F1 Madness

It has been a long wait. But the wait is almost over. In a few days time we’ll hear the unmistakable sound of an F1 engine coming to life on the Albert Park Circuit for the 2015 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix. Pre-season testing did throw up some surprises but what it mostly showed […]

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The Manor F1 team have announced that they will be ready to race come the season opener in Australia thanks to investor Stephen Fitzpatrick, the founder of energy company OVO, who rescued the team out of administration. Since then the team have been working away furiously behind the scenes to get things ready for them to […]

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Formula 1 tyre provider Pirelli has announced the tyre nominations for the Australian, Malaysian, Chinese, and Bahrain Grands Prix. For the Australian Grand Prix Pirelli will bring in the white medium and yellow soft compound tyres. In Malaysia, the Orange Hard and White Medium compound tyres will be used. Pirelli nominated these the two hardest […]

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The McLaren F1 Team have announced that Fernando Alonso will not participate in the Australian Grand Prix after doctors have recommended that the Spaniard rests to avoid further injury. A statement from the team said that although Alonso is perfectly healthy, the doctors have recommended that to avoid further risk of a second concussion he […]

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The Formula One’s Governing Body the FIA clarified the rule that permits only one helmet design for each driver for the season. The whole aim of the rule was to make drivers easily recognizable by the fans. The vote to implement the new regulations was voted through last month, the change has now been adopted […]

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After launching their car with a very interesting camouflage livery for testing, the Red Bull F1 team have gone back to their “traditional” racing colours for the rest of the 2015 season. The Milton Keynes based team have gone back to their more traditional dark blue livery. “It’s not the first alternative livery we’ve used […]

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Fernando Alonso, today thanked his fans for their continued support following his crash at the first Barcelona test.

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GP3 driver Carmen Jorda was announced by the Lotus F1 Team this afternoon as their development driver for the 2015 season. Jorda will attend races and tests with the team and will embark on an intensive simulator program with the team with her sights set firmly to drive the E23 Hybrid during the course of […]

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Felipe Massa set the fastest time on the first day of the final pre-season test in Barcelona on the soft tyre completing a qualifying simulation. Massa’s time of 1:23.500 is the fastest time seen so far in Barcelona. His time was 0.776s faster than second fastest of the day, Marcus Ericsson in the Sauber who […]

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A day after Fernando Alonso was airlifted to hospital following his crash on the final day of the second pre-season test, the McLaren F1 team have revealed that it was the very windy conditions that caused the Spaniards crash. Alonso suffered from a concussion and earlier today it was announced that he was in the […]

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