F1 Madness

Formula 1 is two weeks into its mid-season break, which provides the perfect occasion to reflect on the first half of 2016. Mercedes brilliant but not without bruises The reigning champions rocketed out of the starting gate in 2016 and haven’t faced a consistently noteworthy challenge from anyone. Nico Rosberg obliterated the competition with four […]

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After the Saturday qualifying session Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg was on top of the world after delivering a stunning lap, for pole, under extreme pressure. But the German’s euphoria on home soil was short lived as teammate Lewis Hamilton rocketed into the lead of the race. Hamilton went on to taste the sweet success of victory […]

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Nico Rosberg topped the timing sheet at the end of the second free practice session for the German grand prix. The Mercedes driver out-paced teammate Hamilton by four tenths of a second to end the 90 minute practice session with a quickest time of :1:15:614. Lewis Hamilton, 0.394 adrift, finished the session in second overall […]

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The last time the F1 paddock visited Germany’s Hockenheimring was in 2014. Back then Mercedes’ dominance was just getting into its stride and Sebastian Vettel was still a Red Bull driver. Given the amount of things that have changed it feels impossible that the race around the Hockenheimring was just two years ago. In 2016 […]

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The Hungarian grand prix marked the theoretical mid point of the 2016 season. Yet, after ten races a singular point was all that divided Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton in the championship fight. Throughout the weekend’s practice sessions and qualifying it was Rosberg who looked most comfortable. But it wasn’t long before Hamilton got the […]

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When the FIA announced a 21-race calendar for the 2016 it’s likely that few really took notice of what this actually meant. As the paddock heads to the Hungaroring in Budapest, Hungary for the 11th round it will, astonishingly, only reach the halfway mark of the season on lap 35 of the race. The 70 […]

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The notoriously unpredictable British weather was surprisingly docile right up until ten minutes before the race start. As the rain came down on the Silverstone circuit race director Charlie Whiting declared that it would start behind the safety car. Although safety is of paramount importance the safety-car start deprived everyone of the battle, into turn […]

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Lewis Hamilton has secured pole position ahead of the 2016 British grand prix. The Mercedes driver bested teammate Nico Rosberg by three tenths of a second to secure his 55th career pole. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was best of the rest in third ahead of his Australian teammate Daniel Ricciardo in fourth. Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen […]

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Mercedes driver and local hero Lewis Hamilton has set the quickest time in the first free practice session for Sunday’s British grand prix. The session started under overcast skies but remained dry for the entire one and a half hour session. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton led the timing sheets by 0.033 ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg […]

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The Ferrari team has announced that it has re-signed Kimi Raikkonen for the 2017 season. Raikkonen first joined the Italian team in 2007 when he went on to win his debut race with the squad in Australia. At end of the 2007 season the Finn clinched the driver’s world title for the team. The title […]

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