Archive | July, 2017
Posted on 31 July 2017. Tags: 2017, daniel ricciardo, esteban ocon, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas, hungarian gp, hungaroring, hungary, kimi raikkonen, lance stroll, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, nico hulkenberg, Pascal Wehrlein, paul di resta, pirelli, red bull, renault, roman Grosjean, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, stoffel vandoorne, toro rosso, toto wolff, Valtteri Bottas, williams
The Hungaroring was always a circuit slated to suit the characteristics of the 2017 Ferrari and the Italian team drove home their advantage with a controlled one-two victory. As in Saturday qualifying the Ferrari driver pair of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were line astern in first and second at light out. As the pair […]
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Posted on 30 July 2017. Tags: f1, Formula 1, haas, hulkenberg, hungarian grand prix, hungaroring, kevin magnussen, magnussen, nico hulkenberg, renault
Tempers flared and came to a head between Haas’ Kevin Magnussen and Renault’s Nico Hulkeberg after the Hungarian Grand Prix race on Sunday. The animosity between the two started around lap 61 of 70 in the race when Hulkenberg attempted a pass on Magnussen around the outside of Turn 2 at the Hungaroring. Hulkenberg had […]
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Posted on 30 July 2017. Tags: f1, ferrari, Formula 1, hungarian gp, hungarian grand prix, hungaroring, kimi raikkonen, race, sebastian vettel, Valtteri Bottas
DRIVERS 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 2 – Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari) 3 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard) Q: Sebastian, 46th victory in Formula One, very measured but looked like you had some issues there with the steering, we heard lots of radio transmissions saying “keep off the kerbs”. First of […]
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Posted on 29 July 2017. Tags: f1, ferrari, Formula 1, hungarian gp, hungarian grand prix, hungaroring, kimi raikkonen, mercedes, qualifying, sebastian vettel, Valtteri Bottas
DRIVERS 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 2 – Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari) 3 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) GRID INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Will Buxton) First question inaudible. Sebastian VETTEL: … to have the car in the right window, to have the sun shining, to have people around, that’s what it is about, so it was really big […]
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Posted on 29 July 2017. Tags: felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, hungarian gp, hungarian grand prix. sebastian vettel, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mclaren-honda f1, mercedes, paul di resta, qualifying, red bull racing, stoffel vandoorne, valterri bottas, williams martini racing
The Scuderia Ferrari team stamped their authority all over today’s Hungarian grand prix qualifying session locking out the front row of the grid, leaving the Mercedes team on the second row. It was Sebastian Vettel who took the pole position for tomorrow’s race, with a record breaking time of 1:16.276. Team mate Kimi Raikkonen slotted […]
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Posted on 29 July 2017.
Sebastian Vettel topped the timesheets in the final practice session ahead of the Hungarian grand prix with a blistering time of 1:17.017, smashing Ruebens Barrichello’s 2004 record. The Ferrari driver finished nearly half a second clear of team mate Kimi Raikkonen, stamping Ferrari’s authority all over the session. The Mercedes team, however, seemed to struggle […]
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Posted on 28 July 2017. Tags: f1, Formula 1, friday press conference, hungarian gp, hungarian grand prix, hungaroring, nick chester, paddy lowe, paul monaghan, red bull, renault, williams
PART TWO: TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Paddy LOWE (Williams), Nick CHESTER (Renault), Paul MONAGHAN (Red Bull) Q: Nick, if we can start with you, it’s been a difficult day for Jolyon in particular. Incidents in both of those sessions. What state is his car in now? He had the new floor this morning: how much damage […]
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Posted on 28 July 2017. Tags: f1, ferrari, Formula 1, frederic vasseur, friday press conference, hungarian gp, hungarian grand prix, hungaroring, mario isola, mattia binotto, pirelli, sauber
PART ONE: TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Frédéric VASSEUR (Sauber), Mattia BINOTTO (Ferrari), Mario ISOLA (Pirelli) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Mattia, it’s very tight at the top of the timesheets this afternoon. How did today go for you, Ferrari, and how do you assess the pace of nearest rivals? Mattia BINOTTO: Obviously we just finished the session so we are looking […]
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Posted on 28 July 2017. Tags: daniel ricciardo, f1, Formula 1, hungarian gp, hungarian grand prix, hungaroring, red bull
Daniel Ricciardo took the top spot in the second free practice session for the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver set the sessions fastest time of 1:18.455 on the super soft tyres which was 0.183s faster than Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel’s time of 1:18.638 which also came courtesy of the super soft tyres. Third fastest […]
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Posted on 28 July 2017. Tags: f1, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, hungaroring, hungary, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mclaren, mercedes, pirelli, red bull, renault, sauber, sebastian vettel, Valtteri Bottas, williams
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo set the quickest time of the first free practice session ahead of the 2017 Hungarian grand prix. Ricciardo’s 1:18:486 was roughly two and a half tenths quicker than Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen while Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, an Valtteri Bottas rounded out the top five. Sebastian Vettel was sixth quickest while the […]
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