F1 Madness

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing), Maurizio ARRIVABENE (Ferrari), Paul HEMBERY (Pirelli), Monisha KALTENBORN (Sauber), Guenther STEINER (Haas), Frédéric VASSEUR (Renault) PRESS CONFERENCE Christian, can we start with you: just looking at the track action that’s been going on today, the long run pace obviously looks quite close to Mercedes, but is it […]

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Formula 1 Governing Body the FIA has dismissed Ferrari’s appeal on Sebastian Vettel’s penalty at the Mexican Grand Prix which demoted him to 5th place. Vettel incurred the 10s time penalty for breaching Article 27.5 of the FIA Sporting Regulations when he moved under braking to block off Ricciardo who attempted a pass on Vettel […]

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According to Sky News, Ron Dennis is said to have presented a £1.65bn for the McLaren Formula One team. Reports state that a consortium of Chinese investors has tabled a £1.65bn takeover bid for McLaren, who own the McLaren Formula One (F1) team. Sky News reported today that Dennis presented the offer from a group of […]

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Mercedes stamped their authority on the weekend after Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap of the session with team-mate, Nico Rosberg just 0.030s off the pace in 2nd. Hamilton’s best time of 1:12.271 came courtesy of the soft tyres on a qualifying simulation. Rosberg’s time which was just 0.030s off Hamilton’s was done on his […]

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The Haas F1 Team confirmed that Kevin Magnussen will drive for the Kannapolis based team from 2017. This announcement follows the announcement that current Haas driver, Esteban Gutierrez will not be driving for the team from next year. Rumors and reports have been circulating for a few weeks that Kevin Magnussen will make the move […]

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Lewis Hamilton topped the time sheets at the end of the first practice session for the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. Hamilton set his best time of 1:11.895 on the soft tyre just marginally faster than Red Bull’s Max Verstappen who set a best time of 1:11.991. Verstappen’s time came mid way through the session […]

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Ferrari have submitted a request to the Mexican Grand Prix stewards to review the decision to penalize Sebastian Vettel for his defensive move on Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo on lap 70 of the race at Turn 4. Ferrari say that a “a number of new elements” have come to light and believe that the penalty […]

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DRIVERS – Felipe MASSA (Williams), Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari), Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull Racing), Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing), Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes), Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes). Charlie WHITING (FIA) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Let’s start with Felipe, your last Brazilian Grand Prix as a Formula One driver, what does this weekend, this occasion, mean to you? Felipe MASSA: […]

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The Sahara Force India Formula One team have announced that current Manor driver Esteban Ocon will drive for the team from 2017 on a multi year contract. Ocon who was the test driver for Force India in 2015, will have his first shot at a full season in F1 after being promoted to F1 from […]

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The Renault Formula 1 Team announced that it will retain the services of Jolyon Palmer for 2017. Palmers future at the Enstone based team was in doubt a few weeks ago when it was announced that Nico Hulkenberg would join the team from 2017. Reports backed his current team mate, Kevin Magnussen, to be retained at […]

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