F1 Madness

At the end of the 2019 season I will have, officially, covered twelve complete seasons of the Formula 1 world championship. While this is not trivial by any means consider that this weekend’s Chinese grand prix marks the 1000thworld championship race. Without fail there are two questions I am asked. Almost always the first question is […]

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The 2018 Chinese grand prix may have taken some time to kick off. But once it came alive it produced one of the most thrilling and memorable races for quite some time. Ferrari’s front-row lock out in Saturday qualifying, some half a second clear of the first Mercedes, set up what seemed like a foregone […]

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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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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton stole the Chinese Grand Prix pole from Sebastian Vettel in spectacular fashion putting in a stonking lap of 1:31.678 – a new Shanghai International Circuit lap record. Hamilton beat Michael Schumacher’s previous record – one which has been in place since the first Chinese Grand Prix in 2004, a testament to the […]

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Sebastian Vettel marginally edged out team mate Kimi Raikkonen in a Ferrari 1-2 at the final practice session ahead of the 2017 Chinese Grand Prix. Under improved weather conditions, Vettel beat his team mate to the top spot by 0.053s with a 1:33.336 – the two finished a good few tenths clear of the Mercedes […]

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F1’s official tyre supplier Pirelli, has announced the tyre choices for the upcoming Russian Grand Prix. The Red Bull and Haas F1 teams have gone super aggressive with their selections – both choosing 10 sets of super-soft tyres per driver for the race weekend. Teams are able to select 10 of the 13 sets of […]

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Sebastian Vettel has a little go at Daniil Kvyat in the #RoomofAwkard before heading on to the Chinese GP podium. Vettel was voicing his disapproval of Kvyat’s very brave move on him at the start of the Chinese GP. Kvyat took a massive chance and came at Vettel “like a torpedo” forcing the German into […]

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Nico Rosberg resisted what seemed to be a mighty threat from Ferrari to claim the pole position in what turned out to be an action packed qualifying session ahead of the Chinese GP. Kimi Raikkonen threatened to claim the pole with Rosberg trailing him after the initial Q3 runs but going too deep into the […]

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Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time for Ferrari in a wet final practice session ahead of this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix. There was no running in the opening 15 minutes of the final practice as persistent heavy rain made for very wet conditions just before the session started. Most drivers completed only a couple of […]

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Take a helicopter tour over the Shanghai International Circuit to explore the twists, turns and overtaking opportunities at the Chinese Grand Prix. This fantastic bird’s eye view will give you the perfect look at the Shanghai International circuit ahead of this weekend’s grand prix.

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