F1 Madness

The Ferrari Formula One team confirmed that they will retain Kimi Raikkonen for the 2018 season. Raikkonen had a contract with the Scuderia till the end of the 2017 and speculation of his future at Ferrari came into question. His relatively lukewarm performances at the beginning of the season got the rumors about his future […]

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The 2017 Formula 1 season ushered in fundamental change both on and off the circuit. One of the biggest changes to F1 came in the form of the new aerodynamic regulations that drastically changed the aesthetics and the speed of the cars. Wider and faster the 2017 cars have, mostly, brought a refreshing change to […]

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For as long as I can remember I have loved simulation gaming. All the way from the PlayStation 1’s Colin McCrae Rally I have arrived here today with Project Cars, Formula 1, and many more simulators. Heck I was so enamoured with the original rFactor I wrote a treatise about it. To fully appreciate the […]

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The Hungaroring was always a circuit slated to suit the characteristics of the 2017 Ferrari and the Italian team drove home their advantage with a controlled one-two victory. As in Saturday qualifying the Ferrari driver pair of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were line astern in first and second at light out. As the pair […]

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Tempers flared and came to a head between Haas’ Kevin Magnussen and Renault’s Nico Hulkeberg after the Hungarian Grand Prix race on Sunday. The animosity between the two started around lap 61 of 70 in the race when Hulkenberg attempted a pass on Magnussen around the outside of Turn 2 at the Hungaroring. Hulkenberg had […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 2 – Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari) 3 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes)   PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard) Q: Sebastian, 46th victory in Formula One, very measured but looked like you had some issues there with the steering, we heard lots of radio transmissions saying “keep off the kerbs”. First of […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 2 – Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari) 3 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes)   GRID INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Will Buxton) First question inaudible. Sebastian VETTEL: … to have the car in the right window, to have the sun shining, to have people around, that’s what it is about, so it was really big […]

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The Scuderia Ferrari team stamped their authority all over today’s Hungarian grand prix qualifying session locking out the front row of the grid, leaving the Mercedes team on the second row. It was Sebastian Vettel who took the pole position for tomorrow’s race, with a record breaking time of 1:16.276. Team mate Kimi Raikkonen slotted […]

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Sebastian Vettel topped the timesheets in the final practice session ahead of the Hungarian grand prix with a blistering time of 1:17.017, smashing Ruebens Barrichello’s 2004 record. The Ferrari driver finished nearly half a second clear of team mate Kimi Raikkonen, stamping Ferrari’s authority all over the session. The Mercedes team, however, seemed to struggle […]

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PART TWO: TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Paddy LOWE (Williams), Nick CHESTER (Renault), Paul MONAGHAN (Red Bull) Q: Nick, if we can start with you, it’s been a difficult day for Jolyon in particular. Incidents in both of those sessions. What state is his car in now? He had the new floor this morning: how much damage […]

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