F1 Madness

The world of F1 always dishes up a good deal of speed, fun, scandal and every now and then, a bit of booing. Reynard Gelderblom sent us his thoughts on the last week in F1. Even though the 2013 Italian Grand Prix in itself wasn’t the most exciting F1 race of the season, the entire […]

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Kimi Raikkonen is not the only thing Ferrari has poached from the Lotus F1 team. The Italian squad has announced two new members who are set to join from the Enstone based team. Ferrari has bolstered its technical side of operations by signing Lotus’ head of aerodynamics Dirk de Beer. Earlier in the year Ferrari snapped up the […]

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According to former team champion Michael Schumacher, Ferrari has put together a potentially “explosive” driver lineup for 2014, referring to the appointment of Kimi Raikkonen alongside their current ‘number 1’ driver Fernando Alonso. Schumacher, who was pushed into his first retirement at the end of 2006 when Ferrari signed Raikkonen, said that “For motor sport […]

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Kimi Raikkonen has been officially announced as a Ferrari driver for 2014. Will Mark Slade take the reins on the pitwall as his race engineer? The rapport between driver and engineer is one of the most crucial relationships within any Formula 1 team and with Raikkonen’s move away from Lotus speculation has been rife as to who will take over […]

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Lotus will make a decision on its 2014 driver line-up “shortly” after losing Kimi Raikkonen to Ferrari earlier this week. Raikkonen’s decision leaves Lotus with at least one vacant seat. Romain Grosjean, who is out of contract at the end of the season is now more likely to stay with Lotus to provide some stability. […]

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Nico Hulkenberg’s manager has revealed that Ferrari broke the bad news to the German driver via sms this week and has expressed his disappointment. Hulkenberg was apparently being seriously considered by Ferrari as the replacement for Felipe Massa. But when Ferrari signed Raikkonen, the Maranello based team let Hulkenberg know via an sms, according to […]

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Following the announcement that Kimi Raikkonen will be returning to drive for Ferrari in 2014, the Finn has said that he is very happy to be returning to Maranello saying that he can’t wait to be driving a “Prancing Horse car” again. Speaking to the Ferrari.com website, Raikkonen said, “I am really happy to be […]

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Ferrari have announced that Kimi Raikkonen will return to the team for the 2014 season. Raikkonen, who will partner Fernando Alonso, is said to have agreed to a two-year deal. It is believed that Shell will be footing the bill for Raikkonen to join the team. The Finn will reportedly earn 20 million Euro per […]

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Twitter was in absolute mahem today as F1 Fans awaited news from a press conference called by Ferrari. An announcement regarding Ferrari’s 2014 driver line up was expected with consensus being that the announcement would reveal Kimi Raikkonen’s return to the Scuderia. As everyone sat at the edge of their seats, awaiting the big announcement, […]

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Sebastian Vettel has set nineteen fastest laps, taken forty pole positions, won thirty-two races and from the looks of things soon to be a fourth time world champion. The German has unquestionably edged significantly closer to his fourth consecutive title after winning the Italian GP. The German driver was hardly challenged at the front of the […]

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