F1 Madness

That’s how four time world champion, Sebastian Vettel described the sound of the 2014 Formula 1 cars. Talking to AutoSport, Vettel had remarked that the new cars sounded sh*t and that the cars were less noisy than being inside a bar. “I think for the fans it is not good,” he added “I think F1 has […]

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The first free practice session for the Malaysian GP was headed by Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. Sweltering weather conditions greeted the Formula 1 paddock as the first practice session for round two of the 2014 season kicked off. Teams were allocated an extra set of tyres by Pirelli for the first thirty minutes of the session […]

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DRIVERS: Kamui KOBAYASHI (Caterham) Pastor MALDONADO (Lotus) Daniil KVYAT (Toro Rosso) Valtteri BOTTAS (Williams) Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari) Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes)   PRESS CONFERENCE Valtteri, we’ll start with you. Quite a race in Australia, 15th to sixth, hit the wall, back down to 15th, back up to sixth again, very eventful. But what do you think […]

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Roughly a year ago Red Bull’s biggest worry was the unrest between its two drivers. In a ruthless move Sebastian Vettel ignored the now infamous ‘multi-21’call to hold position and pinched victory from Mark Webber. Twelve months later the second round of the championship again brings Red Bull and the paddock to Malaysia. The reigning […]

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Lewis Hamilton claimed the pole position, snatching it from home favourite Daniel Ricciardo, in the final moments of the season opening Australian qualifying session. The F1 weather gods thought it would be a good idea to spice things up a little – as if they weren’t already complicated enough with all the 2014 regulation changes. […]

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Team Representatives Toto Wolff (Mercedes) Eric Boullier (McLaren) Rob White (Renault Sport F1) Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari) Claire Williams (Williams) Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing)   Q: A very interesting first day’s running. I’ll start with you Christian, as the defending world champion team. I guess given where you were two weeks ago in the winter […]

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The Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg topped the timing sheets for the second free practice session in Australia. A significant amount of laps were completed by most teams as they set out discovering and fine-tuning their race set-ups for Sunday. The early part of the session was dedicated to a few laps […]

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The 2014 Formula 1 season officially got underway with the first free practice session from Australia. It was quite a sizeable crowd that gathered to finally see the 2014 challengers and, more importantly, hear what they sound like. Some may not be a fan of the new V6 Turbo engine but it wasn’t unpleasant at all. […]

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DRIVERS: Felipe MASSA (Williams) Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull Racing) Kevin MAGNUSSEN (McLaren) Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing) Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari)   PRESS CONFERENCE Sebastian, can we start with you. You’re a four-time world champion, it’s your 121st grand prix and your seventh season in Formula One. Four times a world champion consecutively but would […]

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Eleven teams will start the 2014 Australian grand prix. Beyond this obvious fact not much else can be forecasted. Unpredictability in Formula 1 is back with a vengeance and brings with it a bevy unanswered questions. How many drivers will finish the Australian grand prix? The saying that to finish first, first you must finish […]

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