F1 Madness

Kimi Raikkonen with his race engineer before the start of the 2014 Australian grand prix.

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It was at the completion of the 2013 Abu Dhabi grand prix when Sebastian Vettel, on his way to a nine race winning streak, reminded his team to savour their victorious memories. How spot-on he was. The free practice session made it quite clear that Mercedes’ favourites tag was no gaffe. For the 35th time Lewis […]

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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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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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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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Force India’s Sergio Perez set the pace on Day 1 of the final Bahrain test with a time of 1:35.290, almost a full second clear of second fastest man, Williams’ Valtteri Bottas. Here are some quotes from the drivers after the first day of the second Bahrain test   Sergio Perrez(1:35.290) | Force India-Mercedes | […]

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Ferrari has unveiled their 2014 challenger, the F14 T. The F14-T which was named by a fan vote and will be raced by what is arguably the strongest driver line-up on the 2014 grid – Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen, and features a far wider nose tip than we’ve seen in the cars launched so […]

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While getting re-acquainted with life at Ferrari, Raikkonen took some time to chat about how he’s adjusting to the changes and getting to know the new team members.  And yes, the man had quite a bit to say 😉

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Kimi Raikkonen’s first three “official” days of Kimi Raikkonen’s second stint with Ferrari proved useful for him to familiarise himself with the technical aspects that go in to making up part of a driver’s job wherever he is. In addition, it was also a chance for him to re-immerse himself in the special atmosphere at […]

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