F1 Madness

Kimi Raikkonen has been reprimanded by the Formula One race stewards for driving in a “potentially dangerous manner” in the pit lane during the second practice session ahead of this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Both Raikkonen and Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton crossed the white line indicating two lanes in the pits, and cut behind a […]

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It was business as usual for Mercedes as Nico Rosberg went top of the time sheets in Free Practice 2 for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Rosberg set a time of 1:34.647 to go fastest in the session in the option tyre. Hamilton set a time of 1:34.762 just 0.115s off Rosberg’s time. He tried for […]

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Australian Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo has won the Laureus breakthrough of the year award. The 25 year-old Ricciardo joined the Red Bull Racing team in 2014 and racked up three impressive victories and five podium finishes in a season otherwise dominated by Mercedes. Despite not being able to attend the prestigious awards ceremony in […]

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It was just about a month ago that the agonising wait for the start of the 2015 season was all but over as the Australian grand prix loomed large within touching distance of starved Formula 1 fans. As the Bahrain grand prix approaches, a mere seven days after the third round in China, Lewis Hamilton is […]

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Mercedes driver and current Formula One World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton believes that he has the psychological edge over his team mate Nico Rosberg in their battle for the Drivers’ Championship title this season. The defending world champ was accused of compromising Rosberg’s race during the Chinese Grand Prix this past weekend and responded smugly […]

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Philippe Bianchi, father of Jules Bianchi, has provided an update on Jules’ current medical situation, as well as voiced his anger around the FIA investigation which blames his son for the horror crash at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix. The 25-year old Bianchi remains in a coma in Nice more than six months after that […]

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After the race debrief Mercedes Director Toto Wolff has confirmed that Hamilton did not back Rosberg up on purpose and that it was all a consequence of preserving the tyres. Wolff called it a positive debrief adding that there was no animosity between the drivers. “I think he didn’t do it on purpose, and we’ve […]

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DRIVERS 1st Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2nd Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 3rd Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari)   PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Edwin Moses) Lewis, the gap was relatively small in the first part of the race. What happened in the second part of the race? Lewis HAMILTON: First of all, a fantastic job by the team. It was great […]

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Formula 1 is the biggest patience game you’re ever going to play. From Mercedes’ response, to Ferrari’s progress, to McLaren’s struggles, all of it requires buckets loads of determination and persistence. Mercedes showed a bona fide champion’s mentality after being beaten at the Malaysian grand prix. As speculation about strategies, tyre performance and pace dominated […]

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After Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton took victory at the Chinese Grand Prix, team mate Nico Rosberg lashed out at the Briton in the post race press conference claiming that Hamilton compromised his race by backing him into 3rd placed Sebastian Vettel. At a point in the race Rosberg came onto the radio and told his engineer […]

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