F1 Madness

Control is a concept that when given up is difficult to regain. Yet, Nico Rosberg overcame his pole starting teammate and controlled all seventy-one laps for an important victory in Austria. The multi-lingual German secured his third victory of the season and second consecutive Austrian race win. But for a “vibration” late on in the […]

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Both Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen walked away from a very scary first lap collision at the start of Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix. Raikkonen veered left while accelerating out of Turn 2 and collected Alonso on the way. The Spaniard slid into the barriers before landing on top of the front of Raikkonen’s car – […]

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Lewis Hamilton secured pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix during a pretty dramatic final qualifying shootout session at the Red Bull Ring, after both Mercedes drivers went off track in their final runs. Hamilton claimed the pole position with a time of 1:08.455, beating team mate Nico Rosberg, who was comfortably quickest in Q1 […]

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Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel topped the timing sheets at the end of the third free practice session ahead of the Austrian grand prix. The running around the Styrian circuit got underway in cloudy conditions and with the Mercedes pairing of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton trading fastest laps. However, the emergence of Sebastian Vettel from his […]

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The McLaren F1 team face a difficult Austrian Grand Prix after confirming that both their drivers will incur grid penalties. It was announced on Friday that Fernando Alonso will incur a 20-place grid drop for replacing an engine, a turbo charger and a MGU-H.  During a rain hit Free Practice 3 on Saturday , Alonso […]

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DRIVERS: Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull Racing) Fernando ALONSO (McLaren) Carlos SAINZ (Toro Rosso) Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) Nico HULKENBERG (Force India) Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) PRESS CONFERENCE Nico, if we can start with you. First of all, congratulations on winning Le Mans, a great achievement, especially at your first attempt. How was it? Nico HULKENBERG: Yeah, it was quite […]

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F1 engine manufacturer Honda has promised to increase the power of its engine over the course of the next few races in the hopes of easing the increasing pressure on McLaren to perform. The McLaren-Honda partnership has managed to score only four points so far this season while suffering from ongoing reliability issues. The team […]

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Most would hold the opinion that the Canadian grand prix was far from the riveting showpiece it typically delivers. In terms of on track action they would be right but there were a number of significant goings-on for various teams. It wouldn’t have been considered outlandish to expect McLaren to be threatening the outskirts of […]

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Fernando Alonso insists that his frustrations as McLaren did not boil over during the race. The Spaniard ended his Canadian Grand Prix campaign early after retiring on lap 46 with an exhaust related issue. But even before that he was heard on the radio during the race venting his frustrations to the team. When his […]

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Change is said to be inevitable and Formula 1 has embraced this fate with more regularity than most. Thankfully, it hasn’t abandoned some of thegreat circuit that lends its much needed character to the world championship. As the seventh round of the 2015 season the Canadian grand prix is collectively treasured by drivers, teams and fans. […]

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