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Posted on 02 November 2015. Tags: 2015, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, Lotus, mclaren, mercedes, mexico, nico rosberg, sebastian vettel, Valtteri Bottas, williams
What a difference seven days has made in the life of Nico Rosberg. Seven days ago the Mercedes driver was sulking his way through a podium ceremony in Texas and had become part of the Twitter-dubbed ‘cap-gate’ saga. But seven days later all was right again in the world of Nico Rosberg. He’s still come […]
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Posted on 30 October 2015. Tags: 2015, carlos sainz, daniel ricciardo, esteban gutierrez, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, Lotus, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, mexico, nico rosberg, red bull, romain grosjean, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, toro rosso
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg set the pace in the second free practice session in Mexico. Conditions looked slightly better than the first free practice session which started with a damp circuit. However, on his first lap of the afternoon Toro Rosso driver Max Verstappen clouted the barrier and in the process destroyed the left front […]
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Posted on 30 October 2015. Tags: 2015, f1, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mercedes, mexico, nico rosberg, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, toro rosso, williams
Toro Rosso driver Max Verstappen topped the timing sheets at the end of the first free practice session for the Mexican grand prix. The talented teenager set the fastest time according to the timing screens but in reality the laptime was achieved by cutting one of the corners on the Autrodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. The session […]
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Posted on 30 October 2015. Tags: 2015, esteban gutierrez, f1, ferrari, formula, haas f1 team, mexican, romain grosjean
The American Haas Formula 1 team has confirmed that Esteban Gutierrez will complete its driver line-up for the 2016 season. It has long been expected that the Mexican driver would fill the second seat the American team. However, it has now been confirmed by the driver himself. “Next year I will race with Haas and I […]
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Posted on 29 October 2015. Tags: engine, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mclaren, mercedes, mexico, michael schumacher, nico rosberg, nigel mansell, pirelli, red bull, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, toro rosso, williams
There is an adage which says that money can’t buy happiness. But in 2011 Carlos Slim, the world’s richest man, revealed that he was going to revive the Hermanos Rodriguez circuit in Mexico City and bring Formula 1 back to this South America location. It appears that money can, after all, buy some happiness. There […]
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Posted on 26 October 2015. Tags: 2015, alex rossi, austin, carlos sainz, circuit of the americas, CoTA, daniel ricciardo, daniil kvyat, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, manor, marussia, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, nico hulkenberg, nico rosberg, pirelli, red bull, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, texas, toro rosso, tyres, united states, Valtteri Bottas, williams
On Friday and Saturday race fans would have been cursing the biblical levels of rain that fell over Texas’ Circuit of the Americas. It completely obliterated any opportunity of running in all but one of the practice sessions and forced a postponement of qualifying to Sunday morning. However, as the weather cleared in time for […]
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Posted on 25 October 2015. Tags: 2015, circuit of the americas, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, qualifying, rain, red bull, sebastian vettel, texas, toro rosso, willams
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg made the most of the wet conditions around the Circuit of the Americas to secure his third consecutive pole position start. The session which started under cloudy skies and incessant rain got underway with most of the drivers filing out onto the circuit as soon as possible. The first to fall […]
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Posted on 22 October 2015. Tags: 2015, alex rossi, austin, carlos sainz, circuit of the americas, daniel ricciardo, daniil kvyat, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, honda, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, manor f1, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, nico hulkenberg, nico rosberg, pirelli, red bull, renault, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, texas gp, toro rosso, united states, Valtteri Bottas, williams
The old saying goes that everything is bigger and better in Texas and it’s hard to argue with it. The Circuit of the Americas, introduced in 2012, is already a favourite on the F1 calendar and in 2015 has the potential to crown a champion. The Circuit of the Americas, designed by Herman Tilke, gets […]
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Posted on 11 October 2015. Tags: 2015, daniel ricciardo, f1, felipe massa, felipe nasr, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, Lotus, marcus ericsson, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, nico hulkenberg, nico rosberg, pirelli, red bull, romain grosjean, russia, russian gp, safety car, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, sochi, strategy, toro rosso, tyres, Valtteri Bottas, williams
It isn’t often in Formula 1 that you get what you ask for. Ahead of the second ever Russian grand prix the request was for a race with a bit more zest and the Sochi Autodrom delivered. Where it concerned the winner of the race it wasn’t high on the entertainment stakes. Lewis Hamilton ambled […]
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Posted on 11 October 2015. Tags: 2015, bernie ecclestone, f1, Formula 1, michelin, pirelli, tyres
It has been confirmed that Pirelli will remain as the official tyre supplier to Formula 1 until the end of the 2019 season. Pirelli returned to Formula 1 at the start of the 2011 season and during their tenure in Formula 1 has endured several controversial periods. The Italian manufacturer was facing competition from French […]
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