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Posted on 09 November 2016. Tags: 2016, autodromo jose carlos pace, ayrton senna, brazil, daniel ricciardo, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas f1, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, manor, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, red bull, renault, sauber, sebastian vettel, toro rosso, williams
There is something about the Brazilian grand prix that brings out the very best that Formula 1 has to offer. For years the South American circuit has delivered some of the most memorable races and visuals in the sports history. The Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace has immortalised itself by crowning five world champion in the […]
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Posted on 31 October 2016. Tags: 2016, daniel ricciardo, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, manor, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, mexico, nico rosberg, red bull, renault, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, toro rosso, williams
A crowd of nearly one hundred thousand fans looked on as Lewis Hamilton secured his first victory in Mexico and the 59th of this grand prix career. For the Mercedes driver the 71 laps around the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez went exactly to plan. Despite a bit of a messy start he was able to control […]
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Posted on 29 October 2016. Tags: 2016, carlos sainz, daniel ricciardo, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, manor, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, mexico gp, nico hulkenberg, nico rosberg, pascal wherein, pirelli, red bull, renault, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, toro rosso, williams
Lewis Hamilton put his Mercedes on pole position for Sunday’s Mexican grand prix. A ninety thousand strong crowd looked on as Mercedes locked out their eleventh front row of the season. Crucially it was Lewis Hamilton who took the team’s 18th pole of the season ahead of championship rival Nico Rosberg. Max Verstappen was best […]
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Posted on 28 October 2016. Tags: 2016, autodromo hermanos rodriguez, daniel ricciardo, esteban gutierrez, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, manor, max verstappen, mercedes, mexico, nico rosberg, pirelli, red bull, renault, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, toro rosso, williams
The eyes of the racing world will be on Nico Rosberg this weekend as the Mercedes driver has his first chance to win the driver’s title. It isn’t a straightforward chance though. For Rosberg to clinch his first title he’ll have to win the race and Lewis Hamilton will have to finish tenth or lower. […]
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Posted on 24 October 2016. Tags: circuit of the americas, CoTA, daniil kvyat, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, Formula 1, kevin magnussen, kimi raikkonen, mclaren, renault, toro rosso, united states grand prix, williams
Renault’s Kevin Magnussen was handed a 5-second time penalty for his pass on Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat at Turn 12 at the United States Grand Prix. Magnussen who was fighting Kvyat for 11th in the race passed Kvyat into T12 after the long back straight at the Circuit of the Americas. The Dane went deep […]
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Posted on 24 October 2016. Tags: 2016, america, carlos sainz, circuit of the americas, daniel ricciardo, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, manor, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, pirelli, red bull, renault, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, texas gp, toro rosso, united states, virtual safety care, williams
Lewis Hamilton has returned to winning ways with a measured drive to victory at the United States grand prix. Lewis Hamilton ran perfectly controlled race to take his 50th career win and with it a fifth victory on American soil at the Circuit of the Americas. While the perception from the outside made it look […]
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Posted on 19 October 2016. Tags: 2016, circuit of the americas, daniel ricciardo, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, Formula 1, grand prix, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, manor, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, north america, pirelli, red bull, renault, sauber, sebastian vettel, texas, tor rosso, united states, Valtteri Bottas, williams
The F1 paddock travels halfway around the world from Japan to the lone star state of Texas and the Circuit of the Americas for the 16th round of the season. The Circuit of the Americas (COTA), designed by F1 architect Herman Tilke, hosted its first race in 2012. As one of the newest circuits on […]
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Posted on 07 October 2016. Tags: 2016, daniel ricciardo, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, japanese gp, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, manor, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, pirelli, red bull, renault, sauber, sebastian vettel, suzuka, Valtteri Bottas, williams
Nico Rosberg topped the timing sheets at the end of the first free practice session for the Japanese grand prix. The 90 minute session got underway in brilliant sunshine with a track temperature hovering in the low 30 degrees Celsius range. Championship leader Rosberg set a quickest time of 1:32:431 on the yellow-walled soft tyres […]
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Posted on 06 October 2016. Tags: carlos sainz, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, Formula 1, japanese grand prix, jolyon palmer, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, manor, mclaren, mercedes, Pascal Wehrlein, renault, suzuka, thursday press conference, toro rosso
DRIVERS – Jolyon PALMER (Renault), Carlos SAINZ (Toro Rosso), Pascal WEHRLEIN (Manor), Kimi RAIKKONEN (Ferrari), Fernando ALONSO (McLaren), Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) PRESS CONFERENCE Fernando, there’s been a lot of talk about your starts this year and the fact that in the last five GPs you’ve made up 29 places on the opening lap! Making up […]
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Posted on 05 October 2016. Tags: 2016, daniel ricciardo, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, japanese gp, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, manor, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, pirelli, red bull, renault, sauber, sebastian vettel, suzuka, williams
At the 2015 Japanese grand prix the stories were all about Lewis Hamilton. In 2016 the headlines are still about the Mercedes driver but now has a far different context to them. The triple world champion arrives in Japan 23 points adrift and a little sheepish after some emotionally charged comments after his retirement from […]
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