F1 Madness

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg says he is at a disadvantage this weekend by having to use an “extremely old” engine. When the German team introduced its upgraded power unit at the Italian grand prix Nico Rosberg was forced to abandon the unit in the back of his car. The engine was believed to have been […]

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Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg topped the timing sheets for Mercedes in the first and second free practice sessions for the Abu Dhabi grand prix. The first of the one-and-a-half hour sessions started under bright sunlight and was topped by the number 44 Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton. The reigning champion set a quickest time of […]

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From Australia to seventeen different cities and circuit Formula 1 makes its final stop of 2015 at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina circuit. The first race around the visually stunning circuit was held in 2009. It remains unique to the F1 calendar for its twilight start and in its six grand prix has delivered dramatic outcomes […]

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As the Formula 1 season draws to a close focus will shift to the all important winter testing season. The first test will take place after the season-ending Abu Dhabi grand prix. On this occasion the test around the Yas Marina circuit will be a Pirelli tyre test. The one day test will run for […]

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Pirelli have confirmed that it will run a 12-hour test in Abu Dhabi after the final race of the season. The test is scheduled to run on Tuesday 1 December from 9am to 9pm and it will be dedicated to testing out slick tyres for the 2016 season. Pirelli have asked the teams to run […]

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Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli have revealed their tyre nominations till the end of the season for the United States, Mexican, Brazilian and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix. For the upcoming back-to-back races in Texas and Mexico City Pirelli have nominated the white medium and yellow soft compound tyres. This is the same tyre choice they […]

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Mercedes ended the second day of testing at Abu Dhabi on top of the timing sheets. Test driver Pascal Wehrlein brought the Abu Dhabi test to a close with the fastest lap on the timing sheets. The 20-year-old official Mercedes test driver set a fastest time of 1:42:624 roughly half a second ahead of the pack. […]

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The first day of the 2014 Abu Dhabi test ended with Valtteri Bottas on top of the time sheets with a time of 1:43.396. The  headline act for the day was McLaren who were debuting their MP4-29H/1X1 with the Honda power unit. However, due to electrical issues and a fuel/data exchange issue the Woking based […]

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The McLaren Formula 1 team have been given the go-ahead to debut their McLaren-Honda MP4-29H/1X1 at the Abu Dhabi test that starts tomorrow. The team have already run the development car at a filming day at Silvertone last week to check the installation of the power unit together with other systems in the car. The […]

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Nico Rosberg held the advantage over Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton in the final practice session for the 2014 season at the Yas Marina circuit. Rosberg set the fastest time ahead of the qualifying session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with a 1:41.424 – 0.369s faster than his team mate. Hamilton looked set to […]

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