F1 Madness

News broke earlier today that Lotus technical director James Allison is leaving the team. Allison, highly regarded in the F1 paddock, is very much considered to be the mastermind behind Lotus’ speed and as technical director had become a vital member of the Enstone based team. Allison joined the team in 1991 while still in its previous […]

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In the world of motorsport there is no shortage of Spanish sporting heroes. The current crop of Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marques and their domination of MotoGP is testament to the fact. Spain may be smitten with MotoGP but it was Fernando Alonso who transformed this country’s interest in Formula 1 from mild […]

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The Lotus F1 Team’s Spanish Grand Prix Preview Quotes. Lotus are chasing another good result and better pace during qualifying. Kimi Raikkonen: Q: Yourself and the team currently occupy P2 in both the Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships; are you pleased with how things are going? Kimi Raikkonen: For sure it’s an okay start and we’re […]

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In the aftermath of the Multi-21 saga and with speculation around Red Bull considering Kimi Raikkonen as a replacement for Mark Webber next season, Sebastian Vettel has told Sport Bild that he would be happy if that were the case. “I don’t care who my team mate is. If you want to win, you have […]

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Red Bull-Renault Sebastian Vettel (1st): “It was good fun at the beginning with some very tight wheel to wheel racing. At the start you don’t know if you will be quick or not, as everyone is a bit all over the place, including yourself! It’s important to get to the front; we saw at the last […]

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As great a day as Saturday qualifying can sometimes be it never quite is a predictor of what’s to come in Sunday’s race. There are still some exceptions that make pole the imperative but Formula 1 2013 is whole lot more complex than the position you start in. The expectation was for Ferrari, Red Bull […]

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PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard) Q: Sebastian, fantastic victory. You’re laughing and I haven’t asked you a question already! Sebastian VETTEL: No, it’s good to see you. First of all, thank you very much, fantastic race. Big, big thank you to the team. A flawless, seamless race from start to finish. I knew it was crucial […]

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Sebastian Vettel stormed off in the desert to win the Bahrain Grand Prix ahead of the Iceman, Kimi Raikkonen and his team mate, Romain Grosjean. Here are the race results. Full review race report to follow shortly. Pos Driver Team 1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 2. Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 3. Grosjean Lotus-Renault 4. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes […]

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  Formula One legend, Niki Lauda, has advised Red Bull to go ahead and sign Kimi Raikkonen for next season. Lauda, who is currently the Mercedes chairman and co-owner, is known to have enticed Lewis Hamilton into switching to Mercedes from McLaren. He now thinks that Red Bull Racing should snap Raikkonen up for the […]

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Since the start of the Formula One season several teams have been particularly vocal in condemning the 2013 Pirelli tyres. As far as this upset lot were concerned tyres would dominate the Chinese grand prix headlines. Instead it was Fernando Alonso that wrote his name into the headlines. A third place in Saturday’s qualifying session […]

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