F1 Madness

After a mistake on the first lap saw Nico Rosberg lose out to team mate Lewis Hamilton in the United States Grand Prix, Rosberg knew that he needed to win in Brazil, and he did just that. In doing so, he cut his championship rival’s lead down to 17 points and still stands a chance […]

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Former Formula One driver Eddie Irvine has branded the idea of double points for the season finale as “insanity” and vows he won’t be watching another race “until the rule is kicked out”. Irvine, who drove for Jordan, Ferrari and Jaguar during his decade-long career, is not one to be shy of giving an opinion […]

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The Lotus F1 Team is taking the FIA’s announcement detailing new regulations for next season in their stride. A good few teams and drivers have voiced their disapproval of the changes, specifically the controversial double points rule which Sebastian Vettel slammed as being “absurd”. The Lotus team however, posted a link on their website, Twitter […]

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Four time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel has criticised FIA plans to award double points for the final race of the season from 2014. Under the new double points rule, the winning driver of the final race in Abu Dhabi next season, will score 50 points instead of 25 under the proposed rule change. […]

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The points tally for the season ending Abu Dhabi grand prix in 2014 will be doubled. The decision to double the points tally at the 2014 season finale was taken by the F1 Strategy Group and Formula One Commission at a meeting in Paris.  An FIA statement said that the change had been agreed “in […]

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