F1 Madness

Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa faced both Gerhard Berger and the media after Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix. Transcripts of the podium interviews as well as the post-race press conference below. PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Gerhard Berger) Nico congratulations. My first question is: Nico why you don’t drive every race like this? Nico Rosberg: […]

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Lewis Hamilton secured pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix during a pretty dramatic final qualifying shootout session at the Red Bull Ring, after both Mercedes drivers went off track in their final runs. Hamilton claimed the pole position with a time of 1:08.455, beating team mate Nico Rosberg, who was comfortably quickest in Q1 […]

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With all the penalties that were incurred for the Austrian Grand Prix. Below is the preliminary grid for Sunday’s race. Jenson Button will take a 25 place grid drop due to a power unit change for McLaren. Fernando Alonso drops 20 places for a new engine, turbo and MGU-H and a further 5 places for […]

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DRIVERS 1st Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2nd Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 3rd Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) TV UNILATERAL Lewis, many congratulations, but that looked very hard-earned out there today. Can you just tell us what happened? Lewis HAMILTON: Generally it was quite a difficult qualifying session, I think, probably for everyone, just with the track conditions. I was grateful […]

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Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel topped the timing sheets at the end of the third free practice session ahead of the Austrian grand prix. The running around the Styrian circuit got underway in cloudy conditions and with the Mercedes pairing of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton trading fastest laps. However, the emergence of Sebastian Vettel from his […]

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The McLaren F1 team face a difficult Austrian Grand Prix after confirming that both their drivers will incur grid penalties. It was announced on Friday that Fernando Alonso will incur a 20-place grid drop for replacing an engine, a turbo charger and a MGU-H.  During a rain hit Free Practice 3 on Saturday , Alonso […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES Mattia BINOTTO (Ferrari) James KEY (Toro Rosso) Rob WHITE (RenaultSport) Tom McCULLOUGH (Force India) Pat SYMONDS (Williams) Paul MONAGHAN (Red Bull Racing) PRESS CONFERENCE Mattia, if we could start with you. This morning Sebastian had some engine-related problems and this afternoon there were other problems, seemingly gearbox-related. Could you please explain what happened and […]

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DRIVERS: Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull Racing) Fernando ALONSO (McLaren) Carlos SAINZ (Toro Rosso) Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) Nico HULKENBERG (Force India) Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) PRESS CONFERENCE Nico, if we can start with you. First of all, congratulations on winning Le Mans, a great achievement, especially at your first attempt. How was it? Nico HULKENBERG: Yeah, it was quite […]

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Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli have announced their tyre choices for Silverstone, Hungaroring, Spa and Monza. The two hardest compounds in the Pirelli range, the orange hard and white medium compound, have been selected for the British Grand Prix which takes place at the Silverstone Circuit. Because of the fast and flowing nature of the […]

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Power is defined as the capacity to move with great speed or force. As the Austrian Grand Prix’s four and a half kilometres circuit has only nine corners amongst its three long straights is it the classic power circuit. Austria’s interest in Formula 1 was indifferent at best until the rise of Jochen Rindt in the […]

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