F1 Madness

The Sahara Force India Formula 1 team has announced that Nico Hulkenberg has been retained until at least the end of the 2017 F1 season. The confirmation by Force India brings further stability to the F1 driver market after Ferrari confirmed Kimi Raikkonen for 2016. “I’m very pleased to finalise and announce my plans for […]

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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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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Nick CHESTER (Lotus) Andrew GREEN (Force India) Giampaolo DALL’ARA (Sauber) James ALLISON (Ferrari) Paddy LOWE (Mercedes) Paul MONAGHAN (Red Bull Racing) PRESS CONFERENCE If I could start with a question for all of you: coming in next year are further restrictions on driver aids and team radio assistance. Can you give us your thoughts […]

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German Formula 1 driver Nico Hulkenberg says that he has “good options” for 2016. The 24 Hour Le Mans winner is F1’s perennially overlooked but highly rated driver but despite this believes that he has a few options to consider for 2016. “There are a few good options out there, and I’m pretty confident I […]

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In several aspects there is much turmoil that surrounds Formula 1. There is no argument though that the sport returns, after its month-long hiatus, to the greatest circuit in the world, Spa-francorchamps. The glorious Belgian circuit situated in the heart of the Ardennes forest encompasses everything that is great about Formula 1. Its spectacular corners […]

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One-hundred and forty thousand fans were treated to quite a race around the famed Silverstone circuit. Lewis Hamilton thrilled the home crowd with pole position on Saturday ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg while Williams locked out the second row of the grid. At this point you would’ve been forgiven if you’d assumed that it was […]

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Nico Rosberg set the fastest time in the second free practice session ahead of Sunday’s British grand prix. The second one-and-a-half hour session is usually reserved to evaluate how the various cars will perform in race trim but it also allows for a quali sim. Pirelli have made the medium and hard compound tyre available […]

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The Ferrari and Force India F1 teams have been fined for pit lane speeding after both Kimi Raikkonen and Sergio Perez were caught exceeding the 80km/h speed limit during the first practice session for the British GP. Perez was the faster of the two, caught travelling 83.6km/h down the pit lane while Raikkonen was caught […]

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Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg topped the timing sheets at the end of the first free practice session. Nico Rosberg set a fastest time of 1:34:274 ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton and Toro Rosso’s Max Verstappen. The Mercedes driver sent a clear message of intent to Hamilton as he set the quickest time of the […]

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Mercedes reserve driver Pascal Wehrlein ended on top of the time sheets after the first day of the final in-season test at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. The young German set a best time of 1:11.005, 0.187s clear of Force India’s Esteban Ocon who’s best time was 1:11.192. The session got off to a […]

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