F1 Madness

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg has secured pole position for the German GP. The major talking point of the qualifying session was the crash of Lewis Hamilton during the first session of qualifying. A brake disc failure pitched the Brit’s Mercedes into the wall and out of qualifying. Hamilton appeared to be uninjured after the incident […]

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Nico Rosberg topped the time sheets during the final practice ahead of qualifying for the German Grand Prix with a time of 1:17.779. Rosberg’s time is a surprising 0.601 clear of his Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton. Despite a spin in at turn eight halfway through the session, Fernando Alonso recovered to set the third […]

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The first free practice session for the German grand prix got underway under glorious blue skies. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg topped the timing sheets ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso. Williams development driver Susie Wolff completed her second outing for the British based team. However, the first lap out of the pits […]

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DRIVERS: Nico HULKENBERG (Force India) Kevin MAGNUSSEN (McLaren) Adrian SUTIL (Sauber) Kimi RAIKKONEN (Ferrari) Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing) Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes)   PRESS CONFERENCE Nico Hulkenberg, if we could start with you. Points in every race so far this season, only you and [Fernando] Alonso have managed that so far and you’re seven to […]

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McLaren’s Jenson Button will have a new race engineer from the German Grand Prix onwards. Tom Stallard will be the new voice over the radio for Button from now on. Button’s long standing race engineer Dave Robson will be taking up a different role at the team. Robson has worked with Button since he joined […]

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The Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team announced on Wednesday 16 July that Nico Rosberg has signed a multi year extension with the Brackley based team. Rosberg joined Mercedes in 2010 when they made their return to F1. Since then he’s had 6 victories, 17 podium finishes and 8 pole positions with the Silver Arrows. […]

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The battle for supremacy between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg has been so enthralling that somehow the Formula 1 season is already on the cusp of its tenth round. Hockenheim returns for the first time since 2012 to not only the new hybrid Formula but also to a new pecking order. In 2012, the Hockenheimring […]

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The McLaren Formula 1 team has become the first team to confirm that it will remove its FRIC suspension system from their cars for the German Grand Prix. This comes after the FIA said that they will delay a move to ban FRIC systems until the start of next season as long as all the […]

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The start of the 2003 German Formula One Grand Prix at Hockenheim, which saw a huge first corner crash for Kimi Raikkonen, Rubens Barichello and Ralph Firman, amongst others. Also awesome hearing the V10 engines roaring off the start line!

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The FRIC (Front and Rear Interconnected) suspension systems used by some F1 teams was deemed illegal by the FIA and could be banned as soon as the German Grand Prix in less than two weeks time. The FRIC suspension systems work with a series of valves, pipes and cylinders that controls the pitch of the […]

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