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Posted on 03 July 2015. Tags: 2015, britian, f1, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mclaren, nico rosberg, sauber, sebastian vettel, silverstone, susie wolff, toro rosso, williams
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg topped the timing sheets at the end of the first free practice session. Nico Rosberg set a fastest time of 1:34:274 ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton and Toro Rosso’s Max Verstappen. The Mercedes driver sent a clear message of intent to Hamilton as he set the quickest time of the […]
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Posted on 03 July 2015. Tags: 2015, alain prost, ayrton senna, f1, Formula 1, gpda fan survey, michael schumacher, survey
A Formula 1 fan is a scholar of history, a lover of all that came before in this majestic sport. The Grand Prix Drivers Association global fan survey asked for your view on the history of the sport and the response was pretty resounding. Formula 1 cars have always been achingly beautiful pieces of machinery […]
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Posted on 02 July 2015. Tags: 2015, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, Formula 1, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, mclaren, williams
There is an age-old question that all Formula 1 are inevitably asked – Who do you support? In the GPDA global fan survey a third of the fans said that they support more than one team and driver with less than 10% only following one team. It doesn’t really come as surprise that Ferrari ranked […]
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Posted on 02 July 2015. Tags: 2015, f1, fan survey, Formula 1, GPDA, online media, pay television, social media, survey, television, twitter, websites
The Grand Prix Drivers Association’s global Formula 1 fan survey has revealed a strong social media presence. Of the more than 215 000 fans who participated in the survey Twitter was named as the most popular social media platform for following the sport. Right here is where we want to give a personal shout out […]
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Posted on 02 July 2015. Tags: 2015, alex wurz, australia, austria, demographics, f1, fan survey, Formula 1, france, germany, grand prix drivers association, japan, nascar, survey, uk, us
The Grand Prix Driver’s Association (GPDA) has released the result of their global Formula 1 fan survey. The overall make-up of the global survey revealed that more than 215 000 fans from 194 countries took part in the survey. “As F1 drivers we share a passion and deep love for our sport with our fans…We […]
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Posted on 30 June 2015. Tags: 2015, becketts, british gp, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, forumula 1, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, maggots, mclaren, mercedes, michelin, nico rosberg, pirelli, sebastian vettel, silverstone
The first ever Formula 1 world championship season took place sixty-five years ago in 1950. The British grand prix was the first official world championship race in that 1950 season and it remains, though altered, on the Formula 1 calendar. The high speed circuit of Silverstone and the famously quick sequence of Maggots and Becketts […]
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Posted on 22 June 2015. Tags: austrian gp, austrian grand prix, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrrari, force india, Formula 1, honda, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, Lotus, max verstappen, mercedes, michelin, nico hulkenberg, nico rosberg, pastor maldonado, pirelli, red bull ring, sebastian vettel, spielberg, Valtteri Bottas, williams
Control is a concept that when given up is difficult to regain. Yet, Nico Rosberg overcame his pole starting teammate and controlled all seventy-one laps for an important victory in Austria. The multi-lingual German secured his third victory of the season and second consecutive Austrian race win. But for a “vibration” late on in the […]
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Posted on 20 June 2015. Tags: austrian gp, austrian grand prix, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, Formula 1, FP3 results, honda, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, niki lauda, red bull ring, sebastian vettel, spielberg
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel topped the timing sheets at the end of the third free practice session ahead of the Austrian grand prix. The running around the Styrian circuit got underway in cloudy conditions and with the Mercedes pairing of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton trading fastest laps. However, the emergence of Sebastian Vettel from his […]
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Posted on 18 June 2015. Tags: a1 ring, austrian gp, austrian grand prix, Canadian Grand Prix, E23, federico gastaldi, felipe massa, ferrari, jacky ickx, jochen rindt, le mans, lewis hamilton, lotus f1 team, mercedes, michael schumacher, nico hulkenberg, nico rosberg, niki lauda, patrick head, pirelli, red bull ring, rubens barrichello, Valtteri Bottas, williams
Power is defined as the capacity to move with great speed or force. As the Austrian Grand Prix’s four and a half kilometres circuit has only nine corners amongst its three long straights is it the classic power circuit. Austria’s interest in Formula 1 was indifferent at best until the rise of Jochen Rindt in the […]
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Posted on 09 June 2015. Tags: 2015, canada, canadian gp, carlos sainz, daniel ricciardo, daniil kvyat, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, Formula 1, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, Lotus, manor, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, montreal, nico rosberg, pastor maldonado, red bull, romain grosjean, sebastian vettel, toro rosso, Valtteri Bottas, williams
Most would hold the opinion that the Canadian grand prix was far from the riveting showpiece it typically delivers. In terms of on track action they would be right but there were a number of significant goings-on for various teams. It wouldn’t have been considered outlandish to expect McLaren to be threatening the outskirts of […]
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