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Posted on 25 August 2013. Tags: adrian sutil, belgium gp, esteban gutierrez, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mark webber, mclaren, nico hulkenberg, pastor maldonado, paul di resta, red bull, romain grosjean, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, spa, spa-francorchamps
The Belgium GP isn’t one to be associated with processional racing. However, when the leader of the race is the young, three time world champion – it doesn’t have much of say. Lewis Hamilton snatched pole position on Saturday from the grasp of Sebastian Vettel but that was as close to beating the German as […]
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Posted on 25 August 2013. Tags: belgian grand prix, checo, Formula 1, martin whitmarsh, mclaren, sergio perez, spa-francorchamps
A very interesting interview from McLaren Team Principal, Martin Whitmarsh and his comments about Checo’s penalty.
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Posted on 24 August 2013. Tags: belgium gp, caterham, felipe massa, fernando alonso, force india, giedo van der garde, jenson button, jules bianchi, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mark webber, marussia, max chilton, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, paul di resta, qualifing, rain, red bull, romain grosjean, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, spa, spa-francorchamps, williams
The notorious Spa weather had a definitive say in today’s qualifying sessions as Lewis Hamilton snatched pole position in the dying seconds of the session. The fickle weather dampened the 7 km long circuit enough to prompt the fitting of intermediate tyres all twenty-two cars. It was the opportunists who would cash into the difficult […]
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Posted on 23 August 2013. Tags: bernie ecclestone, honda, japanese grand prix, mclaren, suzuka
Suzuka will remain on the Formula 1 calendar until at least 2018 following the signing of a new contract with F1 Supremo Bernie Ecclestone. Ecccelstone met with Suzuka president Hiroshi Soda in London this week to agree to the terms of a new five-year deal which starts in 2014. This means that Honda, the Japanese […]
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Posted on 21 August 2013. Tags: belgian grand prix, jenson button, martin whitmarsh, mclaren, preview quotes, sergio perez, spa-francorchamps
The Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps has always been a favourite amongst F1 drivers. Here’s what the McLaren team have to say in their Belgian Grand Prix preview quotes. Jenson Button: “Spa has always been on my shortlist of favourite circuits in Formula 1. I still remember my first grand prix there, back in 2000, […]
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Posted on 19 August 2013. Tags: adrian sutil, caterham, charles pic, daniel ricciardo, esteban gutierrez, f1 2013, force india, giedo van der garde, james allison, jean-eric vergne, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, lotus f1 team, mark webber, mclaren, mercedes, mid season review, nico hulkenberg, nico rosberg, pastor maldonado, pat symonds, paul di resta, red bull racing, reviews, romain grosjean, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, toro rosso, valterri bottas, williams
Starting with a hazardous Australian Grand Prix with ever changing weather conditions to a controlled race in Hungary we’ve had everything from tyre explosions to loose wheels, pitlane accidents, cars on fire and controversy galore. The 2013 F1 season has been a thrilling, wild ride for teams, drivers and fans alike. With ten races behind […]
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Posted on 11 August 2013. Tags: belgium, CFD, computational fluid dynamics, hungary, jenson button, martin whitmarsh, mclaren, model, spa, spa-francorchamps, wind tunnel
McLaren have said that they believe their 2012 car ‘overperformed’ towards the end of last season. Team Principal Martin Whitmarsh said that the the 2012 McLaren out delivered what the team expected from data compiled through its wind tunnel model. Meaning that the 2012 car was better than its smaller scale wind tunnel counterpart. A slight difference in correlation between the full scale […]
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Posted on 28 July 2013. Tags: 2013, drive through penalty, felipe massa, feranando alonso, ferrari, finn, Formula 1, hungarian gp, hungaroring, iceman, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, Lotus, mark webber, marnello, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, overtaking, pastor maldonado, penalty, pirelli, red bull, romain grosjean, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, williams
Ten races into the 2013 Formula 1 season Lewis Hamilton has claimed his first win of the year and the first for his Mercedes team at the Hungarian grand prix. Red Bull and Mercedes found themselves locked in the battle for pole position on Saturday. 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton snatched pole position from Sebastian […]
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Posted on 27 July 2013. Tags: daniel ricciardo, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, hungarian gp, hungaroring, jenson button, kers failure, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mark webber, mclaren, mercedes, nico hulkenberg, nico rosberg, paul di resta, qualifying, red bull, romain grosjean, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, session, toro rosso
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton secured his thirtieth career pole position as he set the fastest time in qualifying for the Hungarian grand prix. The biggest casualty of the first session of qualifying was Force India’s Paul di Resta. The Scot seemed struggled throughout the first part of qualifying and sounded perplexed on the radio to his […]
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Posted on 26 July 2013. Tags: ferrari, FP1, hugarianGP, hungaroring, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, Lotus, mark webber, mclaren, red bull, sebastian vettel
Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time for FP1 at the 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix. He came out on track with 30 minutes left in the session and set a time of 1:22.723. Mark Webber in the other RB9 finished the session in P2 with a 1:22.982. Lotus’ Kimi Raikkonen and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso finished the […]
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