F1 Madness

The Sauber Formula One team has confirmed on Monday 21 November that they will retain the services of Marcus Ericsson for 2017. Ericsson has sealed 1 out of the two seats available at Sauber with the second seat which is held by Felipe Nasr is currently up for grabs. Ericsson has been closely linked to […]

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Ron Dennis has been forced out of the McLaren after a long, tense boardroom battle between his long time business partner Mansour Ojjeh and Bahraini sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat. Dennis owns 25% of McLaren Group and Ojjeh another 25%. Mumtalakat owns the remaining 50%. Behind the scenes a tense battle has been raging between Dennis, Ojjeh and […]

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Three hours, five safety cars, and two red flags all combined to deliver a Brazilian grand prix that was high on intensity and high on emotion. But none of it fazed Lewis Hamilton as he cruised to his first ever victory in Brazil. Conditions proved so difficult that race director Charlie Whiting ordered a ten minute […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 3 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Martin Brundle)   Q: Lewis, what a race! Lewis HAMILTON: Not too bad, huh! Q: You were out front but calling for the red flags and aquaplaning coming up the hill… talk us […]

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Manor Racing’s Esteban Ocon will drop 3 places down the grid after stewards found that he impeded Renault’s Jolyon Palmer in Q1. Palmer, who was on a flying lap at the time, had to run wide at Turn 4 to avoid Ocon. Despite Palmer still making it through to Q2 Ocon was penalized 3-grid spots […]

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Lewis Hamilton qualified in pole position for Sunday’s Brazilian grand prix. The Mercedes driver locked out the 60th pole of his career and will start the race alongside his championship leading teammate Nico Rosberg. Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen delivered an impressive lap to secure third however the Finnish driver called it merely an average performance. In […]

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Nico Rosberg took the honors for the fastest time in the third free practice session for the Brazilian Grand Prix. The session got off to a slow start after some rain earlier in the day left the track damp in some places. The damp track seen drivers venture out on the full wets for installation laps. […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing), Maurizio ARRIVABENE (Ferrari), Paul HEMBERY (Pirelli), Monisha KALTENBORN (Sauber), Guenther STEINER (Haas), Frédéric VASSEUR (Renault) PRESS CONFERENCE Christian, can we start with you: just looking at the track action that’s been going on today, the long run pace obviously looks quite close to Mercedes, but is it […]

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Formula 1 Governing Body the FIA has dismissed Ferrari’s appeal on Sebastian Vettel’s penalty at the Mexican Grand Prix which demoted him to 5th place. Vettel incurred the 10s time penalty for breaching Article 27.5 of the FIA Sporting Regulations when he moved under braking to block off Ricciardo who attempted a pass on Vettel […]

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According to Sky News, Ron Dennis is said to have presented a £1.65bn for the McLaren Formula One team. Reports state that a consortium of Chinese investors has tabled a £1.65bn takeover bid for McLaren, who own the McLaren Formula One (F1) team. Sky News reported today that Dennis presented the offer from a group of […]

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