F1 Madness

The last time the F1 paddock visited Germany’s Hockenheimring was in 2014. Back then Mercedes’ dominance was just getting into its stride and Sebastian Vettel was still a Red Bull driver. Given the amount of things that have changed it feels impossible that the race around the Hockenheimring was just two years ago. In 2016 […]

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The Hungarian grand prix marked the theoretical mid point of the 2016 season. Yet, after ten races a singular point was all that divided Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton in the championship fight. Throughout the weekend’s practice sessions and qualifying it was Rosberg who looked most comfortable. But it wasn’t long before Hamilton got the […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Rémi TAFFIN (Renault Sport), Monisha KALTENBORN (Sauber), James KEY (Toro Rosso), Pat SYMONDS (Williams), Jock CLEAR (Ferrari), Guenther STEINER (Haas) PRESS CONFERENCE Monisha, if we could start with you: a very positive news story both for Sauber and for Formula One following the buyout of the team by Longbow Finance. Can you tell […]

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The Sauber Group have been acquired by Swiss finance company Longbow Finance S.A.. The deal which was signed on Tuesday 19 July by Peter Sauber and Monisha Kaltenborn. The deal will see Peter Sauber retire with Pascal Picci the current President and CEO of Longbow Finanace S.A take over as Chairman of Sauber Holdings A.G. Kaltenborn […]

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When the FIA announced a 21-race calendar for the 2016 it’s likely that few really took notice of what this actually meant. As the paddock heads to the Hungaroring in Budapest, Hungary for the 11th round it will, astonishingly, only reach the halfway mark of the season on lap 35 of the race. The 70 […]

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The notoriously unpredictable British weather was surprisingly docile right up until ten minutes before the race start. As the rain came down on the Silverstone circuit race director Charlie Whiting declared that it would start behind the safety car. Although safety is of paramount importance the safety-car start deprived everyone of the battle, into turn […]

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Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson will get new gearboxes for the British Grand Prix weekend and will drop 5-places down the grid. Right at the end of Free Practice 3, Vettel could be seen clapping his hands in frustration as he crossed the line. His time was good enough to put him 5th […]

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Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of a shortened 3rd Free Practice session making it three from three practice sessions. Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg finished the session 2nd fastest just 0.063s off Hamilton’s time. Hamilton set his best time on the soft compound tyres crossing the line in 1:30.904. Rosberg’s set a best time […]

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Mercedes driver and local hero Lewis Hamilton has set the quickest time in the first free practice session for Sunday’s British grand prix. The session started under overcast skies but remained dry for the entire one and a half hour session. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton led the timing sheets by 0.033 ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg […]

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Over the course of a grand prix weekend a driver normally runs close to two hundred laps. It’s uncanny then that everything can be made or undone by one lap. In Saturday qualifying, a wet and dry session, Lewis Hamilton steered his Mercedes to pole position in dominant fashion. While teammate Nico Rosberg qualified second […]

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