F1 Madness

Over the course of a grand prix weekend a driver normally runs close to two hundred laps. It’s uncanny then that everything can be made or undone by one lap. In Saturday qualifying, a wet and dry session, Lewis Hamilton steered his Mercedes to pole position in dominant fashion. While teammate Nico Rosberg qualified second […]

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Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg set the quickest time in the first free practice session ahead of the Austrian grand prix. The first free practice session for the 2016 Austrian grand prix got underway in sunny conditions at the Red Bull Ring. The drivers quickly hit their stride with some blistering lap times early on in the […]

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From the medieval city streets of Baku the Formula 1 paddock travels to the crisp countryside of Austria for the eighth round of the 2016 championship. A case could never be made that Formula 1 lacks diversity. It swops the mostly tight confines of the Baku City circuit for the mountains and fresh air of […]

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If you’d asked most people to point out Azerbaijan on a map they would probably struggle. If you then told them that its capital city Baku is going to host its first F1 race in 2016 it would possibly have been met with reluctant enthusiasm. Nevertheless, on the edge of the Caspian Sea the Azeri […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2 – Sergio PÉREZ (Force India) 3 – Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull) TV UNILATERAL Nico, that was an emphatic performance by you and Mercedes, just how good was qualifying for you? Nico ROSBERG: Yeah, it was great. It was one of the more challenging sessions out there, but everything worked […]

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Nico Rosberg claimed the pole position for the European Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit while team mate Lewis Hamilton binned his Mercedes out of Q3. Hamilton will start tomorrow’s race from 10th place. Rosberg will start the inaugural grand prix at Baku from pole after posting a supremely dominant time of 1:42.758 which […]

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After having at a go at the Baku City Circuit the drivers give their views on the track and the layout. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes: “The track isn’t easy – not because the layout is particularly difficult to learn but because it’s very slippery out there. It’s quite Monaco-esque in terms of braking and how close […]

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Australian racing driver Daniel Ricciardo is believed to have agreed to an extension to his contract with Red Bull Racing. Ricciardo and the Red Bull team have been making news the last few weeks for all the wrong reasons. In Spain Ricciardo believed the team opted for the wrong strategy and cost him a shot […]

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As the 2016 Canadian grand prix developed Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel found themselves in front of an open goal. But a dubious strategy call saw the Italian team score an own goal instead. From third on the grid Vettel rocketed into the lead of the race leaving the two Mercedes to bang wheels into turn […]

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DRIVERS – Marcus ERICSSON (Sauber), Sergio PEREZ (Force India), Felipe MASSA (Williams), Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull Racing), Jenson BUTTON (McLaren), Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari) PRESS CONFERENCE Daniel, let’s start with you, our 2014 Canadian Grand Prix winner of course. You didn’t want to hear what the team had to say after the last race in Monaco, […]

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