F1 Madness

Melbourne will continue to host the Australian Grand Prix until 2020 after a new five-year deal was finalised. After a year of negotiations a new contract from 2016-2020 was signed with Formula One Management in London last week to keep the venue on the calendar. Albert Park has hosted the Australian GP every year since […]

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In spite of what the circumstances may be, how improbable it seems or how much the odds are stacked against you there is something to be said for never giving up. Daniel Ricciardo, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton’s performance in the Hungarian GP were phenomenal examples of such resolve. Lewis Hamilton needed to dig deep […]

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Formula One champion and F1 legend, Niki Lauda, sees no reason why Flavio Briatore should be brought in to increase the popularity of the sport and believes it is already making leaps forward with recent changes. Following lower numbers of spectators at some circuits and criticism of the sport across this season, Formula One has […]

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Nico Rosberg and Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton will start from opposite ends of the Hungarian GP grid after Rosberg enjoyed a clear run to pole and Hamilton’s car caught fire early on during the qualifying session. Hamilton, who was the clear favourite for pole after finishing all three practice sessions on top, failed to […]

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Lewis Hamilton picked up where he left off in FP1 by finishing fastest again at the second practice session around the Hungaroring this afternoon. Hamilton posted a time of 1:24.482 finishing two-tenths of a second clear of Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg as the Mercedes duo continued to dominate the rest of the field at […]

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Lewis Hamilton topped the first practice session ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix, one tenth quicker than team mate Nico Rosberg and eight tenths faster than Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen. Hamilton, a four time winner in Budapest, exchanged places at the top of the time sheets with Rosberg but set the fastest time at the end […]

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Michael Schumacher’s wife has put the seven time Formula One world champion’s private jet up for sale. The silver Falcon 2000EX, which bears Schumacher’s ‘MS’ logo on the tail and a personalised registration ‘M-IKEL’, has clocked up hundreds of thousands of air miles flying around the world both during and after Schumacher’s F1 career. According […]

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After nearly 23 years, the Mexican Grand Prix will return to the Formula 1 Calendar in 2015. The 4.4km  Mexico City Circuit will play host to the Mexican Grand Prix. Work is still being done at the circuit but organisers say it will be ready for 2015. The race will take place in October or […]

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Less than seven days later the Formula 1 paddock descends on the city of Budapest for the Hungarian GP. Technical in nature the 4.381 km circuit will require high downforce, efficient cooling and most importantly a good qualifying performance. The Hungaroring is often referred to as Monaco without the barriers because of its tricky layout […]

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Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg has secured pole position for the German GP. The major talking point of the qualifying session was the crash of Lewis Hamilton during the first session of qualifying. A brake disc failure pitched the Brit’s Mercedes into the wall and out of qualifying. Hamilton appeared to be uninjured after the incident […]

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