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Posted on 25 October 2015. Tags: 2015, circuit of the americas, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, qualifying, rain, red bull, sebastian vettel, texas, toro rosso, willams
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg made the most of the wet conditions around the Circuit of the Americas to secure his third consecutive pole position start. The session which started under cloudy skies and incessant rain got underway with most of the drivers filing out onto the circuit as soon as possible. The first to fall […]
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Posted on 06 July 2015. Tags: 2015, becketts, british gp, chapel, club, copse, f1, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, Lotus, maggots, mclaren, mercedes, nico hulkenberg, nico rosberg, pirelli, rain, safety car, sauber, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, silverstone, Valtteri Bottas, williams
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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Posted on 05 October 2014. Tags: adrian sutil, daniel ricciardo, f1, f1 2014, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, intermediates, japan, japanese gp, jenson button, jules bianchi, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, marussia, mercedes, nico rosberg, rain, red bull, red flag, safety car, sauber, sebastian vettel, suzuka, typhoon, Valtteri Bottas, williams, yellow flags
Every now and then we lapse into an almost oblivious comfort zone where we’re inclined to almost forget that we’re witnessing some of the greatest motorsport talent in the world. Treacherous conditions at the Japanese GP brought these driver’s tremendous talents into sharp focus this weekend. The grand prix had been under threat of a […]
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Posted on 23 November 2013. Tags: 2013, brazil, f1, Formula 1, fp3, free practice 3, interlagos, mark webber, rain
Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber topped the timing sheets at the end of the third free practice session ahead of the 2013 Brazilian grand prix. The rain soaked session took quite a while to spark into life and it was Sauber’s Esteban Gutierrez that topped the timing sheets in the initial part of the third free […]
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Posted on 24 August 2013. Tags: belgium gp, caterham, felipe massa, fernando alonso, force india, giedo van der garde, jenson button, jules bianchi, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mark webber, marussia, max chilton, mclaren, mercedes, nico rosberg, paul di resta, qualifing, rain, red bull, romain grosjean, sebastian vettel, sergio perez, spa, spa-francorchamps, williams
The notorious Spa weather had a definitive say in today’s qualifying sessions as Lewis Hamilton snatched pole position in the dying seconds of the session. The fickle weather dampened the 7 km long circuit enough to prompt the fitting of intermediate tyres all twenty-two cars. It was the opportunists who would cash into the difficult […]
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Posted on 08 June 2013. Tags: 2013, canadian gp, felipe massa, fernando alonso, ferrari, intermediates, jenson button, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mclaren, qualifying, rain, sebastian vettel, Valtteri Bottas, williams
The Canadian Grand Prix weekend is famous for many things including changeable weather conditions. The Formula 1 pack had to contend with tricky track conditions as the rain rendered the use of slick tyres completely out of the question. The first session of qualifying sported the beginnings of a dry racing line but no driver was […]
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Posted on 05 June 2013. Tags: 2013, canada, canadian gp, canadian gp preview 2013, circuit gilles villeneuve, compounds, fernando alonso, Formula 1, gilles villeneuve, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, mercedes, montreal, nico rosberg, notre dame, pirelli, rain, red bull, sebastian vettel
In 1978 Canada’s Île Notre-Dame circuit bowed to the country’s greatest Formula 1 driver. In a short amount of time Gilles Villeneuve captivated the racing world with utter class and driving talent. Despite not becoming a world champion the Canadian great remains revered as one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport. […]
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