F1 Madness

Following his crash during the final day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya, McLaren have confirmed that their driver Fernando Alonso will remain in hospital overnight for observation as a precautionary measure. The crash happened just before lunch time. Alonso was rounding the bend at T3 when he lost control of his car which […]

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Romain Grosjean put his Lotus on the top of the time sheets at the end of the final day of the second pre-season test while McLaren’s Fernando Alonso was air lifted to hospital after a crash at T3. Grosjean’s time of 1:24.067 on the soft compound tyres from Pirelli put him on top of the […]

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Daniel Ricciardo finished on top of the time sheets for Red Bull on the second day of the second pre-season test in Barcelona. Ricciardo set his time of 1:24.574 just before the lunch break on the soft compound tyres. This time stood for the rest of the day. Second for the day was Ferrari’s Kimi […]

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For as long as cars have been running around test tracks, most have warned against reading too much into the pre-season. It is, after all, just that, a test. Teams truck their way to European race tracks with their new cars and set about an examination and assessment of what exactly the engineers and designers […]

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The pomp and circumstance of multi-million rand glitzy launches that used to mark the unveiling of a new Formula 1 car is a thing of the past. Instead, some teams opt for an online release of a few images while others invite a few folk over to their factories for a bit of a show. […]

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Sauber’s Felipe Nasr set the fastest time of the third day of the Jerez test on Tuesday. Nasr set an unofficial time of 1:21.545 to put his Sauber ahead of Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferrari in P2 with a time of 1:21.750. It must also be noted that Nasr clocked up an impressive 108 laps. But that […]

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Day one of winter testing ahead of the 2015 season kicked off today at the Jerez circuit in southern Spain. Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time overall for the Ferrari team with a time of 1:22:690. The German completed a total of 59 laps. Fernando Alonso completed the least amount of laps, six,  in his […]

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The 2015 Formula 1 Season is upon us and with all the teams releasing teaser pics and with the car launches and testing about to take place within the week we thought we’d give you a quick run down on the testing schedule and the driver line up for each team.   Testing Dates: 01 […]

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Fernando Alonso had already decided to leave Ferrari more than a year ago after growing tired of unfulfilled promises made by the Scuderia. That’s according to Flavio Briatore, who has played a major role in Alonso’s management throughout his Formula One career. After five years at Maranello, Alonso decided to return to McLaren for 2015 […]

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After what seemed like an eternity, McLaren yesterday finally announced their 2015 driver line up and confirmed that Jenson Button’s Formula One career will extend into a 16th season. Button will partner Fernando Alonso for the 2015 season and while the delay in McLaren making the decision may have been agonising for Button, he insists […]

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