F1 Madness

Formula One governing body, the FIA, has released details of a new Super Licence points system that will make it more difficult for drivers to become eligible for F1 racing. From 2016 onwards, drivers must have accumulated 40 points over a three-year period in order to be eligible to apply for a super licence to […]

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Jean-Eric Vergne announced this afternoon (26 November 2014), that he will not be driving for Toro Rosso in 2015. The Frenchman made his announcement in a tweet this afternoon. “Despite a good season and 22 points, I’ll not drive any more for Toro Rosso in 2015,” read the tweet. Although Toro Rosso have not finalised their […]

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DRIVERS: Kevin MAGNUSSEN (McLaren) Adrian SUTIL (Sauber) Pastor MALDONADO (Lotus) Jean-Eric VERGNE (Toro Rosso) Felipe MASSA (Williams) Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes)   PRESS CONFERENCE Nico, if we could start with you? It’s the first time this year, in this championship, that the championship itself is out of your hands, in the sense that two wins, here […]

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Toro Rosso’s Jean-Eric Vergne was slapped with a 5-second penalty after the United States Grand Prix for his collision with Lotus’ Romain Grosjean in the closing stages of the race. Vergne finished the race in P9, but after being handed a 5-second penalty, he was classified as P10. Vergne crashed into Grosjean towards the end […]

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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton finished fastest in the second free practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix. Hamilton finished the session with a 1:35.078 ahead of his team mate Nico Rosberg in P2 with a 1:35.318, 0.240s slower. Valtteri Bottas in the Williams finished the session P3 with a 1:36.279, 1.201s slower than Hamilton. McLaren’s Jenson […]

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If there are only a handful of things that can be counted on as a certainty in Formula 1 one of them will be the erratic fickleness of it all. Singapore played the joker that may just have turned the 2014 F1 season on its head. The unfortunate victim of the ever dependable randomness of […]

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Drivers: Marcus Ericsson (Caterham) Pastor Maldonado (Lotus) Sergio Perez (Force India) Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) Adrian Sutil (Sauber) Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: First of all, a question to all of you about the ban on large amounts of radio traffic between the team and the driver. What’s your reaction to this? Sergio, perhaps […]

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Scuderia Toro Rosso announced on 18 August 2014 that young rookie Max Verstappen will drive for the team in 2015. Verstappen (16), will drive alongside fellow rookie Daniil Kvyat. Which means long standing Toro Rosso driver Jean-Eric Vergne will be without a racing seat in 2015. The young dutchman is currently competing in the Formula […]

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Less than seven days later the Formula 1 paddock descends on the city of Budapest for the Hungarian GP. Technical in nature the 4.381 km circuit will require high downforce, efficient cooling and most importantly a good qualifying performance. The Hungaroring is often referred to as Monaco without the barriers because of its tricky layout […]

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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton finished the second practice session of the British Grand Prix on top of the time sheets. Hamilton set a time of 1:34.508 to go fastest for the session with his team mate Nico Rosberg finishing the session in P2 with a time of 1:34.736, 0.228s slower than Hamilton. It wasn’t all good […]

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