F1 Madness

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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Team and Driver quotes following today’s qualifying session at Silverstone. Mercedes Lewis Hamilton (1st, Q3 – 1m 29.607s) “It feels incredible to be on pole, just like it did back in 2007. We have the greatest Formula One fans in the world here in Britain and there was a great turnout today, which makes the […]

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Lewis Hamilton stormed to pole position in Silverstone qualifying today a massive four tenths ahead of team mate Nico Rosberg for a Mercedes front row lock out. Hamilton’s time, a 1.29.607 proved too fast for Rosberg, or the Red Bulls to contest. The Red Bull team mates locked out the second row, a mere 0.009 […]

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The Canadian Grand Prix weekend is famous for its unpredictability. Even though it didn’t stand up to its usual erratic nature there were still some surprises in the offing. The two biggest surprises came in the form of no driver hitting the famous Wall of Champions – at any stage of the weekend and the […]

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The Canadian Grand Prix weekend is famous for many things including changeable weather conditions. The Formula 1 pack had to contend with tricky track conditions as the rain rendered the use of slick tyres completely out of the question. The first session of qualifying sported the beginnings of a dry racing line but no driver was […]

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It has taken thirty years for a son to emulate his father’s victory around the tight and twisting streets of Monte Carlo. Mercedes’ chances in Saturday qualifying had always looked good but the test would come in the 78 lap race. The team’s struggles with tyre degradation had been well documented and many had expected […]

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Ferrari have confirmed on Tuesday, 28 May that a suspension failure caused the crash that ended Felipe Massa’s race on Sunday at the Monaco Grand Prix. Massa lost control of his car into Saint Devote. He struck the barrier on the left before the corner and went straight on into the tech pro barriers on […]

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Nico Rosberg took his third pole position in a row today as Mercedes locked out the front row of the grid for the Monaco Grand Prix in a rain hit qualifying session. The Red Bull drivers will be occupying the second row of the grid tomorrow, followed by Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso. Q1 started […]

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The third practice session at Monaco was pretty eventful. Things started off rather slowly but quickly the session became very incident filled. Felipe Massa took a massive hit – something went wrong on his Ferrari and he smacked the left barrier entering into Sainte Devote, then went on into the barrier straight ahead. His Ferrari […]

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Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg made it two from two this afternoon after topping the time sheets in Friday’s second practice session. Lewis Hamilton finished in 2nd while the Ferrari’s of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa finished off 3rd and 4th respectively.  The session wasn’t without incident this time round as Romain Grosjean had a little meeting […]

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