F1 Madness

The question at the forefront of everything is can Ferrari take the fight to Mercedes. All indications are that the Italian team has made strides since last year and has closed the gap to Mercedes. All that remains to be seen is how close they can get. As F1 2016 gets under way this season […]

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With the 2016 pre-season tests done and dusted the attention turns to the first race in Melbourne Australia in just a little over a week for the F1 season opener. There are quite a number of stats and number that were thrown around. The lap count and distance completed by Mercedes is one that stands […]

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Nico Rosberg stamped Mercedes’ authority on day one of the second test in Barcelona by going quickest on the day. Rosberg’s fastest time of 1:23.022 just told half the story. Lewis Hamilton took over in the afternoon session and went on to complete a very impressive race simulation. Between the Mercedes drivers they managed to […]

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Kimi Raikkonen closed off the final day of the first pre-season test of 2016 on top of the time sheets in the Ferrari SF16-H The Finn set his fastest time of 1:23.477 on the Ultra Soft compound tyres late in the morning. Second fastest to Raikkonen was Daniil Kvyat in the Red Bull who was […]

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The third day of testing at Spain’s circuit de Catalunya was headed by Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg. The morning running was marked with the introduction to Formula 1 of Indonesia’s first ever grand prix driver Rio Haryanto. The rookie Manor driver seemed comfortable in the early running and put together a solid first few […]

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Formula 1 looks set to introduce an elimination style qualifying session in 2016. A meeting in Geneva between the Strategy Group and the Formula 1 Commission saw a unanimous vote passed to revamp the qualifying session for the 2016 season. The session will still remain as a one hour session split into three segments. However, […]

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Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel finished the first day of the first pre-season test of 2016 on top of the time sheets ahead of defending champion Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes W07 Hybrid. The German set his best time of 1:24.939 on the medium compound tyres just before lunch to take the top spot for the day. […]

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The new look Manor F1 team completed its line up for the 2016 season by announcing the signing of 23-year old Indonesian driver Rio Haryanto. Haryanto competed in many single seater series and most recently in GP2. He will get his first crack at the Manor MRT05 at next weeks first pre-season test. “We are […]

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As the year draws to its conclusion it and the 2015 Formula 1 season will soon be consigned to the history books. As ever the season’s intriguing battles were never solely consigned to the race track. The engine debate Engines have been the subject of heated debate for the entire season. From the cost of […]

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DRIVERS: Fernando ALONSO (McLaren) Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) Romain GROSJEAN (Lotus) Daniil KVYAT (Red Bull Racing) Roberto MERHI (Manor) Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari) PRESS CONFERENCE First of all then, a question to you all: how would you sum up your year and what was your favourite moment? Romain, why don’t you get us started. Romain GROSJEAN: Well, […]

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