F1 Madness

Red Bull Team Principal, Christan Horner, remains adamant that the team complied fully with regulations governing the flue flow rate following Daniel Ricciardo’s exclusion from the Australian Grand Prix. Ricciardo, who finished the race in second place, becoming the first Australian to win a podium at the Australian Grand Prix, was excluded from the race […]

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Drivers: 1 – Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 2 – Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) 3 – Kevin Magnussen (McLaren) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Alan Jones) Q: Well Nico, well done. I couldn’t think of a better start to the season. What a great start to the 2014 championship. A great start to the new era of Formula […]

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Lewis Hamilton claimed the pole position, snatching it from home favourite Daniel Ricciardo, in the final moments of the season opening Australian qualifying session. The F1 weather gods thought it would be a good idea to spice things up a little – as if they weren’t already complicated enough with all the 2014 regulation changes. […]

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Mercedes sent another strong message to their rivals with Nico Rosberg the messenger during FP3 in Australia ahead of qualifying this morning. Rosberg finished the session a crazy 1.3 seconds ahead of 2nd placed Jenson Button, with Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso finishing the session in 3rd place. Lewis Hamilton finished the session in fourth place but […]

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Team Representatives Toto Wolff (Mercedes) Eric Boullier (McLaren) Rob White (Renault Sport F1) Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari) Claire Williams (Williams) Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing)   Q: A very interesting first day’s running. I’ll start with you Christian, as the defending world champion team. I guess given where you were two weeks ago in the winter […]

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The Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg topped the timing sheets for the second free practice session in Australia. A significant amount of laps were completed by most teams as they set out discovering and fine-tuning their race set-ups for Sunday. The early part of the session was dedicated to a few laps […]

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The 2014 Formula 1 season officially got underway with the first free practice session from Australia. It was quite a sizeable crowd that gathered to finally see the 2014 challengers and, more importantly, hear what they sound like. Some may not be a fan of the new V6 Turbo engine but it wasn’t unpleasant at all. […]

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DRIVERS: Felipe MASSA (Williams) Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull Racing) Kevin MAGNUSSEN (McLaren) Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing) Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari)   PRESS CONFERENCE Sebastian, can we start with you. You’re a four-time world champion, it’s your 121st grand prix and your seventh season in Formula One. Four times a world champion consecutively but would […]

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McLaren will run a once off special livery on their car for the Australian Grand Prix celebrating their 20 year partnership with ExxonMobil. “To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Mobil 1’s relationship with McLaren, we are looking forward to showcasing a special branding scheme during the first race of the 2014 season,” said Artis Brown, […]

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Dickie Stanford has stepped down from his role as Williams Team Manager. Stanford, who started as a race mechanic for Nigel Mansell in 1985, climbed up the ranks in the Williams F1 team to end up as team manager. After 10 years at the Grove based team he has decided to step down. Stanford, however, […]

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