F1 Madness

By now you will have heard, or read, that Fernando Alonso will run in this year’s Indianapolis 500 behind the wheel of a McLaren Honda Andretti Indy Car. In doing so he will miss the Formula 1 Monaco grand prix. The Monaco grand prix is one of the most attritional races on the calendar, which […]

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Fernando Alonso will race a McLaren-Honda powered car in this years 101st Indianapolis 500. The single entry car will be run by Andretti Autosport team, headed by founder, owner and Chief Executive Officer Michael Andretti. This will see McLaren return to the Indy 500 after a 38 year absence. The car will be powered by […]

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Not long after the chequered flag dropped at the end of the Chinese Grand Prix, the big pack up had already begun for the next round in Bahrain for Round 3 of the Formula 1 World Championship. The Bahrain International Circuit situated about 30km south of the Bahraini capital Manama was completed in 2004 and has […]

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Just about the only thing that was predictable for the 14th running of the Chinese grand prix is that Lewis Hamilton started from pole position alongside the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel while Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen locked out the second row of the grid. Friday’s running at the Shanghai International Circuit was abandoned due […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 3 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull)   PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Martin Brundle) Congratulations, Lewis, you led from start to finish, but it was pretty tricky at the beginning, the conditions looked part slick, part intermediate… Lewis HAMILTON: It was incredible. Firstly, a big […]

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DRIVERS – 1. Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes), 2. Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari), 3. Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) TV UNILATERAL Lewis, many congratulations on what looked like a great lap at the end of Q3 there. Talk us through the lap and your session. Lewis HAMILTON: Thank you. Yeah, it’s been an interesting weekend so far, obviously without testing […]

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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton stole the Chinese Grand Prix pole from Sebastian Vettel in spectacular fashion putting in a stonking lap of 1:31.678 – a new Shanghai International Circuit lap record. Hamilton beat Michael Schumacher’s previous record – one which has been in place since the first Chinese Grand Prix in 2004, a testament to the […]

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Sebastian Vettel marginally edged out team mate Kimi Raikkonen in a Ferrari 1-2 at the final practice session ahead of the 2017 Chinese Grand Prix. Under improved weather conditions, Vettel beat his team mate to the top spot by 0.053s with a 1:33.336 – the two finished a good few tenths clear of the Mercedes […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Cyril ABITEBOUL (Renault), Monisha KALTENBORN (Sauber), Robert FERNLEY (Force India), Franz TOST (Toro Rosso), Guenther STEINER (Haas) PRESS CONFERENCE Cyril, clearly you’ve made a lot of progress with your power unit over the winter,but it hasn’t all been plain sailing. Can you give us an insight into where it still needs a […]

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PART TWO: DRIVERS – Antonio GIOVINAZZI (SAUBER), Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (FERRARI), Carlos SAINZ (TORO ROSSO) Q: Kimi, let’s start with you… you finished fourth in Melbourne despite a few handling problems during the race. How confident are you of challenging at the front this weekend? Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN: Well, I think we learned a lot, we understand […]

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