Posted on 31 August 2015. Tags: 2015, engine, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, Formula 1, honda, italian grand prix, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lesmo, lewis hamilton, Lotus, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, monza, nico rosberg, parabolica, pastor maldonado, power unit, renault, romain grosjean, sebastian vettel, toro rosso, Valtteri Bottas, variante, wiliams
As the powers that be consider a plethora of changes to the sport it appears as if the traditionally passionate Monza circuit will not form part of it. No one will ever mistake F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone as soft touch. Then again, you don’t take a racing series and turn it into the pinnacle of […]
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Posted on 25 August 2015. Tags: f1 crashes, indycar, justin wilson, obituary
English IndyCar and former Formula One driver Justin Wilson died in hospital this morning, a day after suffering serious head injuries during a race. Wilson, 37, had been in a coma after being struck by debris from the car of Sage Karam, who had spun into the wall further up the road during Sunday’s IndyCar […]
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Posted on 24 August 2015. Tags: belgian gp, belgian grand prix, belgium gp, blowout, f1, f1 tyres, felipe massa, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mercedes, nico rosberg, pirelli, sebastian vettel, spa, Valtteri Bottas, williams
There was a bit of commotion even before the Belgian grand prix officially got underway. Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg waved desperately from the cockpit of his car on the starting grid moments before the red lights were extinguished. It turns out that the German had a mechanical issue that would end his race before it […]
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Posted on 24 August 2015. Tags: belgian grand prix, f1, Formula 1, pirelli, sebastian vettel, spa-francorchamps
Following Sebastian Vettel’s tyre blow out in the Belgian Grand Prix which cost him a podium finish Pirelli have said that they were ignored when they suggested a lap limit for each tyre compound. Vettel lashed out at Pirelli after the race. Ferrari have also come out and said that they were not to blame […]
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Posted on 23 August 2015. Tags: belgian grand prix, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, pirelli, sebastian vettel
Pirelli Motorsport Director Paul Hembery has come out in defense of the Italian F1 tyre supplier saying that the tyre failure suffered by Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was a result of excessive wear. Vettel was on his way to a podium finish at the Belgian Grand Prix after starting in 8th position and two laps before […]
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Posted on 23 August 2015. Tags: belgian grand prix, f1, Formula 1, spa-francorchamps, Valtteri Bottas, williams
The Williams F1 Team have apologised to their driver Valtteri Bottas for the pit lane error which lead to a drive through penalty. After loosing a few places in the opening laps of the race Bottas managed to stabilise his place and was running 6th before the first round of pit stops. He was called […]
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Posted on 23 August 2015. Tags: belgian grand prix, f1, Formula 1, lewis hamilton, Lotus, mercedes, nico rosberg, romain grosjean, spa-francorchamps
DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 3 – Romain GROSJEAN (Lotus) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard) Lewis, your 39th grand prix victory, your 80th time on the podium – equalling your great hero Ayrton Senna – a pretty good day at the office? Lewis HAMILTON: Wow. How you guys doing, you good? […]
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Posted on 23 August 2015. Tags: belgian gp, belgian grand prix, sebastian vettel
A furious and adrenaline pumped Sebastian Vettel launched a proper verbal assault on Pirelli, blaming the tyre manufacturer for the tyre failure he suffered on the penultimate lap of the Belgian Grand Prix.
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Posted on 22 August 2015. Tags: belgian grand prix, f1, Formula 1, spa-francorchamps
With all the penalties that have been applied after qualifying we have an idea of what the grid is looking like. Romain Grosjean drops 5-places due to a gearbox change Max Verstappen dropped 10-places for an engine change. Jenson Button gets a 25-place grid penaltie for taking his 7th and 8th engines and another 25 […]
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Posted on 22 August 2015.
Sebastian Vettel put his 9th place qualifying finish down to a braking error into the final corner on his timed lap. Vettel showed very good pace throughout the qualifying sessions and was placed behind the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. But things seemed to go wrong for him on his final timed lap […]
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