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Posted on 17 July 2017. Tags: british gp, daniel ricciardo, esteban ocon, f1, felipe masa, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, honda, jim clark, kimi raikkonen, lance stroll, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, pirelli, red bull, renault sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, silverstone, stoffel vandoorne, Valtteri Bottas, williams
The phenomenon of home ground advantage has nearly always been touted in the world of sport as a sort of mythical influence that makes the team or a person nearly unbeatable. This advantage was no more evident as Lewis Hamilton took a record-equaling fifth British grand prix win around the famed Silverstone circuit. While Hamilton […]
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Posted on 15 July 2017. Tags: daniel ricciardo, f1, felipe massa, ferrari, kimi raikkonen, lance stroll, lewis hamilton, mercedes, pirelli, red bull, sebastian vettel, silverstone, Valtteri Bottas, williams
Mercedes driver and home-town favourite Lewis Hamilton scored the 67th pole position of his career ahead of the 2017 British grand prix. There was little in the way of a challenge to Lewis Hamilton under the cloudy Northamptonshire skies as he imperiously took pole position by half a second. Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen will share the […]
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Posted on 10 July 2017. Tags: 2017, austrian gp, daniel ricciardo, esteban ocon, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas, honda, kevin magnussen, kimi raikkonen, lance stroll, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, pirelli, red bull, red bull ring, renault, romain grosjean, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, spielberg, Valtteri Bottas, williams
The Austrian grand prix was a weekend that should have suited the Mercedes W08 to a tee. It did, but in the shape of Valtteri Bottas it wasn’t quite the Mercedes driver that most would’ve expected to see on the top step of the podium. The Finnish driver delivered a dominant performance not only throughout […]
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Posted on 08 July 2017. Tags: 2017, austria, carlos sainz, f1, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mclaren, mercedes, pirelli, red bull, red bull ring, renault, sauber, sebastian vettel, toro rosso, Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas has secured pole position by half a tenth over the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel for the 2017 Austrian grand prix. While Lewis Hamilton set the third quickest time it’s Kimi Raikkonen who will start third as the Brit drops down five places to eighth as a result of a gearbox change. While […]
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Posted on 08 July 2017. Tags: 2017, austria, daniel ricciardo, f1, fernando alonso, Formula 1, haas, honda, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, pirelli, red bull, red bull ring, renault, sauber, sebastian vettel, Valtteri Bottas
Sebastian Vettel set the quickest time for Ferrari in the third free practice session ahead of the Austrian grand prix. The Saturday practice session commenced under overcast conditions but without any threat of rain. Carlos Sainz lost roughly half the session to an engine issue. However, the Toro Rosso was speedily recovered to the garage […]
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Posted on 05 July 2017. Tags: 2017, austria, daniel ricciardo, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, fia, force india, Formula 1, haas, honda, jean tout, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, niki lauda, pirelli, red bull, red bull ring, renault, sauber, sebastian vettel, spielberg, stoffel vandoorne, supersoft, toto wolff, ultrasoft, Valtteri Bottas
From the confines of Baku City Formula 1 returns to the sprawling vista of Austria for the ninth round of the 2017 championship. Situated in Spielberg the Red Bull Ring is a short circuit consisting of nine corners in total. These corners are linked with several long straits and though it may be a power-dominant […]
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Posted on 26 June 2017. Tags: 2017, azerbaijan GP, baku gp, esteban ocon, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas, honda, kevin magnussen, kimi raikkonen, lance stroll, lewis hamilton, marcus ericsson, mclaren, mercedes, Pascal Wehrlein, pirelli, red flag, renault, romain grosjean, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, stoffel vandoorne, toto wolff, Valtteri Bottas, williams
If you had been given absolute free reign to dream up the most dramatic script for a Formula 1 race the chances are you still wouldn’t have come up with what transpired in the 51 laps of the 2017 Baku grand prix. From the first corner on lap one to the crossing of the finish […]
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Posted on 23 June 2017. Tags: 2017, azerbaijan, baku gp, daniel ricciardo, esteban ocon, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, pirelli, red bull, renault, sauber, sebatian vettel, sergio perez, Valtteri Bottas
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen topped the timing sheets in the first free practice session ahead of Sunday’s Baku grand prix. The 90 minute session got underway in glorious sunshine in the city of Baku. However, the second longest circuit on the grid proved quite slippery and dusty as several drivers endured spins and running wide […]
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Posted on 21 June 2017. Tags: 2017, azerbaijan, baku, daniel ricciardo, esteban ocon, european gp, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas, honda, kimi raikkonen, lance stroll, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, pirelli, red bull, renault romain grosjean, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, stoffel vandoorne, Valtteri Bottas, williams
In 2016 Azerbaijan became the newest addition to the Formula 1 calendar as it hosted the country’s first ever street-race in the capital city of Baku. F1’s favourite designer Herman Tilke envisioned and delivered a circuit, which combined the city’s uniquely historical buildings with the modern, and technical world of Formula1. The Baku City track, […]
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Posted on 12 June 2017. Tags: 2017, canadian gp, carlos sainz, circuit gilles villeneuve, Claire Williams, daniil kvyat, esteban ocon, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas, kimi raikkonen, lance stroll, lewis hamilton, marcus ericsson, mclaren, mercedes, montreal, Pascal Wehrlein, pirelli, romain grosjean, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, stoffel vandoorne, toro rosso, Valtteri Bottas, wall of champions, williams
As far as grand prix wins go Lewis Hamilton’s win in Canada appeared no more taxing than a leisurely Sunday afternoon drive. Untroubled, the Mercedes driver, for the sixth time in his storied F1 career, reached the chequered flag first on the circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Hamilton’s unchallenged run to the chequered flag was set up […]
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