F1 Madness

PART ONE: DRIVERS – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) Charles LECLERC (Ferrari), Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing), Robert KUBICA (Williams), Daniel RICCIARDO (Renault) This week motorsport lost one of its greats when three-time Formula 1 World Champion Niki Lauda passed away. Valtteri, you worked with Niki at Mercedes over the last few years, what did he mean […]

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Formula 1 cars have raced through the sun-kissed streets of Monte Carlo every year since 1950. Decade after decade it the Monaco grand prix stood proud as the jewel in F1’s crown. All the legends have won here from Juan-Manuel Fangio to Sir Jackie Stewart to Ayrton Senna to the great Michael Schumacher. And it […]

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The F1 world was cast into mourning on the morning of 20 May 2019 when it was announced that 3-time world champion and F1 Legend Niki Lauda had passed on aged 70. Lauda, who won three world drivers titles in 1975, 1977 and 1984 passed away in his sleep surrounded by family. “With deep sadness, […]

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It has been confirmed that the Dutch grand prix will make a return to the Formula 1 calendar for the first time in 35 years. While Heineken has been confirmed as the title sponsor for the race the return of the Zaandvoort circuit undoubtedly coincides with Max Verstappen’s meteoric rise to super-stardom within the world’s […]

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To say the Spanish grand prix was a damp squib would be generous. The circuit de Catalunya produced a dreary affair that didn’t do much for the image of Formula 1. But first, the rightly deserved plaudits. Just ten weeks ago Mercedes left pre-season testing with the firm belief that they would have to work […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes)  2 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) 3 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)   TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard)   Q: Lewis Hamilton, you’re the winner. It didn’t look so good yesterday; it looked amazing today. Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, firstly I just have to put it down to this incredible […]

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Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas made it three pole positions in a row by taking pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix. Bottas looked untouchable during qualifying around the Circuit de Catalunya and took pole position with a scintillating lap of 1:15.406 on his first run in Q3. Bottas’ time was 0.634s faster than Mercedes team mate Lewi […]

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DRIVERS 1– Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes), 2 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes), 3 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Jenson Button) Q: Valtteri, that was a fantastic qualifying effort, outstanding. And to beat this guy around here. I know how difficult that is. The car is obviously feeling pretty awesome underneath you? Valtteri Bottas: Yeah, […]

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The “European” season of the F1 world championship kicked off on Friday with Free Practice for the Spanish Grand Prix. Whisperings around the paddock say that this will be the final Spanish Grand Prix and F1 will not come back in 2020. Nevertheless, there was practice sessions to power through and power through the teams […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Mattia BINOTTO (Ferrari), Frédéric VASSEUR (Alfa Romeo Racing), Guenther STEINER (Haas), Franz TOST (Toro Rosso), Mario ISOLA (Pirelli)   Q: Guenther, a promising start for the Haas team here in FP1 but it’s been another difficult start to the season for Romain Grosjean. Are we seeing a repeat of last year or […]

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