Posted on 02 July 2015. Tags: f1, f1 strategy group, fia, FOM, Formula 1
The F1 Strategy Group which met yesterday in Biggin Hill announced a few changes to the regulations for the current and future seasons in F1. There will be restrictions on driver aids and driver coaching, especially during race starts. “Increased restrictions on driver aids and coaching received unanimous support and will be rapidly implemented, starting […]
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Posted on 02 July 2015. Tags: 2015, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, Formula 1, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, mclaren, williams
There is an age-old question that all Formula 1 are inevitably asked – Who do you support? In the GPDA global fan survey a third of the fans said that they support more than one team and driver with less than 10% only following one team. It doesn’t really come as surprise that Ferrari ranked […]
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Posted on 02 July 2015. Tags: 2015, f1, fan survey, Formula 1, GPDA, online media, pay television, social media, survey, television, twitter, websites
The Grand Prix Drivers Association’s global Formula 1 fan survey has revealed a strong social media presence. Of the more than 215 000 fans who participated in the survey Twitter was named as the most popular social media platform for following the sport. Right here is where we want to give a personal shout out […]
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Posted on 02 July 2015. Tags: 2015, alex wurz, australia, austria, demographics, f1, fan survey, Formula 1, france, germany, grand prix drivers association, japan, nascar, survey, uk, us
The Grand Prix Driver’s Association (GPDA) has released the result of their global Formula 1 fan survey. The overall make-up of the global survey revealed that more than 215 000 fans from 194 countries took part in the survey. “As F1 drivers we share a passion and deep love for our sport with our fans…We […]
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Posted on 01 July 2015. Tags: f1, Formula 1, sauber
The Sauber F1 Team announced on Wednesday 01 July 2015 that former Caterham Technical Director Mark Smith will join the Hinwil based team in the same capacity. Smith left Caterham before the team was sold by Tony Fernandez. Before his stint at Caterham he worked at Force India from 2010 to 2011. Prior to working at […]
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Posted on 01 July 2015.
The McLaren Formula 1 Team may change Fernando Alonso’s engine at the British Grand Prix after his collision with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen at the Austrian Grand Prix. Alonso collided with Raikkonen on the opening lap of the race at Turn 2 after Raikkonen got the rear of his car out of shape and slammed into […]
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Posted on 30 June 2015. Tags: 2015, becketts, british gp, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, forumula 1, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, maggots, mclaren, mercedes, michelin, nico rosberg, pirelli, sebastian vettel, silverstone
The first ever Formula 1 world championship season took place sixty-five years ago in 1950. The British grand prix was the first official world championship race in that 1950 season and it remains, though altered, on the Formula 1 calendar. The high speed circuit of Silverstone and the famously quick sequence of Maggots and Becketts […]
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Posted on 23 June 2015. Tags: antonio fuoco, esteban ocon, ferrari, force india, Lotus, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, Pascal Wehrlein, pierre gasly, raffaele marciello, red bull, romain grosjean, sauber, stoffel vandoorne, susie wolff, toro rosso
Mercedes reserve driver Pascal Wehrlein ended on top of the time sheets after the first day of the final in-season test at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. The young German set a best time of 1:11.005, 0.187s clear of Force India’s Esteban Ocon who’s best time was 1:11.192. The session got off to a […]
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Posted on 22 June 2015. Tags: austrian gp, austrian grand prix, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrrari, force india, Formula 1, honda, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, Lotus, max verstappen, mercedes, michelin, nico hulkenberg, nico rosberg, pastor maldonado, pirelli, red bull ring, sebastian vettel, spielberg, Valtteri Bottas, williams
Control is a concept that when given up is difficult to regain. Yet, Nico Rosberg overcame his pole starting teammate and controlled all seventy-one laps for an important victory in Austria. The multi-lingual German secured his third victory of the season and second consecutive Austrian race win. But for a “vibration” late on in the […]
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Posted on 21 June 2015. Tags: f1 crash, fernando alonso, ferrari, kimi raikkonen, mclaren
Both Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen walked away from a very scary first lap collision at the start of Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix. Raikkonen veered left while accelerating out of Turn 2 and collected Alonso on the way. The Spaniard slid into the barriers before landing on top of the front of Raikkonen’s car – […]
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