F1 Madness

In 1978 Canada’s Île Notre-Dame circuit bowed to the country’s greatest Formula 1 driver. In a short amount of time Gilles Villeneuve captivated the racing world with utter class and driving talent. Despite not becoming a world champion the Canadian great remains revered as one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport. […]

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Ahead of the 2013 British GP, Lewis Hamilton met Formula One Legend, Sir Stirling Moss at Silverstone to talk about their home race across the generations. F1 Video posted on Youtube by the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team.  

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It has taken thirty years for a son to emulate his father’s victory around the tight and twisting streets of Monte Carlo. Mercedes’ chances in Saturday qualifying had always looked good but the test would come in the 78 lap race. The team’s struggles with tyre degradation had been well documented and many had expected […]

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Nico Rosberg took his third pole position in a row today as Mercedes locked out the front row of the grid for the Monaco Grand Prix in a rain hit qualifying session. The Red Bull drivers will be occupying the second row of the grid tomorrow, followed by Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso. Q1 started […]

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Post Updated: 25 May 2013 Yup! It’s that time of year again. Drivers are known to bring new, blingy helmets to the Monaco Grand Prix and this year is no different. There are a number of cool new helmet designs we’ve spotted for the weekend so far. Here are the Monaco Grand Prix Helmet designs […]

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Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg made it two from two this afternoon after topping the time sheets in Friday’s second practice session. Lewis Hamilton finished in 2nd while the Ferrari’s of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa finished off 3rd and 4th respectively.  The session wasn’t without incident this time round as Romain Grosjean had a little meeting […]

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Nico Rosberg topped the timing sheets in Free Practice 1 of the Monaco Grand Prix. On a sunny and warm Thursday in Monaco Merdeces’ Nico Rosberg was the fastest with a 1:16.195. Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso was second only 0.087s off the pace with a 1:16.282. Felipe Massa put his Ferrari in 4th with a 1:16.394. […]

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Here are the Monaco Grand Prix Preview Quotes from the Mercedes F1 team: Nico Rosberg: Monaco is always a fantastic weekend and it’s great to race in the city where I live. Knowing that all my family and friends are watching makes it very special and I love being able to drive from home into […]

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McLaren’s techincal director Paddy Lowe is join the Mercedes team in June after recieving an early release from McLaren. Lowe will start work at Mercedes on 3 June but was originally expected to see out his contract with McLaren until the end of the year. Lowe will join the Mercedes team as executive technical director and […]

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There’s been plenty of talk amongst Formula One fans lately about the terrible form of the Mercedes F1 team. They’re performing really well over one lap for qualifying, but when it comes to race pace they’re just falling flat on their faces. Reynard Gelderblom wrote in to share his thoughts on the problems over at […]

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