F1 Madness

Pirelli’s Paul Hembery shares his thoughts about what we can expect from a tyre perspective at their home race. Pirelli Paul Hembery, Pirelli motorsport director “Monza is obviously our home race, only around half an hour away from our headquarters in Milan. It’s very easy to see why the place has been called ‘the temple […]

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Preview Quotes from the Red Bull Racing Team ahead of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza this weekend. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull “Monza is the fastest circuit of the year. The track itself is in principle only made up of straights and chicanes. Because of this we reach the fastest top speed of the year […]

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Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus 2012 Qualifying – 8th, 2012 Race – 5th “It’s true that I have never won in Italy. For one reason or another things just haven’t worked out for me, but it doesn’t mean I can’t drive the track. Just because I have not won at a circuit in the past it doesn’t […]

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Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber “Monza is a track with a lot of history and the only true high-speed circuit of the season. I still remember sealing my GP2 title there in 2009. After the race on Sunday morning I was the champion. Monza requires a low-downforce configuration, which can make the car quite tricky to drive […]

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The McLaren F1 team give their preview quotes ahead of this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Jenson Button, McLaren “I’ve always loved Monza. I really enjoy circuits that have a bit of history to them, and Monza has that in abundance – it’s one of the greatest tracks on the calendar. The place is […]

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Italian Grand Prix Preview Quotes from the Caterham F1 Team ahead of this weekend’s race at Monza. Charles Pic, Caterham “Monza’s a great place to race F1 cars. It’s so quick, the atmosphere is amazing (even though it’s almost only Ferrari supporters out there!) and it’s a track that has a lot of history, some […]

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Caterham F1 team preview quotes ahead of the Belgian GP at Spa. Charles Pic, Caterham “I’ve had a great holiday with my family in France and it’s always good to recharge, particularly with seven of the races in the second half of the season being flyaways, but now I’m ready to get back to racing. […]

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Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa share the sentiments of almost all the other drivers on the grid – Spa-Francorchamps is one of their absolute favourite circuits. Here are the Ferrari team’s preview quotes ahead of the Belgian GP. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari “Spa is a very special circuit that always gets your adrenalin pumping, what with […]

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Preview Quotes from the Williams F1 Team ahead of this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. Pastor Maldonado, Williams “Spa is one of my favourite circuits because it has so much history and is so fun to drive. It’s a very technical and fast circuit and you find a very wide range of corners there: uphill, downhill, […]

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Preview Quotes from the Marussia F1 Team ahead of this weekend’s Belgian GP at Spa. Jules Bianchi, Marussia “On the one hand it is very important for everyone in the sport to have a good long break. On the other hand I was ready to go racing again after just one week! That was three […]

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