F1 Madness

McLaren Fernando Alonso The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend represents many things for us at McLaren-Honda: the end of a challenging season and a significant learning curve; the opportunity to collect as much information as possible and continue our learning; and the start of the winter period where we are all focussed on working incredibly […]

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From Australia to seventeen different cities and circuit Formula 1 makes its final stop of 2015 at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina circuit. The first race around the visually stunning circuit was held in 2009. It remains unique to the F1 calendar for its twilight start and in its six grand prix has delivered dramatic outcomes […]

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As far as the show is concerned the Brazilian grand prix didn’t quite live up to its dramatic heights. Nico Rosberg led into turn one followed by Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton and the two Ferrari’s of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen. The battle between Rosberg and Hamilton carried on for quite some time but the […]

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McLaren’s Fernando Alonso said after the Brazilian Grand Prix race on Sunday that his car suffered from a surge in power on certain gears. The Spaniard had a tough weekend with engine failures in practice and qualifying and had a new engine fitted before the race which delivered the power in a “strange” way he […]

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Honda has been forced to make a 12th engine change for Fernando Alonso ahead of Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix. The Spaniard receives a 10-place penalty for his 12th engine, plus five places each for an 11th turbocharger and MGU-H, an eighth MGU-K. Alonso’s McLaren-Honda 2015 F1 season woes continued in qualifying at the Interlagos circuit […]

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Nico Rosberg has secured pole position for Mercedes team ahead of the 2015 Brazilian grand prix. The first part of the hour-long qualifying session was highlighted by yet another issue for McLaren’s Fernando Alonso. The Spaniard grinded to a halt in the first session and them comically continued to sun himself at the side of […]

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In the last several years the Brazilian grand prix has moved around quite a bit on the F1 calendar. It’s gone from the second race of the year to being the season-ender a few times. Now, it finds itself settled as the penultimate race of the year. But regardless of when the Brazilian grand prix […]

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What a difference seven days has made in the life of Nico Rosberg. Seven days ago the Mercedes driver was sulking his way through a podium ceremony in Texas and had become part of the Twitter-dubbed ‘cap-gate’ saga. But seven days later all was right again in the world of Nico Rosberg. He’s still come […]

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After engine troubles in FP3 which resulted in a gearbox change ahead of Qualifying, Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen will drop a further 30-places down the grid for the race on Sunday. Raikkonen who was to be dropped 5 places after qualifying will incur a further 30-place drop after the team decided to change his engine, turbo, […]

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Jenson Button’s grid penalty is now a record breaking 70 places after further changes to his Honda engine after the Mexican GP qualifying. The McLaren-Honda driver had already taken two 25 place grid penalty hits for fitting two new engines, turbochargers, MGU-H and MGU-K units this weekend before qualifying, but will now take an additional […]

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