F1 Madness

Not a lot of people were delighted when news broke towards the end of 2012 that Lewis Hamilton would become a Mercedes driver. The gutsy decision went a long way towards being justified as Hamilton dominated the 2014 Malaysian grand prix. A single victory in Hungary was all Hamilton had to show for his first […]

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DRIVERS 1st Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2nd Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 3rd Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing)     PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Benedict Cumberbatch)   Well Lewis, congratulations, your first win this year and you got the hat trick – pole position, the best lap time, on lap 54 I think, and now you’re here. How does […]

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Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg topped the timing sheets for the second free practice session in Malaysia. As the Malaysian heat intensified Nico Rosberg set the fastest time on the white-walled medium compound tyres in the second free practice session for Sunday’s Malaysian grand prix. Track temperatures reached nearly 50 degrees Celsius during the ninety minute […]

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That’s how four time world champion, Sebastian Vettel described the sound of the 2014 Formula 1 cars. Talking to AutoSport, Vettel had remarked that the new cars sounded sh*t and that the cars were less noisy than being inside a bar. “I think for the fans it is not good,” he added “I think F1 has […]

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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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Roughly a year ago Red Bull’s biggest worry was the unrest between its two drivers. In a ruthless move Sebastian Vettel ignored the now infamous ‘multi-21’call to hold position and pinched victory from Mark Webber. Twelve months later the second round of the championship again brings Red Bull and the paddock to Malaysia. The reigning […]

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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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Lewis Hamilton claimed the pole position, snatching it from home favourite Daniel Ricciardo, in the final moments of the season opening Australian qualifying session. The F1 weather gods thought it would be a good idea to spice things up a little – as if they weren’t already complicated enough with all the 2014 regulation changes. […]

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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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