F1 Madness

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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Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time of Free Practice 1 for the Bahrain Grand Prix. While Vettel was the fastest of the session, his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen was on the other end of the time sheets finishing slowest in the session after an overheating turbo ended his session. Vettel set a time of 1:32.697 […]

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PART TWO: DRIVERS – Fernando ALONSO (McLaren), Kevin MAGNUSSEN (Haas), Jolyon PALMER (Renault) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: So, Fernando, twice a winner here in Bahrain but really only one thing to ask you about this afternoon, which is the Indianapolis 500. First current F1 driver to do Indy, I think, for around 40 years. What’s in […]

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PART ONE: DRIVERS – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes), Sergio PÉREZ (Force India), Stoffel VANDOORNE (McLaren) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Lewis, great win last time out in China, current joint leader of the FIA Formula One World Championship – so far so good? Lewis HAMILTON: So far, so good, yeah. Happy to be back in Bahrain; always amazing […]

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Not long after the chequered flag dropped at the end of the Chinese Grand Prix, the big pack up had already begun for the next round in Bahrain for Round 3 of the Formula 1 World Championship. The Bahrain International Circuit situated about 30km south of the Bahraini capital Manama was completed in 2004 and has […]

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Just about the only thing that was predictable for the 14th running of the Chinese grand prix is that Lewis Hamilton started from pole position alongside the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel while Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen locked out the second row of the grid. Friday’s running at the Shanghai International Circuit was abandoned due […]

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DRIVERS: Pascal Wehrlein (Manor) Max VERSTAPPEN (Toro Rosso) Romain GROSJEAN (Haas) Felipe MASSA (Williams) Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) Fernando ALONSO (McLaren)   PRESS CONFERENCE Fernando, we have to start with you: three times a winner here in Bahrain, but clearly we have to deal with the accident in Melbourne and the aftermath. You aren’t racing here […]

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DRIVERS 1st Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2nd Kimi RAIKKONEN (Ferrari) 3rd Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes)   PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Sir Jackie Stewart) First of all, congratulations to Bahrain for a fantastic grand prix, the 11th grand prix here in this region. What a crowd we’ve had here, what a wonderful race you’ve had, and the winner is […]

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With Lewis Hamilton winning the Bahrain Grand Prix and Nico Rosberg finishing in 3rd, Mercedes say that the brake problems they suffered at the end of the race made it bitter sweet for them. Rosberg lost P2 in the race a few laps before the end, due to a brake-by-wire problem, to a charging Kimi Raikkonen in […]

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The Bahrain Grand Prix is back-to-back with the Chinese Grand Prix. We here at Madness HQ really enjoy these back-to-back races. It keeps us busy and eases with withdrawal. Round 04 of the Formula 1 World Championship takes us to the Bahrain International Circuit where for the second time it will play host to the […]

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