F1 Madness

Nico Rosberg topped the time sheets during the final practice ahead of qualifying for the German Grand Prix with a time of 1:17.779. Rosberg’s time is a surprising 0.601 clear of his Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton. Despite a spin in at turn eight halfway through the session, Fernando Alonso recovered to set the third […]

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The first free practice session for the German grand prix got underway under glorious blue skies. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg topped the timing sheets ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso. Williams development driver Susie Wolff completed her second outing for the British based team. However, the first lap out of the pits […]

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The Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team announced on Wednesday 16 July that Nico Rosberg has signed a multi year extension with the Brackley based team. Rosberg joined Mercedes in 2010 when they made their return to F1. Since then he’s had 6 victories, 17 podium finishes and 8 pole positions with the Silver Arrows. […]

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The battle for supremacy between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg has been so enthralling that somehow the Formula 1 season is already on the cusp of its tenth round. Hockenheim returns for the first time since 2012 to not only the new hybrid Formula but also to a new pecking order. In 2012, the Hockenheimring […]

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The McLaren Formula 1 team has become the first team to confirm that it will remove its FRIC suspension system from their cars for the German Grand Prix. This comes after the FIA said that they will delay a move to ban FRIC systems until the start of next season as long as all the […]

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The FRIC (Front and Rear Interconnected) suspension systems used by some F1 teams was deemed illegal by the FIA and could be banned as soon as the German Grand Prix in less than two weeks time. The FRIC suspension systems work with a series of valves, pipes and cylinders that controls the pitch of the […]

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Pirelli will  test a new prototype 18 inch tyre with Lotus tomorrow at the Silverstone test to showcase what F1 might look like in the future. According to Pirelli the 18-inch tyre is an idea that they have promoted ever since the company was first announced as Formula One official tyre supplier back in 2010.  […]

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It is uncanny how even in the most dominant of seasons Formula 1 still manages to deliver one of the most thrilling races in years. The 2014 Silverstone grand prix was chock-full of amazing drives and drama from the very first lap. The field had not completed one lap before Kimi Raikkonen crashed heavily into […]

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Nico Rosberg has secured pole position for the 2014 British grand prix. A chaotic qualifying session in changeable weather conditions caught a fair few by surprise. From the top of the world just two weeks ago both Williams drivers, Felipe Massa and Valterri Bottas, found themselves eliminated in the first session of the one-hour qualifying […]

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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton finished the second practice session of the British Grand Prix on top of the time sheets. Hamilton set a time of 1:34.508 to go fastest for the session with his team mate Nico Rosberg finishing the session in P2 with a time of 1:34.736, 0.228s slower than Hamilton. It wasn’t all good […]

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