F1 Madness

Formula One Bahrain GP Practice 1 Pierre Gasly headed up the time sheets in his Alpha Tuari, on soft tyres, for the first practice session ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, beating the Ferraris who finished in first and second place. Gasly posted a 1:34.193s benchmark for the session – still a way off from […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 2 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) 3 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes)   PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard)   Sebastian, you had to work for that one! Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah, I think I came on the race with about 10 laps to go, “I have everything under control”. I don’t know […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 2 – Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari) 3 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes)   TRACK INTERVIEWS (conducted by Johnny Herbert) Q: Let’s talk to this man, who is on pole position. Nice smiley face. You must be a happy boy? Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah, let me breathe! It was quite intense. First run in […]

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Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen picked up where he left off yesterday after setting the fastest time in the final practice session of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Raikkonen’s time of 1:29.868 on the super soft tyres was the fastest of the session. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was 2nd fastest 0.525s off the pace with a 1:30.393. Rounding […]

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Lewis Hamilton has been handed a 5-place grid drop for the Bahrain Grand Prix after his team elected to change his gearbox. Mercedes say that a hydraulic leak was the cause of the change. They had attempted to repair the leak ahead of this weekend but could not get the repair done in time and […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Claire WILLIAMS (Williams), Zak BROWN (McLaren), Guenther STEINER (Haas) PRESS CONFERENCE Guenther, we’ll start with you: that looked like an encouraging first session, with Romain up in sixth place. Does that help you move ahead from the disappointment of Australia and start to put it behind you? Guenther STEINER: Yeah, absolutely, it will help. […]

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DRIVERS – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes), Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari), Fernando ALONSO (McLaren) PRESS CONFERENCE Kimi, if we can start with you. It was third place in Australia for the opening and it could have been even better and you said you were happy with the car during the first weekend. Could you just tell us what […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 2 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 3 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard) Sebastian, your 44th victory. Normally 44 is a lucky number for Lewis but you’ve just added another win, your third time here in Bahrain, but most importantly the second of the season out […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) 2 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 3 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari)   TV UNILATERAL Q: It must be a brilliant feeling for you Valtteri, describe the emotion? Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, obviously really, really happy. It’s the first pole in my career. It’s my fifth season now in Formula One. It […]

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Sebastian Vettel edged Valtteri Bottas to go fastest in the Second Free Practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Vettel’s time of 1:31.310 was just enough to edge Bottas’ time of 1:31.351. Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo was third fastest on the evening with a time of 1:31.376, 0.066s off Vettel’s time. Kimi Raikkonen was 4th […]

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