Archive | July, 2017
Posted on 11 July 2017. Tags: BRDC, british grand prix, f1, silverstone
The British Racing Drivers Club (BRDC) – owners of the Silverstone Circuit that currently hosts the British Grand Prix – have triggered a break clause in their contract to host the British Grand Prix. The break will take effect in 2019. Which means that the Silverstone Circuit will host it’s final F1 race in 2019. […]
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Posted on 10 July 2017. Tags: 2017, austrian gp, daniel ricciardo, esteban ocon, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas, honda, kevin magnussen, kimi raikkonen, lance stroll, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, pirelli, red bull, red bull ring, renault, romain grosjean, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, spielberg, Valtteri Bottas, williams
The Austrian grand prix was a weekend that should have suited the Mercedes W08 to a tee. It did, but in the shape of Valtteri Bottas it wasn’t quite the Mercedes driver that most would’ve expected to see on the top step of the podium. The Finnish driver delivered a dominant performance not only throughout […]
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Posted on 09 July 2017. Tags: austrian grand prix, austriangp, daniel ricciardo, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, mercedes, post race press conference, race, red bull, red bull ring, sebastian vettel, Valtteri Bottas
DRIVERS 1 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) 2 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 3 – Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Martin Brundle) Q: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, what a cliffhanger of a race that was, wasn’t it? I hope you enjoyed it. And your three stars of today are up here […]
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Posted on 08 July 2017. Tags: 2017, austria, carlos sainz, f1, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mclaren, mercedes, pirelli, red bull, red bull ring, renault, sauber, sebastian vettel, toro rosso, Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas has secured pole position by half a tenth over the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel for the 2017 Austrian grand prix. While Lewis Hamilton set the third quickest time it’s Kimi Raikkonen who will start third as the Brit drops down five places to eighth as a result of a gearbox change. While […]
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Posted on 08 July 2017. Tags: austrian grand prix, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, lewis hamilton, mercedes, qualifying, red bull ring, sebastian vettel, Valtteri Bottas
DRIVERS 1 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) 2 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 3 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) TRACKSIDE INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Davide Valsecchi) Q: What a qualifying! Valtteri Bottas on pole position, was a spectacular lap. Valtteri please, your lap was amazing. Less than one tenth in front of Sebastian. Great job my friend. Valtteri […]
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Posted on 08 July 2017. Tags: 2017, austria, daniel ricciardo, f1, fernando alonso, Formula 1, haas, honda, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, pirelli, red bull, red bull ring, renault, sauber, sebastian vettel, Valtteri Bottas
Sebastian Vettel set the quickest time for Ferrari in the third free practice session ahead of the Austrian grand prix. The Saturday practice session commenced under overcast conditions but without any threat of rain. Carlos Sainz lost roughly half the session to an engine issue. However, the Toro Rosso was speedily recovered to the garage […]
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Posted on 08 July 2017. Tags: austrian grand prix, austriangp, f1, Formula 1, FP1, FP2, free practice 1, free practice 2, lewis hamilton, red bull ring
Lewis Hamilton took charge of Friday Free Practice for the Austrian Grand Prix after finishing both Free Practice 1 and Free Practice 2 on top of the time sheets. Free Practice 1 Free Practice got underway under glorious sunshine. With the track still green drivers were slow to get out of their garages but eventually […]
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Posted on 07 July 2017. Tags: austrian grand prix, austriangp, carlos sainz, f1, felipe massa, Formula 1, max verstappen, red bull, thursday press conference, toro rosso, williams
PART TWO: Carlos SAINZ (Toro Rosso), Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing), Felipe MASSA (Williams) Q: Felipe, if we start with you. Looking back two weeks to Baku. How much have you agonized about might have been in that race? Felipe MASSA: Yeah, me and Max actually. What can you do? I think you need to think […]
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Posted on 06 July 2017. Tags: austrian gp, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, haas, kevin magnussen, lewis hamilton, mercedes, red bull ring, sebastian vettel, thursday press conference
PART ONE: DRIVERS – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari), Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes), Kevin MAGNUSSEN (Haas) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Sebastian, begin by looking back at events in Baku two weeks ago. You said in a statement on Monday that you over-reacted in the heat of the moment. Please can you just talk us through what happened in that moment. […]
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Posted on 05 July 2017. Tags: 2017, austria, daniel ricciardo, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, fia, force india, Formula 1, haas, honda, jean tout, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, niki lauda, pirelli, red bull, red bull ring, renault, sauber, sebastian vettel, spielberg, stoffel vandoorne, supersoft, toto wolff, ultrasoft, Valtteri Bottas
From the confines of Baku City Formula 1 returns to the sprawling vista of Austria for the ninth round of the 2017 championship. Situated in Spielberg the Red Bull Ring is a short circuit consisting of nine corners in total. These corners are linked with several long straits and though it may be a power-dominant […]
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