failure that dropped Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel from 4th to 7th. Pirelli say that a slow puncture was the cause of the first failure. Vettel ran off the track out of Brooklands 2-laps before the end of the race as a result of his […]

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The FIA have confirmed that the Halo head protection device that was trailed in 2016 will be implemented for the 2018 season. For the first time, all the F1 teams were represented at the Strategy Group Meeting. Observers from Renault, Toro Rosso, Sauber and Haas were present at the meeting. A few enhancements will be […]

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DRIVERS: 1 – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 2 – Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 3 – Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Owen WILSON and Jenson BUTTON) Owen Wilson: Congratulations, what an exciting race. You made it look easy out there. Lewis Hamilton: It was not so easy. It’s never easy. OW: How are you guys doing? Great […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2 – Kimi RAIKKONEN (Ferrari) 3 – Sebastian VETTEL(Ferrari)   TRACKSIDE INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard and Jenson Button) David COULTHARD: Lewis, we’re going to come straight to you. Fantastic qualifying, unbelievable. You must be feeling good about that? Lewis HAMILTON: I feel great about it, especially with a great […]

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