F1 Madness

After the back-to-back stops in Belgium and Italy Formula 1 heads off for the fly-away races for which the first stop is the Far-East Asian city state of Singapore. The Marina Bay Circuit, first introduced in 2008, is famed for being the first night race on the F1 calendar. It hasn’t been without controversy with […]

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The Singapore grand prix was not a classic by any stretch of the imagination. But Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. A stunning lap on Saturday assured Lewis Hamilton pole position and, arguably, meant half the job was done come Sunday. He wasn’t challenged off the line either and was […]

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PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Kimi, if we could start with you please. You’ve been generating a few column inches this past week. Can you just talk us through what happened and why you’re on the move next year? Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN: I guess you know what happened. I don’t know what else you want to know. This is what […]

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IN 2008 Singapore became part of Formula 1 as the first night race on the calendar. Fast forward a decade and delivered another first by becoming F1’s first ever night race in the rain. As uncertainty ran rampant the rain wasn’t enough to induce a safety-car start. Sebastian Vettel, after producing a scintillating lap on […]

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The Formula 1 paddock heads east as it readies for the final stretch of the 2017 season. More specifically, Singapore’s Marina Bay Circuit will be the spectacular backdrop to the ever-intense battle for championship glory in 2017. As it stands Lewis Hamilton leads the driver’s standings by three points after winning back-to-back races in Belgium […]

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There are twenty-three corners crammed into the Marina Bay circuit and the Singapore grand prix delivered nearly as many talking points. Nico Rosberg dominated Saturday qualifying while Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo beat an off-colour Lewis Hamilton to the front row of the grid. It was a weekend in which Hamilton never looked comfortable or close […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2 – Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull Racing) 3 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Martin Brundle) Well done Nico, fantastic. Your 200th grand prix, your third victory in four weeks, you now lead the championship again, but it wasn’t all plain sailing. Nico ROSBERG: No, but it’s […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2 – Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull Racing) 3 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) TV UNILATERAL Nico, congratulations, that was a stunning lap, half a second quicker than anyone else, tell us about it? Nico ROSBERG: yeah, definitely happy with that one for my 200th grand prix. For sure one of […]

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Force India’s Sergio Perez was handed a cumulative 8-place grid penalty for two incidents, both for ignoring yellow flags during Q2 for the Singapore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. The first incident was when Romain Grosjean crashed his Haas into Turn 9. Perez, who was on a flying lap, failed to slow […]

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Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg set the quickest time overall in the final free practice session for the Singapore grand prix. The one hour session was momentarily red flagged early on as Pascal Wehrlein’s Manor made contact with the wall and left debris on the circuit. As the session resumed several drivers took the the circuit […]

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