F1 Madness

FIA president and former Ferrari boss, Jean Todt, has delivered some very promising news about Michael Schumacher’s condition since his skiing accident last December. Todt and Schumacher are close friends and the FIA president has apparently been visiting the Schumacher family regularly since the F1 legend returned home to continue his recovery. Very little has […]

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The FIA has confirmed in an official statement that Marussia Formula One driver Jules Bianchi has suffered a severe head injury and is undergoing surgery following his crash at the Japanese Grand Prix. Bianchi crashed at Turn 7 on Lap 43 of the race at Suzuka a couple of minutes after Adrian Sutil had spun […]

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Head of F1 Communications for the FIA Matteo Bonciani makes a statement to the press saying that Jules Bianchi was taken to the hospital, unconcious.

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The FIA confirmed this morning that Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix will go ahead as planned at 15:00 local time. Typhoon Phanfone however remains a real threat to the race at Suzuka. Earlier this morning, the Typhoon Phanfone had been upgraded to a super typhoon but has since been downgraded again to a typhoon. The exact […]

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The FIA has issued a final directive to teams regarding the ban on pit-to-car radio transmissions. After some backlash from the teams a meeting with team principals was held on Thursday. The FIA then decided to relax some of the bans regarding car performance, but driver coaching is still banned. The decision was taken to […]

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It wasn’t that long ago that the thought of Formula 1 cars under lights was just something the ringmasters were talking about for the future. Now, in 2014, Singapore marks its seventh year on the calendar. It’s no exaggeration to say that after nearly a decade of glittering floodlit F1 cars it still tickles the […]

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Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, has banned F1 radio communication between drivers and their race engineers that relates to the performance of the car. As part of their effort to improve F1, the FIA has decided to ban any F1 radio communications that may appear to make driving in Formula One seem too easy […]

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The FIA has confirmed that there will be no investigation into the Nico Rosberg-Lewis Hamilton collision at the Belgian Grand Prix. The accident occured on Lap 2 of the Belgian Grand Prix as Rosberg clipped the rear of Hamilton’s Mercedes when the two rounded Les Combes. Hamilton sustained a puncture and ultimately retired from the […]

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Formula One champion and F1 legend, Niki Lauda, sees no reason why Flavio Briatore should be brought in to increase the popularity of the sport and believes it is already making leaps forward with recent changes. Following lower numbers of spectators at some circuits and criticism of the sport across this season, Formula One has […]

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The battle for supremacy between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg has been so enthralling that somehow the Formula 1 season is already on the cusp of its tenth round. Hockenheim returns for the first time since 2012 to not only the new hybrid Formula but also to a new pecking order. In 2012, the Hockenheimring […]

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