F1 Madness

It seems appropriate that Texas is the second biggest state in America as it gears up to host the biggest motorsport series in the world. Legendary racing tracks from Watkins Glen to Indianapolis have hosted the Formula 1 world championship and in total ten different circuits throughout the United States have featured on the F1 calendar. In 2012 Austin’s […]

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Over 15000 fans were at Mugello this weekend to pay tribute to Felipe Massa ahead of his final two races for the Scuderia before he is replaced next season by Kimi Raikkonen. Massa who has been with Ferrari since 2006, partnering Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso, has had 136 outings for the team which includes […]

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Kimi Raikkonen will miss the final two races of the 2013 season. The Finn’s manager, Steve Robertson, confirmed that the Lotus driver will undergo back surgery on Thursday and will need a four week recovery period. “In an ideal world it would have been nice to finish the season with Lotus in the final two grands prix. However, […]

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It isn’t only Kimi Raikkonen who knows what he’s doing around the Yas Marina circuit. Sebastian Vettel delivered yet another dominant display to take victory by half a minute at the 2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Mark Webber secured pole position with a stonker of a lap from Vettel on Saturday and if one driver had the ability to challenge the […]

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Kimi Raikkonen has been excluded from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifying following a floor deflection test failure. He will now start the race from the back of the grid. The stewards summoned the Lotus team earlier after considering telemetry data and video footage, so that the team could argue their case following the floor […]

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Kimi Raikkonen could lose his fifth place position on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix grid after his car failed the floor deflection test during a technical inspection following the qualifying session. According to a statement from the stewards, “car number seven [Raikkonen] did not comply with Article 3.17.5 of the 2013 FIA Formula One Technical […]

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Red Bull’s Mark Webber put in a scintillating flying lap in Q3 to take pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. With both the Red Bulls on the back foot through Q1 and Q2, they seemed to have found some extra pace in Q3 to lock out the front row with Mark Webber in […]

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Sebastian Vettel headed the timing sheets of the third free practice session ahead of the Abu Dhabi grand prix. The newly crowned four time world champion was followed by teammate Mark Webber as Red Bull again locked out the top two positions in the standings. The session got underway with a track temperature of 47 degrees Celcius; three degrees warmer than […]

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Kimi Raikkonen has confirmed that he had to be convinced to attend the final three races of the season including this weekend’s Abu Dhabi grand prix. The Finn was nowhere in sight of the Yas Marina paddock by Thursday raising speculation about the reason for the 2007 champion’s absence. Although many believed that Raikkonen’s non-appearance was a result […]

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Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus 2012 Qualifying – 5th, 2012 Race – 1st “It’s a great place to go. The circuit is connected to big entertainment centre and you’ve got all the boats moored next to the circuit. There are often a lot of passionate fans watching the race and for me the hotel is walking distance […]

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