F1 Madness

Formula 1 headed to the Hungarian grand prix with a heavy heart after the passing of Jules Bianchi. The hope was that it could put on a show that the young Frenchman would have revelled in. As fate would have it the Hungaroring saw the best and most dramatic race of the season. It wasn’t […]

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Fernando Alonso described his 5th place finish as “a little present” for McLaren after a chaotic Hungarian Grand Prix race. Alonso started the race in 15th position but managed to keep his wits about him and his car out of trouble to take advantage of the chaos around him to finish in 5th place, McLaren’s […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 2 – Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull Racing) 3 – Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull Racing)   PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Kai Ebel)   Sebastian, congratulations, and it’s your first ever Hungarian victory. How proud are you in front of all these people after this very special race? Sebastian VETTEL: Incredible day […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 3 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) TV UNILATERAL So Lewis, your fifth pole here in Budapest, quite a big margin over your team-mate, you must be very happy with the way today has turned out – you’ve been fastest in every track session this weekend? […]

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Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton stormed his way to securing the pole postion for the Hungarian GP. This is Hamilton’s ninth pole position of the season for his Mercedes team. Hamilton posted a lap time of 1:22.020 to end the session half a second quicker than his title rival and team mate Nico Rosberg. […]

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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton again posted the fastest time during the final practice session ahead of the Hungarian GP making it a clean sweep for the practice sessions. Hamilton, who was also fastest in the first and second practice sessions, was the only driver to get below the 1m23s mark, posting a time of 1:22.997 […]

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Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen felt as though the Friday practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix was not a very clean day and that it was a slightly different Friday than normal. The Finn finished 3rd fastest in FP1 and 5th fastest in FP2 with 23 and 30 laps respectively. While FP1 was less problematic for Raikkonen, […]

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The Williams F1 team were encouraged by their pace in Friday practice ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix race on Sunday despite finishing both sessions in the middle of the time sheets. They say that the upgrades they have brought to the circuit seemed to have worked and that the car seems competitive on high […]

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Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner has said that they will have to wait till the Russian Grand Prix in October for their engine upgrades from Renault. Until then, it is something the Milton Keynes based outfit will have to live with. This comes after Daniel Ricciardo’s engine failed in the second free practice session […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Franz TOST (Toro Rosso) Yasuhisa ARAI (Honda) Paul HEMBERY (Pirelli) Toto WOLFF (Mercedes) Graeme LOWDON (Manor) Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing)   PRESS CONFERENCE Clearly a difficult weekend for Formula One as a whole, with the loss of Jules Bianchi, so directing the question to Graeme – as the man most closely associated with […]

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