Archive | August, 2017
Posted on 25 August 2017. Tags: belgian grand prix, belgianGP, f1, Formula 1, free practice 2, friday, lewis hamilton, mercedes, spa-francorchamps
Lewis Hamilton topped the time sheets at the end of a shortened Free Practice 2 after rain affected the final 20 minutes of the session. Hamilton set his time of 1:44.753 on the ultra soft tyres to go 0.262s faster than second fastest man, Kimi Raikkonen. The Finn cut the timing beam in 1:45.015 after […]
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Posted on 25 August 2017. Tags: belgian grand prix, belgianGP, circuit spa-francorchamps, f1 f, Formula 1, franz tost, friday press conference, honda, mclaren, spa-francorchamps, yusuke hasegawa, zak brown
PART TWO: TEAM PERSONNEL: Yusuke HASEGAWA (Honda), Franz TOST (Toro Rosso), Zak BROWN (McLaren) Q: Zak, let’s begin with you. Hungary, obviously a strong performance, the best performance of the season so far. How do you feel about the level of that performance that weekend and the steps on the journey back to competitiveness for […]
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Posted on 25 August 2017. Tags: belgian grand prix, belgianGP, christian horner, circuit spa-francorchamps, cyril abiteboul, f1, Formula 1, friday press conference, guenther steiner, haas, red bull, renault
PART ONE: TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing), Cyril ABITEBOUL (Renault), Guenther STEINER (Haas) PRESS CONFERENCE Cyril, it seems that in terms of patterns of performance, Nico generally qualifies well but finishes behind his qualifying position – couple of exceptions to that but in general that has been the picture – whereas for Jolyon […]
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Posted on 25 August 2017. Tags: belgium gp, f1, felipe massa, ferarri, fernando alonso, Formula 1, free practice one, haas, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, pirelli, red bull, renault, sauber, sebastian vettel, spa, spa-francorchamps, Valtteri Bottas, williams
Kimi Raikkonen topped the first free practice session in his Ferrari ahead of Sunday’s Belgian grand prix. Formula 1 resumed after a month long shut down with a 90 minute practice session around the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit. It was Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen who topped the session with a quickest lap time of 1:45:502 set on […]
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Posted on 23 August 2017. Tags: f1, Formula 1, mclaren, stoffel vandoorne
The McLaren Formula One Team confirmed that they will retain the services of Stoffel Vandoorne for the 2018 season. Vandoorne was signed by McLaren in 2013 into their Young driver program. In 2016 he subbed in for Fernando Alonso after his crash put him out for a few races at the beginning of the 2016 […]
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Posted on 23 August 2017. Tags: 2017, belgium, belgium gp, blanchimont, bus stop chicane, daniel ricciardo, eau rouge, esteban ocon, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas, kennel straight, kevin magnussen, kimi raikkonen, la source hairpin, lance stroll, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, nico hulkenberg, pirelli, pouhon, red bull, renault, romain grosjean, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, spa, spa-francorchamps, Valtteri Bottas, williams
The 2017 Formula 1 season resumes this weekend at the celebrated Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium. As one of the most iconic and beloved circuits in the world the Belgian race weekend is eagerly recommended as one of the great races to attend in your lifetime. The reason for it isn’t only the grand circuit, which […]
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Posted on 22 August 2017. Tags: f1, ferrari, Formula 1, kimi raikkonen
The Ferrari Formula One team confirmed that they will retain Kimi Raikkonen for the 2018 season. Raikkonen had a contract with the Scuderia till the end of the 2017 and speculation of his future at Ferrari came into question. His relatively lukewarm performances at the beginning of the season got the rumors about his future […]
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Posted on 21 August 2017.
Formula 1 will launch and official eSports in partnership with the Formula 1 game developers Codemasters and eSports events company Gfinity. The series will kick off in conjunction with the launch of F1 2017 in September 2017. Competitors will race through three different stages with Qualification events taking place all throughout September and October. The 40 […]
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Posted on 07 August 2017. Tags: 2017, belgium gp, daniel ricciardo, esteban ocon, f1, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas, jolyon palmer, kevin magnussen, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, maurizio arrivabene, max verstappen, mercedes, nico hulkenberg, niki lauda, pirelli, red bull, renault, romain grosjean, sauber, sebastian vettel, spa, toto wolff, Valtteri Bottas
The 2017 Formula 1 season ushered in fundamental change both on and off the circuit. One of the biggest changes to F1 came in the form of the new aerodynamic regulations that drastically changed the aesthetics and the speed of the cars. Wider and faster the 2017 cars have, mostly, brought a refreshing change to […]
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Posted on 04 August 2017. Tags: abs, clubsport, code masters, console, csl elite wheelbase, endor, fanatec, force feedback, Formula 1, formula 1 2016, formula wheel, gaming, gaming gear, germaneering, immersion, pc, playstation, project cars, realism, rfactor, settings, sim racing, simracing equipment, steering wheel, tech gear, thomas jackemeier, v3 clubsport pedals
For as long as I can remember I have loved simulation gaming. All the way from the PlayStation 1’s Colin McCrae Rally I have arrived here today with Project Cars, Formula 1, and many more simulators. Heck I was so enamoured with the original rFactor I wrote a treatise about it. To fully appreciate the […]
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