F1 Madness

The Sauber Group have been acquired by Swiss finance company Longbow Finance S.A.. The deal which was signed on Tuesday 19 July by Peter Sauber and Monisha Kaltenborn. The deal will see Peter Sauber retire with Pascal Picci the current President and CEO of Longbow Finanace S.A take over as Chairman of Sauber Holdings A.G. Kaltenborn […]

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Coming up to the halfway point in the Formula One World Championship and we are at the Hungaroring for the 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix in Mogyoród, Hungary. The middle of the season is always an interesting time. Teams are starting to focus on the next years cars and drivers are moving around. Some teams are already […]

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When the FIA announced a 21-race calendar for the 2016 it’s likely that few really took notice of what this actually meant. As the paddock heads to the Hungaroring in Budapest, Hungary for the 11th round it will, astonishingly, only reach the halfway mark of the season on lap 35 of the race. The 70 […]

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MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team driver Nico Rosberg, together with Chief Race Engineer Andrew Shovlin, discuss the challenges of the Budapest Grand Prix. Rosberg comments: “Thinking of the immense heat, I`m aware that this is the sort of race I`ve been doing all my training for.”

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The second and final in-season F1 test took place at Silverstone this week following the British Grand Prix this past weekend. Kimi Raikkonen ruled the roost, topping the combined time sheets with a time of 1:30.665 on Pirelli’s soft tyres. His time was half a second clear of the young Esteban Ocon who put in […]

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The notoriously unpredictable British weather was surprisingly docile right up until ten minutes before the race start. As the rain came down on the Silverstone circuit race director Charlie Whiting declared that it would start behind the safety car. Although safety is of paramount importance the safety-car start deprived everyone of the battle, into turn […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 3 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)   PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Mark Webber) Lewis, please… Lewis HAMILTON: How are you going? How you guys doing? You good? I don’t know if you guys can be as happy as me. I’m really happy. I’m so […]

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Nico Rosberg was handed a 10-second time penalty after the British Grand Prix race for breaching radio regulations. At the end of the race Rosberg was classified at second with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in 3rd. This time penalty will drop Rosberg to 3rd and promotes Verstappen to 2nd. The penalty was a result of […]

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Lewis Hamilton has secured pole position ahead of the 2016 British grand prix. The Mercedes driver bested teammate Nico Rosberg by three tenths of a second to secure his 55th career pole. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was best of the rest in third ahead of his Australian teammate Daniel Ricciardo in fourth. Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen […]

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Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson will get new gearboxes for the British Grand Prix weekend and will drop 5-places down the grid. Right at the end of Free Practice 3, Vettel could be seen clapping his hands in frustration as he crossed the line. His time was good enough to put him 5th […]

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