F1 Madness

Ten races into the 2013 Formula 1 season Lewis Hamilton has claimed his first win of the year and the first for his Mercedes team at the Hungarian grand prix. Red Bull and Mercedes found themselves locked in the battle for pole position on Saturday. 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton snatched pole position from Sebastian […]

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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton secured his thirtieth career pole position as he set the fastest time in qualifying for the Hungarian grand prix. The biggest casualty of the first session of qualifying was Force India’s Paul di Resta. The Scot seemed struggled throughout the first part of qualifying and sounded perplexed on the radio to his […]

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Round 10 of the Formula One season is next, and we move to the Hungaroring in Budapest. Here are the Hungarian Grand Prix Preview Quotes from the McLaren F1 team. Jenson Button, McLaren “Great circuit, great place. I have so many positive memories of racing at the Hungaroring – obviously, I won my first Grand […]

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McLaren drivers Jenson Button and Sergio Perez will not be taking part in the Young Driver Test at Silverstone this week despite the FIA now allowing regular race drivers to take part in order to help Pirelli test tyre development. This leaves the running up to Kevin Magnussen, Oliver Turvey and Gary Paffett. New Pirelli […]

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In the latest episode of McLaren’s TOONED, Jenson Button, Sergio Perez, and Professor M, voiced by Alexander Armstrong, are gathered at the McLaren Technology Centre to celebrate McLaren’s 50th anniversary when the mystery guest arrives …

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Red Bull-Renault Sebastian Vettel (1st): “It was a tough race; it was one of the toughest for a long time. I’m happy the race wasn’t two or three laps longer, as Kimi was a bit quicker towards the end. I’m very happy that it worked out and it’s very special. The team worked really hard to […]

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The 2013 German grand prix is one that will stay in the memory bank of Sebastian Vettel for quite some time. Bested in Saturday’s qualifying session by Lewis Hamilton the reigning world champion had it all to do in Sunday’s race. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton finished a tenth clear of Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel to take […]

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Preview quotes from the McLaren team ahead of the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring this weekend. Jenson Button, McLaren “Of course, the Silverstone result wasn’t where we want to be, but there were some reasons to be encouraged by last weekend. Our car is now better balanced and more driveable, so we’re hoping for […]

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Pirelli have released a statement following the British F1 Grand Prix saying that they will closely investigate the cause of the left rear tyre failures during today’s Silverstone Grand Prix and that the new bonding process is not at fault. Here is the full statement from Pirelli: TYRE FAILURES TO BE CLOSELY EXAMINED NEW BONDING […]

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Team and Driver quotes following today’s qualifying session at Silverstone. Mercedes Lewis Hamilton (1st, Q3 – 1m 29.607s) “It feels incredible to be on pole, just like it did back in 2007. We have the greatest Formula One fans in the world here in Britain and there was a great turnout today, which makes the […]

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