F1 Madness

Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg was fastest by just 0.072 in the 2nd free practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. Rosberg set a best time of 1:32.250 on his first run on the soft tyre for the qualifying simulation. Lewis Hamilton was just a whisker off with a 1:32.322 after dropping some time in […]

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Nico Rosberg topped the timing sheets at the end of the first free practice session for the Japanese grand prix. The 90 minute session got underway in brilliant sunshine with a track temperature hovering in the low 30 degrees Celsius range. Championship leader Rosberg set a quickest time of 1:32:431 on the yellow-walled soft tyres […]

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DRIVERS – Jolyon PALMER (Renault), Carlos SAINZ (Toro Rosso), Pascal WEHRLEIN (Manor), Kimi RAIKKONEN (Ferrari), Fernando ALONSO (McLaren), Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) PRESS CONFERENCE Fernando, there’s been a lot of talk about your starts this year and the fact that in the last five GPs you’ve made up 29 places on the opening lap! Making up […]

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Just as the Formula 1 circuit started the pack up for the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon in Malaysia typhoon Chaba was set to make landfall in the week leading up to the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka. The worst of the storm seems to have passed but rain is still forecast for the […]

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Following analysis of Lewis Hamilton’s engine failure in Malaysia, Mercedes has found that his engine suffered a big-end bearing failure following a loss of oil pressure. The engine failure struck Hamilton without warning while he was leading the Malaysian Grand Prix. Hamilton was forced to retire from the race with 16 laps remaining. The engine […]

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The hardest braking point on the Suzuka International Circuit lies ahead of the Casio Triangle. The F1 drivers decelerate sharply here by 221 km/h over just 144 metres within 1.08 seconds. 1685 kW of brake power are released in the process! The drivers are subjected to 4.1 g and have to push with 145 kg […]

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At the 2015 Japanese grand prix the stories were all about Lewis Hamilton. In 2016 the headlines are still about the Mercedes driver but now has a far different context to them. The triple world champion arrives in Japan 23 points adrift and a little sheepish after some emotionally charged comments after his retirement from […]

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It’ll be fair to say that Lewis Hamilton was not at all happy following his retirement from the Malaysian Grand Prix. The British driver made a few very controversial comments following the race and prompted questions and investigations into why the reliability of his car has been so poor this season while reliability was not […]

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What’s very special in Japan are the fans. They’re really amazing. I think the most enthusiastic fans of all the countries and places we go to“. A virtual lap on the Suzuka International Circuit with Sahara Force India F1 driver Nico Hülkenberg.

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At the start of the Malaysian grand prix Mercedes were expected to dominate on a circuit tailor made to emphasize the best aspect of their racing car and they did. However, Formula 1 isn’t called the most unpredictable sport in the world without reason. For as dominant as Lewis Hamilton was from pole position on […]

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