F1 Madness

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg made the most of the wet conditions around the Circuit of the Americas to secure his third consecutive pole position start. The session which started under cloudy skies and incessant rain got underway with most of the drivers filing out onto the circuit as soon as possible. The first to fall […]

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Qualifying for the United States Grand Prix has been postponed until Sunday morning after torrential rain and severe weather conditions put a stop on all action on Saturday. The start of the qualifying session was delayed repeatedly by 30 minutes at a time before a decision was eventually made at 4pm local time that an […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Matthew CARTER (Lotus), Vijay MALLYA (Force India), Franz TOST (Toro Rosso), Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing), Eric BOULLIER (McLaren) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Christian, we’ll begin with you. First of all, what’s the… you’re smiling? Christian HORNER: I’m just very upset to hear Toto is ill and couldn’t make it, that his helicopter couldn’t fly […]

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Former GP2 Chamption and Lotus Test and Reserve Driver Jolyon Palmer was announced as Lotus’ second driver alongside Pastor Maldonado for 2016. A seat at Lotus opened up when Romain Grosjean signed with Haas F1 for 2016. With Renault planning a take over of Lotus which is set to be finalised towards the end of […]

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After an hour of waiting, the second free practice session for the United States Grand Prix was called off due to lightning in the vicinity and due to the fact that the medical helicopter could not take off. 10 Minutes before the session was scheduled to start, a message from Race Control was released stating […]

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Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen are set to take a 10-place grid drop ahead of the race on Sunday for the Russian Grand Prix following and engine change. The confirmation of the grid drop comes after Ferrari deliberated whether to bring the updated engine to Austin after spending their remaining upgrade tokens of […]

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DRIVERS: Marcus ERICSSON (Sauber), Alexander ROSSI (Manor), Valtteri BOTTAS (Williams), Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull Racing), Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari), LEWIS HAMILTON (Mercedes) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Lewis, three times a US Grand Prix winner, twice at the Circuit of the Americas. You, Nico [Rosberg] and Sebastian [Vettel] have finished one, two, three, in that order, on four […]

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The old saying goes that everything is bigger and better in Texas and it’s hard to argue with it. The Circuit of the Americas, introduced in 2012, is already a favourite on the F1 calendar and in 2015 has the potential to crown a champion. The Circuit of the Americas, designed by Herman Tilke, gets […]

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The FIA and Formula 1 engine manufacturers have agreed to in season engine development for 2016. The current rules state that the engines need to be homologated before the end of February next year and that no further engine development can take place throughout the season which is basically what happened in 2014. At a […]

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Newly released regulations by the FIA on Wednesday state that customer teams must be supplied with current year engines from 2016. Article 23.5 of the new sporting regulations state: “Only power units which are identical to the power unit that has been homologated by the FIA in accordance with Appendix 4 of these regulations may […]

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