F1 Madness

There was a bit of commotion even before the Belgian grand prix officially got underway. Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg waved desperately from the cockpit of his car on the starting grid moments before the red lights were extinguished. It turns out that the German had a mechanical issue that would end his race before it […]

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Following Sebastian Vettel’s tyre blow out in the Belgian Grand Prix which cost him a podium finish Pirelli have said that they were ignored when they suggested a lap limit for each tyre compound. Vettel lashed out at Pirelli after the race. Ferrari have also come out and said that they were not to blame […]

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Pirelli Motorsport Director Paul Hembery has come out in defense of the Italian F1 tyre supplier saying that the tyre failure suffered by Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was a result of excessive wear. Vettel was on his way to a podium finish at the Belgian Grand Prix after starting in 8th position and two laps before […]

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The Williams F1 Team have apologised to their driver Valtteri Bottas for the pit lane error which lead to a drive through penalty. After loosing a few places in the opening laps of the race Bottas managed to stabilise his place and was running 6th before the first round of pit stops. He was called […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 3 – Romain GROSJEAN (Lotus) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard) Lewis, your 39th grand prix victory, your 80th time on the podium – equalling your great hero Ayrton Senna – a pretty good day at the office? Lewis HAMILTON: Wow. How you guys doing, you good? […]

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With all the penalties that have been applied after qualifying we have an idea of what the grid is looking like. Romain Grosjean drops 5-places due to a gearbox change Max Verstappen dropped 10-places for an engine change. Jenson Button gets a 25-place grid penaltie for taking his 7th and 8th engines and another 25 […]

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Sebastian Vettel put his 9th place qualifying finish down to a braking error into the final corner on his timed lap. Vettel showed very good pace throughout the qualifying sessions and was placed behind the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. But things seemed to go wrong for him on his final timed lap […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 3 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Williams) TV UNILATERAL So Lewis, your sixth consecutive pole. You must be pleased, particularly with the way you achieved it, but I guess also, after Hungary, a little cautious about its significance, with the race coming up tomorrow? Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, […]

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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton ended the 3rd free practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix on top of the time sheets ahead of his team-mate Nico Rosberg. Hamilton set the fastest time of 1:48.984 on his option tyre run which was 0.498s quicker than Rosberg who managed a 1:49.482. Hamilton gained almost 2 tenths in the […]

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The FIA has removed the new orange sausage kerb at the top of the Eau Rouge-Raidillon complex, following complaints from drivers after Friday’s practice sessions at the Belgian Grand Prix. The kerb had been installed to deterA kerb was installed prior to the race weekend in order to deter drivers cutting the corner. However, after […]

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