F1 Madness

Formula 1 returns to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on the Île Notre-Dame for the Canadian Grand Prix and round 7 of the Formula 1 World Championship. The Circuit is a semi-permanent facility with 13 corners most famous of which is the Turn 12 and Turn 13 chicane and the wall at the exit of Turn 13 which […]

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The Manor F1 Team announced, on Monday 1 June 2015, a few key signings to its technical and engineering teams in a bid to boost the teams performance. Luca Furbatto was signed on from Toro Rosso as Head of Design at Manor. Furbatto joins Manor from Toro Rosso where he held the role as Chief […]

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Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo claimed his first F1 win after a thriller at the Canadian Grand Prix in 2014. An eventful race saw both Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton suffer technical problems, and Felipe Massa and Sergio Perez involved in a heavy crash, while Jenson Button’s late surge earned him a brilliant fourth for McLaren.

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The hardest braking point on the Île de Notre-Dame lies just ahead of the start/finish line. The driver has to brake down hard, decelerating by 210 km/h over just 122 metres. 2,456 kW of power are released in the process. Up to 5.6 g pull at the driver, who pushes with 171 kg onto the […]

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Mercedes Head of Motorsport Toto Wolff has apologised to Lewis Hamilton on behalf of the team following the late pit stop mistake at the Monaco Grand Prix. Hamilton was leading the race when a late safety car was deployed because of Toro Rosso’s Max Verstappen colliding with Lotus’ Romain Grosjean. Initially the virtual safety car […]

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With Jenson Button finishing the Monaco Grand Prix in 8th position, the McLaren F1 team together with engine partner Honda have picked up their first points of the 2015 season. McLaren racing director Eric Boullier has called it “a hugely positive step for the whole team” but he remains cautiously optimistic and says that there […]

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DRIVERS 1st Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2nd Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 3rd Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Martin Brundle) Nico, congratulations, the first time in your career you’ve won two races on the bounce but more importantly three consecutive races here in Monaco. The last man to do that was the great Ayrton Senna. That […]

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Max Verstappen was given a 5-place grid penalty for the Canadian Grand Prix after his collision with Lotus’ Romain Grosjean at the Monaco Grand Prix. The 17-year old Dutchman, in his first Monaco Grand Prix, was fighting for 10th place with Grosjean when he made contact with the right rear of the Lotus into Turn […]

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The Williams F1 team say that their lack of pace at the Monaco circuit is specific to the nature of the track and they are almost certain that it will not affect them at other circuits. The 2015 Williams FW37, much like the 2014 car, suits tracks with long straights and fast corners. The Monaco […]

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DRIVERS 1st Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2nd Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 3rd Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) TV UNILATERAL Lewis, it’s seems to strange that it’s your first pole at Monaco, what does it mean to you? Lewis HAMILTON: It does, it’s been a long, long time. I can’t express to you just how happy I am. It wasn’t the […]

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