F1 Madness

DRIVERS 1 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) 2 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 3 – Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari)   PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Eddie Jordan) Valtteri, tell us, what does it feel like, your first ever win in grand prix racing? Valtteri BOTTAS: Amazing. It took quite a while, more than 80 races for me, but definitely […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari)  2 – Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari) 3 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes)   TV UNILATERAL Q: Sebastian, it was an incredibly tight battle at the front and a last-minute, do-or-die effort from you seemed to make the difference. Talk us through the session. Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah, I had a good start […]

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Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen locked out the front row in qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix. The first time Ferrari had locked out a front row since the French Grand Prix in 2008. Raikkonen, who held provisional pole in Q3, was beaten by Vettel on his final throw of the dice at a […]

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Sebastian Vettel set the quickest time in the final free practice session ahead of the Russian grand prix. Ferrari driver Vettel set a fastest time of 1:34:001 ahead of teammate Kimi Raikkonen in second. Valtteri Bottas slotted in third ahead of his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton. Meanwhile Jolyon Palmer didn’t get out of the garage […]

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Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen has topped the first free practice session at the Sochi Autodrom ahead of the Russian grand prix. The first free practice session got underway in stunning clear conditions with a track temperatures hovering in the mid-thirties for the duration of the session. Local driver took over the Renault seat from Nico Hulkneberg but […]

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From the middle of the Bahrain desert the Formula 1 paddock travels to coast of Russia for the fourth round of the 2017 season. The Sochi Autodrom made its debut on the F1 calendar in 2014 and received a fairly lukewarm reception from fans. For one thing the circuit lacks any sort of elevation change, […]

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If you were a neutral there wasn’t much to enthuse about in the Russian grand prix. But these days’ neutrals are few and far between.  And even a true neutral would have to be impressed with the spellbinding way in which Nico Rosberg has won the Russian grand prix. While Nico Rosberg led serenely away […]

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DRIVERS 1st Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2nd Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 3rd Kimi RAIKKONEN (Ferrari) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Martin Brundle) Congratulations Nico. Wow, a man who can’t stop winning – seven in a row. Only three other drivers in the history of Formula One have done that: Alberto Ascari, the great Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, and […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 3 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Williams) TV UNILATERAL Nico, congratulations. How nervous were, though, after making a mistake on that final attempt, with your helmet off and strolling down the pit lane that somebody might pip you for pole position? Nico ROSBERG: Well, to be honest, […]

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Lewis Hamilton finished fastest in FP3 for the Russian Grand Prix by 0.068s from team-mate Nico Rosberg. In a session where the Mercedes cars seemed to be on rails Hamilton’s best time of 1:36.403 came a few minutes before the end of FP3. Rosberg’s time of 1:36.471 was the fastest time of the session before […]

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