F1 Madness

While all eyes were on the McLaren 2015 car launch, the Mercedes F1 team quietly sneaked into Silverstone for a shakedown for their 2015 car, the W06. In very cold conditions both Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg got to lap the Northhamptonshire circuit clocking up a total of 18 laps. The session, classified as a […]

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The McLaren F1 team revealed their 2015 contender, the MP4-30, on Thursday afternoon. After much anticipation the car was revealed online in a tweet by the McLaren F1 team. The car sports a familiar McLaren silver/black livery with some red detailing. The car is still missing the presence of a title sponsor logo. The influence […]

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The Force India Formula 1 Team announced on Wednesday afternoon that they will not participate at the first test of the 2015 season in Jerez, Spain. The team announced on Twitter that they will skip the test. “We have chosen not to run the old (2014) car in Jerez. The learning opportunities would have been […]

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The 2015 Formula 1 Season is upon us and with all the teams releasing teaser pics and with the car launches and testing about to take place within the week we thought we’d give you a quick run down on the testing schedule and the driver line up for each team.   Testing Dates: 01 […]

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The FIA have reversed their decision to allow in-season engine development for McLaren’s new engine partner, Honda. The 2015 rules for engine homologation were left open after Ferrari’s James Allison pointed out that nowhere in the 2015 rules does it state that teams have to submit their homologated engines for the 2015 season. The deadline […]

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Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone confirmed that the German Grand Prix will take place at Hockenheim and not the Nurburgring due to financial reasons. Hockenheim alternates with the Nurburgring each year to host the German Grand Prix but due to financial reasons the Nurburgring is unable to host this years race. The date for the German Grand […]

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The FIA have finalized the procedures for the new Virtual Safety Car (VSC) system that will be used to neutralize races in 2015. The VSC was brought about after Jules Bianchi’s accident at the Japanese Grand Prix last year where he crashed out of the race with serious head injuries under yellow flag conditions. The […]

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A loophole in the 2015 technical regulations means that teams will be allowed to update their engines during the season. The loophole only exists because the regulations do not mention when the final engine for 2015 must be homologated as it stated in the 2014 regulations. An FIA spokesperson has said that the FIA was always […]

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After more than 60 trophies were stolen from the Red Bull factory in Milton Keynes, the team have revealed that some of the stolen trophies have been recovered. The team say that around 20 of the trophies have been recovered from  the Horseshoe Lake near Sandhurst after a member of the public spotted them “It’s good […]

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The Ferrari Formula 1 Team announced on Monday evening 16 December that Pat Fry their Technical Director for the chassis division and car designer Nikolas Tombazis are to leave the team. This comes amid an intense restructuring going on at the Maranello based team. The newly appointed team principal of Ferrari, Maurizzio Arrivabene has restructured […]

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