F1 Madness

In 1978 Canada’s Île Notre-Dame circuit bowed to the country’s greatest Formula 1 driver. In a short amount of time Gilles Villeneuve captivated the racing world with utter class and driving talent. Despite not becoming a world champion the Canadian great remains revered as one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport. […]

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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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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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Nico Rosberg topped the timing sheets in Free Practice 1 of the Monaco Grand Prix. On a sunny and warm Thursday in Monaco Merdeces’ Nico Rosberg was the fastest with a 1:16.195. Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso was second only 0.087s off the pace with a 1:16.282. Felipe Massa put his Ferrari in 4th with a 1:16.394. […]

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For more times than I could remember I have imagined a Formula 1 car hurtling down my street, braking hard for the ninety degree turn just beyond my gates and planting the throttle which would induce that chill down the back of your spine as the magnificent whine of that V8 engine bounces off the […]

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Team and Driver Quotes from the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix Ferrari Fernando Alonso (1st) “Even if this is the third time I’ve won a home race, the emotion is still very strong, as if it had never happened before. It’s nice to be able to give the whole of Spain this win, especially at a […]

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It would be easy to say that Fernando Alonso’s victory at the Spanish grand prix was effortless and uncomplicated. In reality it was the way he blitzed the start that set up his afternoon. A fifth place on the grid would have been considered below par for the Spaniard but the Ferrari driver always had […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari) 2 – Kimi RAIKKONEN (Lotus) 3 – Felipe MASSA (Ferrari) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Eddie Jordan) Q: Fernando, how much did this crowd… we saw you go off to see the crowd… How much did the embrace of the crowd help you today? Fernando ALONSO: Well, hello everybody. Definitely it was […]

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In the world of motorsport there is no shortage of Spanish sporting heroes. The current crop of Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marques and their domination of MotoGP is testament to the fact. Spain may be smitten with MotoGP but it was Fernando Alonso who transformed this country’s interest in Formula 1 from mild […]

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Despite an operational failure on Fernando Alonso’s car Ferrari are keeping things in perspective. Although the Spaniard is thirty points adrift of championship leader Sebastian Vettel after only four races of the 2013 season Ferrari see no reason to drop their chins. “The gap is 30 points now, but if he has zero points next […]

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