F1 Madness

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Ayao KOMATSU (Haas), Paul HEMBERY (Pirelli), John McQUILLIAM (Manor), Otmar SZAFNAUER (Force India), James KEY (Toro Rosso), Beat ZEHNDER (Sauber) PRESS CONFERENCE James, if I can start with you. Toro Rosso have made a good step forward over the winter but perhaps you haven’t maximized potential over these first few races. Is […]

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Lewis Hamilton finished fastest in the second Free Practice session for the Russian Grand Prix. Hamilton set the fastest time of 1:37.853 on the super soft tyres in the Mercedes. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was the second fastest more than a second off the pace. Vettel’s time of 1:38.235 was set using the super soft tyres […]

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The Red Bull Racing F1 team is set to debut its canopy protection system during the first free practice session ahead of the Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom. The sport has been making attempts to increase driver head protection in recent months, with the ‘halo’ device which was recently trialled by Ferrari, currently […]

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Pirelli have announced the tyre choices for round 4 of the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship which will take place at the Sochi Autodrom in Russia. Pirelli have nominated the White Medium, Yellow Soft and Red Supersoft tyre for the Russian Grand Prix race weekend. The medium and soft compound tyres are Pirelli’s nominated tyre […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 3 – Sergio PEREZ (Force India) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Eddie Jordan) Well, I don’t need to remind you, ladies and gentlemen, that today he scored his 42nd win in grand prix racing. And we’ll talk to Sebastian, because they equal each other, 42 […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes)  2 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 3 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Willams) TV UNILATERAL Nico, you were fastest in Q1 and Q3, fastest after the first run in Q3, on pole by a decent margin. Are you pleased with that? Nico ROSBERG: Yeah, for sure, I’m very happy. It’s been a difficult […]

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The Sochi Autodrom situated within the Sochi Olympic park plays host to the Russian Grand Prix and round 15 of the Formula 1 World Championship. The track which was built within the Olympic Park is 5.848km long which makes it the third longest on the F1 calendar. The circuit has a good mix of corners which […]

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After a two week break the Formula 1 circus heads into Sochi, Russia for round 15 of the Formula 1 World Championship and the Russian Grand Prix. The 5.848km circuit is situated withing the Sochi Olympic Park which was built to host the 2014 Winter Olympics and is the 3rd longest circuit on the F1 Calendar. […]

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The most exciting thing about the first ever Russian Grand Prix was … nothing. If truth be told the only moment that induced  any sort of eyebrow-raising was a 60 meter lock-up by Nico Rosberg as he tried to steal the lead of the race from Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton. Other than Rosberg’s rather frantic […]

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Lewis Hamilton set a dominant pace during the final practice session at the Sochi Autodrom ahead of this weekend’s Russian Grand Prix. Hamilton’s time of 1:38.726 was comfortably faster than the rest of the pack, despite a spin at the penultimate corner which saw him destroy his tyres and unable to complete his lap. At […]

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