F1 Madness

Kimi Raikkonen will miss the final two races of the 2013 season. The Finn’s manager, Steve Robertson, confirmed that the Lotus driver will undergo back surgery on Thursday and will need a four week recovery period. “In an ideal world it would have been nice to finish the season with Lotus in the final two grands prix. However, […]

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It isn’t only Kimi Raikkonen who knows what he’s doing around the Yas Marina circuit. Sebastian Vettel delivered yet another dominant display to take victory by half a minute at the 2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Mark Webber secured pole position with a stonker of a lap from Vettel on Saturday and if one driver had the ability to challenge the […]

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Kimi Raikkonen has been excluded from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifying following a floor deflection test failure. He will now start the race from the back of the grid. The stewards summoned the Lotus team earlier after considering telemetry data and video footage, so that the team could argue their case following the floor […]

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Kimi Raikkonen could lose his fifth place position on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix grid after his car failed the floor deflection test during a technical inspection following the qualifying session. According to a statement from the stewards, “car number seven [Raikkonen] did not comply with Article 3.17.5 of the 2013 FIA Formula One Technical […]

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Red Bull’s Mark Webber put in a scintillating flying lap in Q3 to take pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. With both the Red Bulls on the back foot through Q1 and Q2, they seemed to have found some extra pace in Q3 to lock out the front row with Mark Webber in […]

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Sebastian Vettel headed the timing sheets of the third free practice session ahead of the Abu Dhabi grand prix. The newly crowned four time world champion was followed by teammate Mark Webber as Red Bull again locked out the top two positions in the standings. The session got underway with a track temperature of 47 degrees Celcius; three degrees warmer than […]

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Kimi Raikkonen has confirmed that he had to be convinced to attend the final three races of the season including this weekend’s Abu Dhabi grand prix. The Finn was nowhere in sight of the Yas Marina paddock by Thursday raising speculation about the reason for the 2007 champion’s absence. Although many believed that Raikkonen’s non-appearance was a result […]

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Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel topped the time sheets at the end of the second free practice session at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. The young German set the pace this evening in Abu Dhabi with a 1:41.335 with his team mate Mark Webber P2 with a 1:41.490, 0.155s slower than Vettel. What was […]

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Romain Grosjean topped the time sheets after the first practice session this morning  with Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton taking up the second spot. Four time world champion, Sebastian Vettel finished the practice session in 3rd place. The track was super hot with temperatures over 45C and saw Hamilton and Vettel trading quickest times for most […]

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