F1 Madness

Pirelli has issued the following statement tonight, regarding what happened at Silverstone – and what they plan to do next.   After exhaustive analysis of the tyres used at Silverstone, Pirelli has concluded that the causes of the failures were principally down to a combination of the following factors: 1) Rear tyres that were mounted […]

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Formula One team bosses are demanding urgent action over the Pirelli tyre failures suffered during today’s F1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. According to McLaren team principal, Martin Whitmarsh, Formula One is in a “serious situation” as work needs to be done to come up with an urgent solution to the Pirelli tyre crisis witnessed […]

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Kimi Raikkonen seemed pretty furious after the Lotus F1 Team decided not to pit him under the final safety car for new tyres. The retirement of Sebastian Vettel’s Red Bull 11 laps before the end of the British F1 Grand Prix brought out the safety car with Raikkonen running in second place behind race leader […]

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Pirelli have released a statement following the British F1 Grand Prix saying that they will closely investigate the cause of the left rear tyre failures during today’s Silverstone Grand Prix and that the new bonding process is not at fault. Here is the full statement from Pirelli: TYRE FAILURES TO BE CLOSELY EXAMINED NEW BONDING […]

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Formula One Race director Charlie Whiting said today that he “almost red-flagged the race” referring to today’s British Grand Prix which saw four tyre delamanations during the race. The safety car was deployed after the third tyre blow-out, suffered by Jean Eric-Vergne. Charlie said that not only were the drivers in danger, but the marshals […]

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Nico Rosberg took the win at a dramatic Silverstone British Grand Prix riddled with tyre delamanations and blow outs today. The two favourites for the win – Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel both lost their hopes of winning when Lewis suffered a tyre blow out and Vettel suffered a gearbox failure. It was a thrilling […]

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Paul Di Resta has been disqualified from qualifying at Silverstone ahead of the British Grand Prix after his car was found to be 1.5kgs underweight. The Scot will now be deprived of his career-best qualifying position. Force India are shifting blame to a discrepancy in Di Resta’s weight after qualifying since the driver and car count […]

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Free Practice 3 took place under dry, but windy conditions today at Silverstone. Nico Rosberg went fastest again with a time of 1.31.487, ever so slightly ahead of his team mate Lewis Hamilton. The Mercedes team are looking strong for a pole position – and possibly even a front row lock out in today’s qualifying […]

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In what was largely an uneventful Free Practice 1 session in Silverstone, Daniel Ricciardo set the fastest time of the session in his Toro Rosso with a 1:54.249. The rain soaked session seen many drivers complete installation laps at the start of the session and for the rest of the time relaxed with a cup […]

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The Williams F1 Team is celebrating a landmark achievement this weekend at the British Grand Prix – reaching 600 races in Formula One. Founded in 1977 by Frank Williams and Patrick Head, Williams has secured 297 podiums, 114 race wins and 16 World Championship titles over the past 36 years. Nine of these titles have […]

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