F1 Madness

The provisional grid ahead of the race on Sunday for the 2015 Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix 20-place grid penalty for Daniel Ricciardo – engine change, new control electronics and new energy store 3-place grid penalty for Valtteri Bottas – overtaking under red flags 3-place grid penalty for Felipe Nasr – Impeding another driver during Qualifying(Q1) 35-place grid […]

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Honda has been forced to make a 12th engine change for Fernando Alonso ahead of Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix. The Spaniard receives a 10-place penalty for his 12th engine, plus five places each for an 11th turbocharger and MGU-H, an eighth MGU-K. Alonso’s McLaren-Honda 2015 F1 season woes continued in qualifying at the Interlagos circuit […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes)  2 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 3 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) TV UNILATERAL Nico, five poles in a row – quite a statement. Nico ROSBERG: Yeah, of course pleased with today. Best place to be in for tomorrow’s race. It worked well in qualifying. I was playing catch-up a little […]

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The Manor Formula 1 Team have appointed former McLaren Sporting Director Dace Ryan as their Racing Director replacing the outgoing Graeme Lowdon. This announcement comes a day after Lowdon announced his departure from the team. Ryan will take over with immediate effect. Ryan left McLaren after he was found guilty by the FIA for bringing […]

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Brazilian drive Felipe Nasr will drop 3-places ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix race on Sunday after impeding fellow countryman Williams’ Felipe Massa in Q1. Massa was on a timed lap with a few minutes left in the session when he came up to Nasr in the Sauber who was on a warm up lap. […]

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Nico Rosberg has secured pole position for Mercedes team ahead of the 2015 Brazilian grand prix. The first part of the hour-long qualifying session was highlighted by yet another issue for McLaren’s Fernando Alonso. The Spaniard grinded to a halt in the first session and them comically continued to sun himself at the side of […]

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Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets ahead of Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg for the final Brazil practice session ahead of this weekend’s grand prix, despite a few issues with his car. 20 minutes into the Brazil practice session, Hamilton’s car stopped on the Interlagos circuit at Bico de Pato while the […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Franz TOST (Toro Rosso) Monisha KALTENBORN (Sauber) Federico GASTALDI (Lotus) Graeme LOWDON (Manor) Paul MONAGHAN (Red Bull Racing) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: A question to you all. The tender document for a commercially available Formula One engine has gone out – what do you think of the idea, in principle? Franz TOST: I think […]

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Williams Valtteri Bottas was handed a 3-place grid penalty and two penalty points on his super license for overtaking Felipe Nasr under red flag conditions. The red flags were brought out after McLaren’s Fernando Alonso stopped on track after an engine failure in Free Practice 2. Bottas overtook Sauber’s Felipe Nasr between Turn 5 and […]

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Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo will take a 10-place grid drop after an engine change. This engine change comes after Red Bull decided to take the upgraded engine from Renault after putting off the decision for some time. Renault have spent 11 of their 12 development tokens on the engine. Despite promises from Renault, Ricciardo remains […]

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