F1 Madness

Formula 1 is the biggest patience game you’re ever going to play. From Mercedes’ response, to Ferrari’s progress, to McLaren’s struggles, all of it requires buckets loads of determination and persistence. Mercedes showed a bona fide champion’s mentality after being beaten at the Malaysian grand prix. As speculation about strategies, tyre performance and pace dominated […]

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After Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton took victory at the Chinese Grand Prix, team mate Nico Rosberg lashed out at the Briton in the post race press conference claiming that Hamilton compromised his race by backing him into 3rd placed Sebastian Vettel. At a point in the race Rosberg came onto the radio and told his engineer […]

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DRIVERS 1st Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2nd Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 3rd Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari)   TV UNILATERAL Lewis, quickest in both sessions yesterday, quickest again today in all sessions, it’s looking pretty good for you this weekend? Lewis HAMILTON: Yeah, I think China’s continuing to be generally a good circuit for me, and a very, very positive […]

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Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg locked out the front row of the grid ahead of the 2015 Chinese grand prix. The first part of the qualifying session was highlighted by neither McLaren being able to advance to Q2. Jenson Button out-qualified Fernando Alonso who suffered with severe oversteer after having missed the morning’s […]

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Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg set the first and second fastest time for Mercedes in the final free practice session for the Chinese grand prix. The Mercedes drivers were separated by roughly two tenths of a second while the Ferrari duo of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were comfortably the second quickest pairing in the […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Yasuhisa ARAI (Honda) Andrew GREEN (Force India) James KEY (Toro Rosso) Paul MONAGHAN (Red Bull Racing) James ALLISON (Ferrari) Pat SYMONDS (Williams)   PRESS CONFERENCE If I may start with you Arai-san: How would you characterise the past three months and also how tough has the start of this new F1 adventure for Honda […]

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If you’re not mulling several burning questions and theories at the same time then you’re more than likely not thinking about Formula 1 and the upcoming Chinese grand prix. The biggest of these burning questions is whether Ferrari’s stunning Malaysian grand prix victory was indicative of something or just a flash in the Mercedes dominated […]

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In no time at all we are at round 3 of the Formula 1 World Championship which takes place at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. The circuit is characterized by the smooth surface, one very long straight,, a mixture of medium to high speed corners and the tightening radius turn 1 which is […]

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Nearly a fortnight ago the world of Formula 1 was given a little shake up by Ferrari. People who were jeering Vettel at Red Bull were cheering him on after he won the Malaysian Grand Prix. The dominant Mercedes F1 Team were, for the first time in 20 races, a bit shaky and uncertain at […]

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Grand Prix of China – Hardest Braking Point The hardest braking point on the Shanghai International Circuit lies at the end of the longest straight, ahead of turn 14. The driver has to decelerate here by 268 km/h over just 161 metres. The calculated brake energy involved is 2,099 kW. In addition, the driver is […]

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