F1 Madness

Nico Rosberg resisted what seemed to be a mighty threat from Ferrari to claim the pole position in what turned out to be an action packed qualifying session ahead of the Chinese GP. Kimi Raikkonen threatened to claim the pole with Rosberg trailing him after the initial Q3 runs but going too deep into the […]

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Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time for Ferrari in a wet final practice session ahead of this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix. There was no running in the opening 15 minutes of the final practice as persistent heavy rain made for very wet conditions just before the session started. Most drivers completed only a couple of […]

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Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene is of the opinion that their title challenge is being fought against the strongest team that the sport has seen in the last ten years. Arrivabene says the strength of the Mercedes team only increases the challenge facing Ferrari this year. Arrivabene said in a press conference following the Friday […]

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Here’s a look at who said what at the Friday Press Conference following practice ahead of the Chinese GP. TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Frederic Vasseur (Renault), Yusuke Hasegawa (Honda), Eric Boullier (McLaren), Maurizio Arrivabene (Ferrari), Toto Wolff (Mercedes), Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing) PRESS CONFERENCE Maybe we could start with a general question for everyone. Obviously […]

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Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen topped the second free practice session for the Chinese grand prix. The Finnish driver sets a quickest time of 1:36:896 on the red-walled supersoft tyre. Teammate Sebastian Vettel was one tenth adrift in second. Nico Rosberg was the first of the Mercedes in third, two and a half tenths off Raikkonen’s […]

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Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg topped the first free practice session ahead of Sunday’s Chinese grand prix. The session stumbled into life as cars trickled out onto the Shanghai International circuit which was holding a track temperature of 33 degrees Celcius. Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg set the quickest time of the session, a 1:38:037, on the yellow […]

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From the desert circuit of Bahrain the Formula 1 paddock travels to mainland China and the Shanghai International circuit for the third round of the 2016 season. Good news is abounding before the weekend of racing even gets underway. A unanimous front by the eleven Formula 1 teams has force fed the FIA enough sanity […]

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Pirelli has revealed the driver tyre choices for the upcoming Chinese Grand Prix and some interesting differences in tyre strategies have emerged. Pirelli will be supplying the medium, soft and super-soft tyres for the race. The two Mercedes drivers have made different tyre choices – indicating different strategies for the duo. Lewis Hamilton has chosen […]

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For nine years the Bahrain grand prix was run under the hot desert sun. For nearly a decade it wasn’t a race marked as one to look forward to and it almost always produced the most lacklustre racing of a season. But it would only take pushing back the starting time a few hours and […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 3 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) TV UNILATERAL Q: Lewis, great lap. Under a little bit of pressure after your first run in Q3, but you really hooked it up – fastest ever lap of this circuit? Lewis HAMILTON: What a start. It’s obviously not […]

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