F1 Madness

There was plenty of excitement and anticipation on Saturday 15 February 2014 at the first Ferrari Festival at the FNB Stadium in Soweto. Check out our Ferrari Festival Gallery here. Crowds gathered to watch Marc Gene drive the Ferrari F60 around a 1.4km track around the FNB Stadium precinct. At some places the car screamed […]

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Simona de Silvestro has moved one step closer to becoming a Formula 1 driver.   Women drivers in Formula 1 has long been a topic of discussion. The Swiss race car driver was recently announced as an “affiliate” driver for the Sauber F1 team. The 25 year old Swiss was named the 2010 rookie of the year in IZOD IndyCars and became the […]

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Renault, the engine supplier to three teams in this seasons Formula 1 grid may seek a reliability break from the FIA once the 2014 season gets underway. Although final engine specifications have to be locked in by teams to the FIA before 28 February,  Appendix 4 of the F1 sporting regulations doesn’t make provision for […]

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The Ferrari F60 has arrived in South Africa for the launch of the new Shell V-Power Nitro+ Fuel. The F60 will perform a street demo opposite Soccer City in Johannesburg, the same stadium that hosted the 2010 Soccer World Cup final. Scuderia Test driver Marc Gene will be at the wheel of the F60. The […]

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Ross Brawn has made it clear that he has no intentions of returning to Formula 1 anytime soon. Brawn who was linked to many other teams after he announced his departure from Mercedes, has now made it clear that he has no intention to return to F1. He made the announcement at a fishing even […]

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Michael Schumacher’s manager and spokesperson, Sabine Kehm, has confirmed that doctors treating the German 7 time world champ have begun the waking up process to slowly bring Schumacher out of his month-long induced coma. Schumacher has been in the induced coma since his skiing accident on 29 December. “Michael’s sedation is being reduced in order […]

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McLaren has confirmed that ex Lotus team principal, Eric Boullier, will be joining the team in the position of Racing Director, effective 3 Feb 2014. The team said in a statement that Boullier will report to the Chief Executive Officer of McLaren Racing (a new position whose yet-to-be-appointed occupant will in turn report directly to […]

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The first day winter testing for the 2014 season has kicked off at Jerez. The highly anticipated pre-season test at the Jerez circuit in Southern Spain didn’t quite reach the heights many would’ve expected. After four hours of testing only Mercedes Lewis Hamilton and Toro Rosso’s Jean-Eric Vergne had set flying laps. Kimi Raikkonen’s first trip out of the pitlane ended in the […]

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Ferrari has unveiled their 2014 challenger, the F14 T. The F14-T which was named by a fan vote and will be raced by what is arguably the strongest driver line-up on the 2014 grid – Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen, and features a far wider nose tip than we’ve seen in the cars launched so […]

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Lotus today released an image of their 2014 challenger – the E22 just as the launch of  McLaren’s MP4-29 got underway. While all eyes were on Woking, the Enstone based team decided to steal a little of the limelight in the wake of the announcement of team boss Eric Boullier’s departure. The team announced earlier […]

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