Archive | March, 2018
Posted on 26 March 2018. Tags: albert park, australian gp, carlos sainz, daniel ricciardo, f1, f1 2018, fernando alonso, ferrari, Formula 1, haas, kevin magnussen, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, pirelli, red bull, renault, romain grosjean, sebastian vettel, toro rosso, Valtteri Bottas, williams
“I was waiting to put a lap in and wipe the smile off your face”. This was the jibe Lewis Hamilton directed at Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel after Saturday’s qualifying session. “What goes around come around” was Vettel’s retort at the time but he also responded on Sunday with an opportunistic win the opening round of […]
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Posted on 25 March 2018. Tags: ausgp, australian grand prix, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mercedes, post race press conference, sebastian vettel
1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 2 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 3 – Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Mark Webber) Sebastian, 48th victory, 100th podium, a couple behind Alain Prost, so run us through it – what a race. Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah, obviously pretty good. We got a bit lucky with the safety car but […]
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Posted on 24 March 2018. Tags: albert park circuit, ausgp, australian grand prix, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, fp3, free practice 3, sebastian vettel
A wet start with a rapidly drying track with 15mins left in session has left a few more unknowns after the 3rd free practice session for the 2018 Australian Grand Prix. It meant that the Ferrari’s who switched to the ultra soft tyres before the end of the session topped the time sheet with Sebastian […]
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Posted on 23 March 2018. Tags: albert park circuit, ausgp, australian grand prix, f1, Formula 1, FP2, free practice 1, free practice 2, lewis hamilton, mercedes
It was a Friday of domination by Mercedes for the season opening Australian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton took the honors in both Friday practice sessions finishing top of the time sheets. It looked like Mercedes were unreachable after Free Practice 1, but things closed up a bit in Free Practice 2 and, as it stands, […]
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Posted on 23 March 2018. Tags: 1969 australian grand prix, albert park circuit, ausgp, christian horner, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, maurizio arrivabene, mercedes, red bull, toto wolff
TEAM REPRESENTATIVES –Toto WOLFF (Mercedes), Maurizio ARRIVABENE (Ferrari), Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing) PRESS CONFERENCE A question to all of you to start with, what sort of shape are you in relative to each going into this new championship? After all, one of your is likely to be the world champion team at the end […]
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Posted on 22 March 2018. Tags: 2018 f1 car launches, albert park circuit, ausgp, daniel ricciardo, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, lewis hamilton, mercedes, red bull, sebastian vettel
DRIVERS – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes), Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari), Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull Racing) PRESS CONFERENCE Let’s start with our world champion and six-time pole sitter here at Albert Park, Lewis Hamilton. Lewis, I think you said over the winter that you felt that last year was the best you’ve driven in your Formula 1 career. Do […]
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Posted on 22 March 2018. Tags: albert park, australian gp, carlos sainz, daniel ricciardo, f1, f1 2018, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, melbourne, mercedes, red bull, renault, romain grsojean, sauber, sebastian vettel, toro rosso, Valtteri Bottas, williams
There are few things as sweet as the hope and eagerness that accompanies the week before the start of a new Formula 1 season. Right now every enthusiast’s expectation is sky high. Their optimisms and expectation ready to be encouraged or sunk by the unpretentious but all-powerful stopwatch. On Friday morning the cars will trundle […]
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Posted on 05 March 2018. Tags: daniel ricciardo, f1, f1 2018, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, haas, honda, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, pre-season testing, red bull, renault, sebastian vettel, testing, toro rosso, Valtteri Bottas, williams
The first pre-season ahead of the 2018 has been one of the most difficult to read anything into. The main reason being the cold, even snowy, weather for much of the first week of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya. Nevertheless, even though the fuel loads, engine mappings, and run plans are unknown to outside […]
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