F1 Madness

The first free practice session for the Malaysian GP was headed by Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. Sweltering weather conditions greeted the Formula 1 paddock as the first practice session for round two of the 2014 season kicked off. Teams were allocated an extra set of tyres by Pirelli for the first thirty minutes of the session […]

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DRIVERS: Kamui KOBAYASHI (Caterham) Pastor MALDONADO (Lotus) Daniil KVYAT (Toro Rosso) Valtteri BOTTAS (Williams) Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari) Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes)   PRESS CONFERENCE Valtteri, we’ll start with you. Quite a race in Australia, 15th to sixth, hit the wall, back down to 15th, back up to sixth again, very eventful. But what do you think […]

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It was at the completion of the 2013 Abu Dhabi grand prix when Sebastian Vettel, on his way to a nine race winning streak, reminded his team to savour their victorious memories. How spot-on he was. The free practice session made it quite clear that Mercedes’ favourites tag was no gaffe. For the 35th time Lewis […]

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Drivers: 1 – Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 2 – Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) 3 – Kevin Magnussen (McLaren) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Alan Jones) Q: Well Nico, well done. I couldn’t think of a better start to the season. What a great start to the 2014 championship. A great start to the new era of Formula […]

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Mercedes sent another strong message to their rivals with Nico Rosberg the messenger during FP3 in Australia ahead of qualifying this morning. Rosberg finished the session a crazy 1.3 seconds ahead of 2nd placed Jenson Button, with Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso finishing the session in 3rd place. Lewis Hamilton finished the session in fourth place but […]

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Team Representatives Toto Wolff (Mercedes) Eric Boullier (McLaren) Rob White (Renault Sport F1) Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari) Claire Williams (Williams) Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing)   Q: A very interesting first day’s running. I’ll start with you Christian, as the defending world champion team. I guess given where you were two weeks ago in the winter […]

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The Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg topped the timing sheets for the second free practice session in Australia. A significant amount of laps were completed by most teams as they set out discovering and fine-tuning their race set-ups for Sunday. The early part of the session was dedicated to a few laps […]

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The 2014 Formula 1 season officially got underway with the first free practice session from Australia. It was quite a sizeable crowd that gathered to finally see the 2014 challengers and, more importantly, hear what they sound like. Some may not be a fan of the new V6 Turbo engine but it wasn’t unpleasant at all. […]

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DRIVERS: Felipe MASSA (Williams) Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull Racing) Kevin MAGNUSSEN (McLaren) Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing) Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari)   PRESS CONFERENCE Sebastian, can we start with you. You’re a four-time world champion, it’s your 121st grand prix and your seventh season in Formula One. Four times a world champion consecutively but would […]

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Eleven teams will start the 2014 Australian grand prix. Beyond this obvious fact not much else can be forecasted. Unpredictability in Formula 1 is back with a vengeance and brings with it a bevy unanswered questions. How many drivers will finish the Australian grand prix? The saying that to finish first, first you must finish […]

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