F1 Madness

In the world of motorsport there is no shortage of Spanish sporting heroes. The current crop of Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marques and their domination of MotoGP is testament to the fact. Spain may be smitten with MotoGP but it was Fernando Alonso who transformed this country’s interest in Formula 1 from mild […]

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Mercedes has said that it would be willing to give Robert Kubica a Formula One test as soon as the Polish driver is ready to make a return to single-seaters. Until now, the German Formula One team has declined to comment on reports that Kubica has been testing in Mercedes’ sophisticated F1 simulator at Brackley. […]

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This morning I woke up with Senna on my mind. For most people today is Workers Day or Labour Day depending on where in the world you are. For Formula One fans, today is the day we lost one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time – Ayrton Senna da Silva. Today is the […]

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Red Bull Racing advisor, Dr Helmut Marko, has reiterated his dissatisfaction with the current F1 tyre situation and has called for further tyre changes from Pirelli. Despite ongoing pressure from Red Bull and other teams, Pirelli has stood their ground and announced that they will only be making a minor tweak to the ‘hard’ compound […]

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In the aftermath of the Multi-21 saga and with speculation around Red Bull considering Kimi Raikkonen as a replacement for Mark Webber next season, Sebastian Vettel has told Sport Bild that he would be happy if that were the case. “I don’t care who my team mate is. If you want to win, you have […]

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2014 Pre-season Formula One testing could start in January already according to an article in Autosport. The FIA is currently looking into finding a solution that would allow teams to start testing a few weeks earlier than they usually would. January testing is currently banned but the introduction of the new 1.6l V6 Turbo engines […]

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According to German newspaper, Bild, Robert Kubica has been secretly conducting Formula One tests in the Mercedes simulator. The Polish driver was seen testing Mercedes’ DTM car during the winter, but signed up with Citroen for second-tier World Rally Championship in 2014 as he continues his recovery after his near-fatal crash two years ago. Kubica […]

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Despite an operational failure on Fernando Alonso’s car Ferrari are keeping things in perspective. Although the Spaniard is thirty points adrift of championship leader Sebastian Vettel after only four races of the 2013 season Ferrari see no reason to drop their chins. “The gap is 30 points now, but if he has zero points next […]

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As great a day as Saturday qualifying can sometimes be it never quite is a predictor of what’s to come in Sunday’s race. There are still some exceptions that make pole the imperative but Formula 1 2013 is whole lot more complex than the position you start in. The expectation was for Ferrari, Red Bull […]

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PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard) Q: Sebastian, fantastic victory. You’re laughing and I haven’t asked you a question already! Sebastian VETTEL: No, it’s good to see you. First of all, thank you very much, fantastic race. Big, big thank you to the team. A flawless, seamless race from start to finish. I knew it was crucial […]

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