F1 Madness

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg set the quickest time in the first free practice session ahead of the Austrian grand prix. The first free practice session for the 2016 Austrian grand prix got underway in sunny conditions at the Red Bull Ring. The drivers quickly hit their stride with some blistering lap times early on in the […]

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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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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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Nico Rosberg claimed the pole position for the European Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit while team mate Lewis Hamilton binned his Mercedes out of Q3. Hamilton will start tomorrow’s race from 10th place. Rosberg will start the inaugural grand prix at Baku from pole after posting a supremely dominant time of 1:42.758 which […]

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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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Too many times new F1 circuits are talked up and promised to be glorious showpieces that will electrify the racing. And then you end up with Valencia, a dull F1 street circuit somewhere in Spain that evokes more winces than grins. But the new hosts of the European grand prix may have hit on something […]

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As the 2016 Canadian grand prix developed Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel found themselves in front of an open goal. But a dubious strategy call saw the Italian team score an own goal instead. From third on the grid Vettel rocketed into the lead of the race leaving the two Mercedes to bang wheels into turn […]

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Lewis Hamilton secured his fifth Canadian GP pole position in his career by 0.062s from his Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg. Hamilton’s first Q3 run was massively imppressive and he posted a 1:12.812 – enough to secure the top qualifying spot. He was not able to improve on his second run but Rosberg messed up […]

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