F1 Madness

The F1 paddock travels halfway around the world from Japan to the lone star state of Texas and the Circuit of the Americas for the 16th round of the season. The Circuit of the Americas (COTA), designed by F1 architect Herman Tilke, hosted its first race in 2012. As one of the newest circuits on […]

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Nico Rosberg continues to achieve firsts in this 2016 and has now added a first-time victory in Japan. The Mercedes driver, never troubled, strolled towards the chequered flag while teammate Lewis Hamilton dropped further behind in the race for the championship. While Nico Rosberg charged off his pole starting position Lewis Hamilton was swamped by […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) 3 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Kai Ebel) Q: Congratulations Nico, a fantastic win. Nico ROSBERG: It’s been an awesome weekend for sure, the whole weekend had gone great from the word go, so it’s been very, very special, […]

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Sebastian Vettel defended Ferrari’s strategy decision at the Japanese Grand Prix race which seen him finish 4th, possibly missing out on a podium finish. While Vettel completed the race with a 2-stop strategy, his was slightly different to the rest. The most widely used two-stop was to start on the softs, then two stints on […]

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Drivers: 1 – Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), 2 – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), 3 – Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari). TV UNILATERAL Q: Nico, the pressure was really on for that final run but you did it, pole by 13 thousandths of a second which I think your team calculates to be 82 centimetres around this Suzuka circuit. Nico […]

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Formula One World Championship leader Nico Rosberg snuck in to steal the Japanese Grand Prix pole from Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton by just 0.013s. Rosberg claimed his third consecutive Suzuka pole position with a time of 1:30.647. Ferrari outperformed their Red Bull championship rivals to claim the third and fourth spots on the grid. […]

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Nico Rosberg set the quickest time in the third free practice session for the Japanese grand prix. The one hour session was slow to get underway as the Suzuka circuit remained damp from an earlier rain shower. However, under overcast skies drivers began to venture out on intermediate tyres before soon switching to slicks. Mercedes’ […]

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Nico Rosberg topped the timing sheets at the end of the first free practice session for the Japanese grand prix. The 90 minute session got underway in brilliant sunshine with a track temperature hovering in the low 30 degrees Celsius range. Championship leader Rosberg set a quickest time of 1:32:431 on the yellow-walled soft tyres […]

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DRIVERS – Jolyon PALMER (Renault), Carlos SAINZ (Toro Rosso), Pascal WEHRLEIN (Manor), Kimi RAIKKONEN (Ferrari), Fernando ALONSO (McLaren), Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) PRESS CONFERENCE Fernando, there’s been a lot of talk about your starts this year and the fact that in the last five GPs you’ve made up 29 places on the opening lap! Making up […]

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Following analysis of Lewis Hamilton’s engine failure in Malaysia, Mercedes has found that his engine suffered a big-end bearing failure following a loss of oil pressure. The engine failure struck Hamilton without warning while he was leading the Malaysian Grand Prix. Hamilton was forced to retire from the race with 16 laps remaining. The engine […]

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