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Posted on 01 December 2014. Tags: ferrari, fiorano, james allison, maurisio arrivanene, sebastian vettel, segio marchionne
Sebastian Vettel described his debut in a Ferrari F1 car as “really, really special” and said that it was like a fairy tale. Vettel spent the past few days at Ferrari getting to know the team and engineers and also got to meet with the top brass at Ferrari and Fiat. On Saturday, Vettel drove […]
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Posted on 01 December 2014. Tags: caterham, f1, fia, finbarr o'connell
The Caterham F1 Team was given special dispensation by the FIA and the F1 Commission to use their 2014 car next season. Although the team raced at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, they are still under administration and could make it to the race courtesy of a crowd-funding scheme after missing the United States and Brazilian Grands […]
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Posted on 01 December 2014. Tags: interlagos, mark webber, WEC
Former F1 Red Bull Driver Mark Webber was incredibly lucky to escape serious injury in a horrror crash during the 2014 WEC season finale in Sao Paolo. The Australian is reported to be in a ‘satisfactory condition’. Webber and Matteo Cressoni made contact in the final kink and both cars were sent hurtling into the […]
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Posted on 28 November 2014. Tags: carlos sainz jr, f1, Formula 1, franz tost, max verstappen, toro rosso
The Toro Rosso Formula 1 team announced on Friday evening that Carlos Sainz Jr will drive for the team in 2015. This comes two days after Jean-Eric Vergne announced on Twitter that he will not be driving for the team in 2015. It also means that Toro Rosso have finalised their line up for 2015 […]
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Posted on 27 November 2014. Tags: f1, fia wec, force india, Formula 1, le mans, le mans 24, nico hulkenberg, porsche, world endurance championship
Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg announced today that he will driver for Porsche during the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Hulkenberg made the announcement on Twitter to his followers. In his tweet he also thanked Managing Director and Team Principal Vijay Mallya for allowing him to compete at Le Mans. Hulkenberg becomes the first driver since […]
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Posted on 26 November 2014. Tags: carlos sainz jr, jean-eric vergne, toro rosso
Jean-Eric Vergne announced this afternoon (26 November 2014), that he will not be driving for Toro Rosso in 2015. The Frenchman made his announcement in a tweet this afternoon. “Despite a good season and 22 points, I’ll not drive any more for Toro Rosso in 2015,” read the tweet. Although Toro Rosso have not finalised their […]
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Posted on 26 November 2014. Tags: 2014, abu dhabi, alex lynn, daniel ricciardo, esteban ocon, f1, felipe nasr, honda, Lotus, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, pascal werhlein, red bull, stoffel vandoorne, test, williams
Mercedes ended the second day of testing at Abu Dhabi on top of the timing sheets. Test driver Pascal Wehrlein brought the Abu Dhabi test to a close with the fastest lap on the timing sheets. The 20-year-old official Mercedes test driver set a fastest time of 1:42:624 roughly half a second ahead of the pack. […]
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Posted on 25 November 2014. Tags: abu dhabi, caterham, charles pic, f1 testing, ferrari, force india, jolyin palmer carlos sainz, kimi raikkonen, Lotus, marcu ericsson, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, red bull, sauber, stoffel vandoorne, toro rosso, Valtteri Bottas, will stevens, williams, yas marina circuit
The first day of the 2014 Abu Dhabi test ended with Valtteri Bottas on top of the time sheets with a time of 1:43.396. The headline act for the day was McLaren who were debuting their MP4-29H/1X1 with the Honda power unit. However, due to electrical issues and a fuel/data exchange issue the Woking based […]
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Posted on 24 November 2014. Tags: ferrari, marco mattiacci, maurizio arrivabenne
A day after the season finale in Abu Dhabi, the Ferrari Formula 1 Team has announced that Maurizio Arrivabenne will replace Marco Marriacci as the new Team Principal for Ferrari for 2015. Arivabenne joins Ferrari from Philip Morris Tobacco, one of the biggest sponsors of the Ferrari Formula 1 Team. He has held a number […]
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Posted on 24 November 2014. Tags: 2014, abu dhabi gp, daniel ricciardo, driver's champion, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, red bull, sebastian vettel
It is said that privilege is a special right reserved only for a fortunate few. Yet, if you’re a Formula 1 fan every highly anticipated season comes with the guarantee that at the end of it you will be in a position to appreciate something truly special. In 2014 the wheel-to-wheel battle in Bahrain, the […]
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