F1 Madness

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Cyril ABITEBOUL (Renault Sport) Toto WOLFF (Mercedes) Eric BOULLIER (McLaren) Maurizio ARRIVABENE (Ferrari) Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing) Gene HAAS (Haas F1)   PRESS CONFERENCE Cyril, let’s begin with you – welcome back as a Renault works team. Great history, 35 wins, two world championships and 100 podiums. How tough will it be […]

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The Mercedes F1 team suffered pretty mixed fortunes in another practice session dominated by unpredictable wet weather conditions. Lewis Hamilton finished on top of the time sheets once again in FP2 ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, while his team mate Nico Rosberg suffered a crash into the barriers at turn 6 during a very […]

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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton topped the first free practice session for the 2016 Australian grand prix. The 2016 season got underway as Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel ventured out onto track with the full wet Pirelli tyres fitted to his car. Overnight rain and a consistent drizzle in the morning had ensured a wet start to the […]

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The question at the forefront of everything is can Ferrari take the fight to Mercedes. All indications are that the Italian team has made strides since last year and has closed the gap to Mercedes. All that remains to be seen is how close they can get. As F1 2016 gets under way this season […]

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With the 2016 pre-season tests done and dusted the attention turns to the first race in Melbourne Australia in just a little over a week for the F1 season opener. There are quite a number of stats and number that were thrown around. The lap count and distance completed by Mercedes is one that stands […]

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Nico Rosberg stamped Mercedes’ authority on day one of the second test in Barcelona by going quickest on the day. Rosberg’s fastest time of 1:23.022 just told half the story. Lewis Hamilton took over in the afternoon session and went on to complete a very impressive race simulation. Between the Mercedes drivers they managed to […]

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Kimi Raikkonen closed off the final day of the first pre-season test of 2016 on top of the time sheets in the Ferrari SF16-H The Finn set his fastest time of 1:23.477 on the Ultra Soft compound tyres late in the morning. Second fastest to Raikkonen was Daniil Kvyat in the Red Bull who was […]

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Formula 1 looks set to introduce an elimination style qualifying session in 2016. A meeting in Geneva between the Strategy Group and the Formula 1 Commission saw a unanimous vote passed to revamp the qualifying session for the 2016 season. The session will still remain as a one hour session split into three segments. However, […]

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The second day of testing got underway with the circuit de Catalunya bathed in bright sunshine. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was the first driver on track and the first to set a flying lap as the second day of testing got underway.The majority of the first two hours of the morning were spent on gathering […]

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Japanese manufacturer Honda has announced that motorsport boss Yasuhisa Arai will be vacating his post. The announcement of Arai’s departure was made after a board meeting in Tokyo. Yusuke Hasegawa will replace Arai and take up the reigns of managing the F1 project while Arai will slot in as the senior manager of Honda Research and […]

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