Tag Archive | "qualifying"
Posted on 02 November 2013. Tags: abu dhabi grand prix, fia, kimi raikkonen, Lotus, penalties, qualifying, romain grosjean
Kimi Raikkonen has been excluded from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifying following a floor deflection test failure. He will now start the race from the back of the grid. The stewards summoned the Lotus team earlier after considering telemetry data and video footage, so that the team could argue their case following the floor […]
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Posted on 02 November 2013. Tags: abu dhabi grand prix, kimi raikkonen, Lotus, penalities, qualifying
Kimi Raikkonen could lose his fifth place position on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix grid after his car failed the floor deflection test during a technical inspection following the qualifying session. According to a statement from the stewards, “car number seven [Raikkonen] did not comply with Article 3.17.5 of the 2013 FIA Formula One Technical […]
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Posted on 26 October 2013. Tags: felipe massa, fernando alonso, indian grand prix, jenson button, Lotus, mark webber, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, qualifying, red bull, romain grosjean, sebastian vettel
Sebastian Vettel took one step closer to his 4th World Championship title by claiming a commanding pole position for tomorrow’s Indian Grand Prix. Vettel put in an incredible lap – the fastest ever recorded at the Buddh International Circuit – with a time of 1.24.119, a crazy 7 tenths faster than the rest of the […]
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Posted on 12 October 2013. Tags: 2013, adrian sutil, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, japanese gp, jean-eric vergne, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mark webber, mercedes, nico hulkenberg, paul di resta, qualifying, red bull, red flag, romain grosjean, sebastian vettel, suzuka
Mark Webber has secured pole position for the 2013 Japanese grand prix. The Australian eased his way through qualifying and pounced on his first run on the final ten minute session. Webber did slightly improve his time in his second run but it was ultimately not required. Sebastian Vettel lines up second for Sunday’s race as […]
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Posted on 20 September 2013. Tags: 2013, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, Formula 1, formula one, free practice 1, free practice 2, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, Lotus, marina bay circuit, mark webber, mercedes, nico rosberg, night race, pastor maldonado, pole position, qualifying, red bull, romain grosjean, sebastian vettel, singapore gp, williams
The preparations for Sunday’s Singapore grand prix kicked off today with three hours of free practice around the floodlit Marina Bay circuit. The first free practice session was topped by the 2009 winner of the Singapore GP, Lewis Hamilton. However, free practice two is where Sebastian Vettel stamped his, and Red Bull’s authority, quite ominously. The three-time reigning […]
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Posted on 27 July 2013. Tags: daniel ricciardo, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, hungarian gp, hungaroring, jenson button, kers failure, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mark webber, mclaren, mercedes, nico hulkenberg, nico rosberg, paul di resta, qualifying, red bull, romain grosjean, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, session, toro rosso
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton secured his thirtieth career pole position as he set the fastest time in qualifying for the Hungarian grand prix. The biggest casualty of the first session of qualifying was Force India’s Paul di Resta. The Scot seemed struggled throughout the first part of qualifying and sounded perplexed on the radio to his […]
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Posted on 24 July 2013. Tags: 1990, ayrton senna, damon hill, fernando alonso, ferrari, hungarian gp, hungaroring, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, Lotus, mark webber, medium, new compounds, overtaking, pirelli, qualifying, red bull racing, sebastian vettel, silverstone, sliverstone, soft, thierry boutsen, weather forecast, young drivers test
After a three week gap the 2013 Formula 1 season restarts with the Hungarian grand prix. In its own right the Hungarian GP has written its own part in Formula 1 history. The circuit has rewarded Damon Hill (1993), Fernando Alonso (2003) and very memorably Jenson Button (2006) with their first victories in Formula 1. […]
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Posted on 29 June 2013. Tags: british grand prix, paul di resta, qualifying, silverstone
Paul Di Resta has been disqualified from qualifying at Silverstone ahead of the British Grand Prix after his car was found to be 1.5kgs underweight. The Scot will now be deprived of his career-best qualifying position. Force India are shifting blame to a discrepancy in Di Resta’s weight after qualifying since the driver and car count […]
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Posted on 29 June 2013. Tags: caterham, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, jenson button, lewis hamilton, mark webber, marussia, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, qualifying, red bull, ross brawn, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, silverstone, team and driver quotes, williams
Team and Driver quotes following today’s qualifying session at Silverstone. Mercedes Lewis Hamilton (1st, Q3 – 1m 29.607s) “It feels incredible to be on pole, just like it did back in 2007. We have the greatest Formula One fans in the world here in Britain and there was a great turnout today, which makes the […]
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Posted on 29 June 2013. Tags: felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, lewis hamilton, mark webber, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, qualifying, sebastian vettel, silverstone
Lewis Hamilton stormed to pole position in Silverstone qualifying today a massive four tenths ahead of team mate Nico Rosberg for a Mercedes front row lock out. Hamilton’s time, a 1.29.607 proved too fast for Rosberg, or the Red Bulls to contest. The Red Bull team mates locked out the second row, a mere 0.009 […]
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