F1 Madness

Mercedes F1 team boss Ross Brawn says that the team’s growing pains are now behind their race performances are not yet where they need to be, stressing that they are “not there yet” despite the improvement in performance. After what was frankly a terrible end to the 2012 season, the team has made huge strides […]

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In 2009 Brawn GP had the double diffuser, in 2010 McLaren had the F-Duct, 2011 saw Red Bull pioneer and perfect exhaust blown diffusers. In 2012 we had Mercedes bring out the Double DRS. Every year in Formula One there is a new development that one team brings out and is touted as a game […]

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According to German newspaper, Bild, Robert Kubica has been secretly conducting Formula One tests in the Mercedes simulator. The Polish driver was seen testing Mercedes’ DTM car during the winter, but signed up with Citroen for second-tier World Rally Championship in 2014 as he continues his recovery after his near-fatal crash two years ago. Kubica […]

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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton thinks that the cooler climate in Europe will suit his car. Despite taking pole position in Bahrain Nico Rosberg was unable to mix it with the frontrunners and faded throughout the race to eventually finish ninth. Lewis Hamilton didn’t fare any better and felt able to push only towards the closing […]

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Red Bull-Renault Sebastian Vettel (1st): “It was good fun at the beginning with some very tight wheel to wheel racing. At the start you don’t know if you will be quick or not, as everyone is a bit all over the place, including yourself! It’s important to get to the front; we saw at the last […]

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Nico Rosberg claimed pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix with a stunning late lap in Saturday afternoon’s qualifying session. Mercedes were not looking like the team to beat during the practice session but Rosberg stormed to pole shocking his rivals with a 1.32.330.  Sebastian Vettel took second spot for Red Bull with a 1.32.584s, […]

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Lewis Hamilton will receive a 5-place grid penalty for the Bahrain Grand Prix after qualifying today following a gearbox change by Mercedes after final practice this morning. At the end of the session, he suffered what seemed to be a tyre failure and also incurred damage to rear suspension on the way back to the […]

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Since the start of the Formula One season several teams have been particularly vocal in condemning the 2013 Pirelli tyres. As far as this upset lot were concerned tyres would dominate the Chinese grand prix headlines. Instead it was Fernando Alonso that wrote his name into the headlines. A third place in Saturday’s qualifying session […]

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Formula One and @F1_Madness fan, Reynard Gelderblom (@Reynardg) sent us his thoughts on team orders in the wake of the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix where both Red Bull and Mercedes F1 issued their F1 drivers with team orders. Let us know what you think about team orders in the comments section below. Here’s what Reynard […]

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