F1 Madness

From the medieval city streets of Baku the Formula 1 paddock travels to the crisp countryside of Austria for the eighth round of the 2016 championship. A case could never be made that Formula 1 lacks diversity. It swops the mostly tight confines of the Baku City circuit for the mountains and fresh air of […]

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If you’d asked most people to point out Azerbaijan on a map they would probably struggle. If you then told them that its capital city Baku is going to host its first F1 race in 2016 it would possibly have been met with reluctant enthusiasm. Nevertheless, on the edge of the Caspian Sea the Azeri […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 3 – Sergio PEREZ (Force India) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Eddie Jordan) Azerbaijan, Baku: what an amazing city and what an amazing race and we have your winners here today. Nico, tell us, you needed this today didn’t you, your fifth win of the […]

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Lewis Hamilton has taken the blame for his poor showing in Qualifying for the European Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit in Azerbaijan. Hamilton ended qualifying in 10th after hitting that barrier wall at the tight Turn 12. Hamilton’s qualifying sessions were not as clean and clear cut as one would usually expect from […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2 – Sergio PÉREZ (Force India) 3 – Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull) TV UNILATERAL Nico, that was an emphatic performance by you and Mercedes, just how good was qualifying for you? Nico ROSBERG: Yeah, it was great. It was one of the more challenging sessions out there, but everything worked […]

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Mercedes reigning F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton stole the quickest time at the top of the final practice timesheets, ahead of the first ever qualifying at the Baku City Circuit, for the European Grand Prix. Hamilton  made it a clean practice sweep in the final minutes of the practice session with a time of 1:44.352 […]

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After having at a go at the Baku City Circuit the drivers give their views on the track and the layout. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes: “The track isn’t easy – not because the layout is particularly difficult to learn but because it’s very slippery out there. It’s quite Monaco-esque in terms of braking and how close […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Frédéric VASSEUR (Renault) Roberto BOCCAFOGLI (Pirelli) Eric BOULLIER (McLaren) Gene HAAS (Haas) Toto WOLFF (Mercedes) Claire WILLIAMS (Williams)   PRESS CONFERENCE If I could start with you Eric: you had both cars in the points in Monaco a couple of races ago but it was a tougher race for you in Montreal. How […]

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Lewis Hamilton made it two from two after finishing top of the time sheets at the end of the second free practice session at the Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan. Hamilton set a time of 1:44.223 on the super softs tyres to give him the fastest time of the session. Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg […]

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Lewis Hamilton set the quickest time in the first free practice session ahead of Sunday’s Baku grand prix. The first ever official Formula 1 session in Azerbaijan got underway in splendour as the cars and drivers had their first look at the Baku City circuit. Aesthetically the circuit and its surrounds create a terrific view […]

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