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Posted on 24 August 2015. Tags: belgian gp, belgian grand prix, belgium gp, blowout, f1, f1 tyres, felipe massa, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mercedes, nico rosberg, pirelli, sebastian vettel, spa, Valtteri Bottas, williams
There was a bit of commotion even before the Belgian grand prix officially got underway. Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg waved desperately from the cockpit of his car on the starting grid moments before the red lights were extinguished. It turns out that the German had a mechanical issue that would end his race before it […]
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Posted on 24 August 2015. Tags: belgian grand prix, f1, Formula 1, pirelli, sebastian vettel, spa-francorchamps
Following Sebastian Vettel’s tyre blow out in the Belgian Grand Prix which cost him a podium finish Pirelli have said that they were ignored when they suggested a lap limit for each tyre compound. Vettel lashed out at Pirelli after the race. Ferrari have also come out and said that they were not to blame […]
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Posted on 23 August 2015. Tags: belgian grand prix, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, pirelli, sebastian vettel
Pirelli Motorsport Director Paul Hembery has come out in defense of the Italian F1 tyre supplier saying that the tyre failure suffered by Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was a result of excessive wear. Vettel was on his way to a podium finish at the Belgian Grand Prix after starting in 8th position and two laps before […]
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Posted on 23 August 2015. Tags: belgian grand prix, f1, Formula 1, spa-francorchamps, Valtteri Bottas, williams
The Williams F1 Team have apologised to their driver Valtteri Bottas for the pit lane error which lead to a drive through penalty. After loosing a few places in the opening laps of the race Bottas managed to stabilise his place and was running 6th before the first round of pit stops. He was called […]
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Posted on 23 August 2015. Tags: belgian grand prix, f1, Formula 1, lewis hamilton, Lotus, mercedes, nico rosberg, romain grosjean, spa-francorchamps
DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 3 – Romain GROSJEAN (Lotus) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard) Lewis, your 39th grand prix victory, your 80th time on the podium – equalling your great hero Ayrton Senna – a pretty good day at the office? Lewis HAMILTON: Wow. How you guys doing, you good? […]
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Posted on 23 August 2015. Tags: belgian gp, belgian grand prix, sebastian vettel
A furious and adrenaline pumped Sebastian Vettel launched a proper verbal assault on Pirelli, blaming the tyre manufacturer for the tyre failure he suffered on the penultimate lap of the Belgian Grand Prix.
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Posted on 22 August 2015. Tags: belgian grand prix, f1, Formula 1, spa-francorchamps
With all the penalties that have been applied after qualifying we have an idea of what the grid is looking like. Romain Grosjean drops 5-places due to a gearbox change Max Verstappen dropped 10-places for an engine change. Jenson Button gets a 25-place grid penaltie for taking his 7th and 8th engines and another 25 […]
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Posted on 22 August 2015. Tags: belgian gp, belgian grand prix, daniel ricciardo, felipe massa, ferrari. valtteri bottas, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mercedes, nico rosberg, pastor maldoando, romain grosjean, sebastian vettel, williams
Lewis Hamilton easily claimed his 10th pole position from 11 races topping qualifying ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix. Hamilton set not one, but two, laps fast enough to take the top position during Q3 and finished the session almost half a second ahead of his team mate with a time of 1:47.197. Team mate […]
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Posted on 20 August 2015. Tags: belgian grand prix, f1, fernando alonso, honda, jenson button, mclaren, mclaren-honda, spa
The McLaren F1 team is planning to make a double engine change this weekend at the Belgian Grand Prix following their engine upgrades over the summer break. McLaren have used 3 engine upgrade tokens and are planning to use those engines on both their cars during the first free practice session on Friday. This will […]
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Posted on 20 August 2015. Tags: belgian grand prix, daniil kvyat, f1, fernando alonso, ferrari, Formula 1, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, manor, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, red bull, toro rosso, will stevens
DRIVERS: Max VERSTAPPEN (Toro Rosso) Daniil KVYAT (Red Bull Racing) Will STEVENS (Manor) Fernando ALONSO (McLaren) Kimi RAIKKONEN (Ferrari) Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) PRESS CONFERENCE Kimi, we have to start with you. Obviously Spa has been very good to you over the years – four wins – but your drive for 2016 confirmed yesterday. What do you […]
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