F1 Madness

Nico Rosberg finished fastest in the 3rd Free Practice session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Despite saying that he will be down on power this weekend. Rosberg set a time of 1:41.856 on the super soft tyres to go 0.281s faster than Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton struggled to get in a clean lap […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Cyril ABITEBOUL (Renault) Maurizio ARRIVABENE (Ferrari) Federico GASTALDI (Lotus) Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing) Claire WILLIAMS (Williams) Toto WOLFF (Mercedes)   PRESS CONFERENCE Cyril, it’s been a little while since you’ve been here joining us in the press conference. You’ve been talking a little bit recently about next year – larger budgets etc […]

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Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg topped the timing sheets for Mercedes in the first and second free practice sessions for the Abu Dhabi grand prix. The first of the one-and-a-half hour sessions started under bright sunlight and was topped by the number 44 Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton. The reigning champion set a quickest time of […]

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From Australia to seventeen different cities and circuit Formula 1 makes its final stop of 2015 at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina circuit. The first race around the visually stunning circuit was held in 2009. It remains unique to the F1 calendar for its twilight start and in its six grand prix has delivered dramatic outcomes […]

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Watch the best action from the spectacular Yas Marina circuit in this official Formula One video package of the Abu Dhabi GP through the years, including some highs and lows for Sebastian Vettel, a famous win for Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton’s 2014 title triumph. The Abu Dhabi GP will be our last race for […]

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Pirelli have confirmed that it will run a 12-hour test in Abu Dhabi after the final race of the season. The test is scheduled to run on Tuesday 1 December from 9am to 9pm and it will be dedicated to testing out slick tyres for the 2016 season. Pirelli have asked the teams to run […]

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The first day of the 2014 Abu Dhabi test ended with Valtteri Bottas on top of the time sheets with a time of 1:43.396. The  headline act for the day was McLaren who were debuting their MP4-29H/1X1 with the Honda power unit. However, due to electrical issues and a fuel/data exchange issue the Woking based […]

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The McLaren Formula 1 team have been given the go-ahead to debut their McLaren-Honda MP4-29H/1X1 at the Abu Dhabi test that starts tomorrow. The team have already run the development car at a filming day at Silvertone last week to check the installation of the power unit together with other systems in the car. The […]

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DRIVERS 1st Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2nd Felipe MASSA (Williams) 3rd Valtteri BOTTAS (Williams)   PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Martin Brundle) Lewis, you did it. We saw the emotion on your face now when they were playing your national anthem. Can you try to put that into words for us, just how much this means to […]

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Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in the first free practice session ahead of the season-ending Abu Dhabi grand prix. Hamilton’s fastest lap was roughly two tenths faster than that of his championship rival Nico Rosberg. The best of the rest was Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso who is running a special crash helmet design this weekend […]

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