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  • Nico Rosberg makes it an F1 qualifying hatrick in Monaco

    Nico Rosberg makes it an F1 qualifying hatrick in Monaco

    Nico Rosberg took his third pole position in a row today as Mercedes locked out the front row of the grid for the Monaco Grand Prix in a rain hit qualifying session.

    The Red Bull drivers will be occupying the second row of the grid tomorrow, followed by Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso.

    Q1 started just after rain hit Monaco – following three days of sunshine in the principality. The track was damp at the start of the session, making it necessary for everyone to come out on track on the intermediate Pirelli tyres.

    Everyone headed out to get an early banker lap in, except for the three drivers who crashed during FP3, Felipe Massa, Romain Grosjean and Adrian Sutil.

    Jules Bianchi was struck out of the session early with an airbox fire, ending his session before it had really even started.

    The Lotus F1 team got Grosjean out onto track in the final minutes of the session and repayed them by setting the fastest time after the session.

    Ferrari were not able to get Felipe Massa’s car ready in time to get it out and he will start from the pit lane.

    Giedo van der Garde was the greatest surprise of the first session, getting his Caterham into Q2. Paul di Resta, Charles Pic, Esteban Gutierrez, Max Chilton, Jules Bianchi and Felipe Massa were eliminated after Q1.

    Nico Rosberg fastest in MonacoThe second part of qualifying made it difficult for drivers to decide which tyres to be on as the track continued to dry. In the end they all opted for slicks. Van der Garde was the first driver to switch to the dry supersoft tyres and managed to out-qualify Pastor Maldonado and qualify an amazing P15 for the Caterham team.

    Jean-Eric Vergne surprised all by securing his place in Q3 for the first time this year.
    Grosjean, unfortunately was not able to make it through and blamed one of the Toro Rossos for holding him up.

    Hulkenberg, Ricciardo, Grosjean, Bottas, van der Garde and Maldonado were all eliminated after Q2.

    The track was dry enough for everyone to head out on supersoft dry tyres for the third session. Lap times were falling like crazy as the track kept improving.

    Alonso was one of the first drivers to change tyres and head out for his final run, giving him two chances to have a go at a time. But he only managed P6 with his final effort.

    Despite how it after FP3, Ferrari and Lotus were nowhere near the battle for pole in qualifying and it was between the Mercedes and Red Bull drivers.

    It was Nico Rosberg who went fastest with a 1.13.876 by the end of the session with Lewis Hamilton one tenth behind him.

    Below are the full results for F1 Qualifying in Monaco.

    Monaco Qualifying Results

  • Monaco Grand Prix FP3 Results – Nico Rosberg makes it 3 in a row

    Monaco Grand Prix FP3 Results – Nico Rosberg makes it 3 in a row

    The third practice session at Monaco was pretty eventful. Things started off rather slowly but quickly the session became very incident filled.

    Felipe Massa took a massive hit – something went wrong on his Ferrari and he smacked the left barrier entering into Sainte Devote, then went on into the barrier straight ahead. His Ferrari is severely damaged so Ferrari have a tough job getting the car ready before Qualifying later this afternoon. It is still unsure what went wrong, but speculation points to either a steering, or throttle failure.

    Sutil was the next guy to take a hit. Damage to his Force India is also pretty severe so they’re another team who probably won’t be having a lunch break.

    1 minute before the end of the session Romain Grosjean also smacked his car in Sainte Devote, adding Lotus to the no-lunch-break-teams.

    It was Nico Rosberg who stamped his absolute authority on the session though, finishing 6 tenths faster than Grosjean in second place. His Mercedes is going to be tough to beat during qualifying but rain could still be a factor.

    Here are the Monaco Grand Prix FP3 Results:

    FP3 results from Monaco

     

     

  • Fernando Alonso commands the Bulls in Barcelona – Spanish Grand Prix Results

    Fernando Alonso commands the Bulls in Barcelona – Spanish Grand Prix Results

    Fernando Alonso brought the Spanish crowd into sheer ecstasy when he beat the rest of the field to take the win in Barcelona.

    He finished ahead of Kimi Raikkonen with what really was a commanding lead.

    Team mate Felipe Massa finished third to take the final spot on the podium for his first podium of the season.

    Here are the full Spanish Grand Prix Results.

    Full race review to follow.

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  • Mercedes steal pole position in Barcelona F1 Qualifying

    Mercedes steal pole position in Barcelona F1 Qualifying

    Not many would have predicted that Mercedes would steal the pole position today in Barcelona F1 Qualifying, but they did.

    After FP3 this morning, it looked almost certain that either Ferrari or Lotus would lock out the front row but it was the German Mercedes team that took the honours.

    Rosberg delivered two amazing qualifying laps, both good enough to take the pole position. Lewis Hamilton was forced to settle for second place 0.254 seconds adrift of his team mate.

    Sebastian Vettel placed his RB9 in third place for Red Bull Racing, followed by the Lotus of Kimi Raikkonen.

    Fernando Alonso only managed 5th place at his home qualifying with his team mate Felipe Massa behind him in 6th place. Massa however will have to see the stewards later today for impeding Mark Webber during Q2.

    Romain Grosjean put his Lotus in 7th place, ahead of Webber.

    The McLaren team are not having the greatest weekend of all. Perez did however manage a last minute surge to qualify 7th but team mate Jenson Button only managed to qualify 14th.

    Esteban Gutierrez will be seeing the stewards too after impeding Kimi Raikkonen and Button also complained that he was held up “massively” by Maldonado but both the Massa and Gutierrez incidents seemed far more severe in comparison.

    Giedo van der Garde is a very happy man at the back of the grid after qualifying at the front of the bottom four, a triumph for the rookie driver.

    Here are the full time sheets for today’s Barcelona F1 Qualifying session:

    Pos Driver                Team/Car              Time         Gap

     1. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m20.718s

     2. Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes              1m20.972s  + 0.254s

     3. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m21.054s  + 0.336s

     4. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m21.177s  + 0.459s

     5. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m21.218s  + 0.500s

     6. Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m21.219s  + 0.501s

     7. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m21.308s  + 0.590s

     8. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m21.570s  + 0.852s

     9. Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes      1m22.069s  + 1.351s

    10. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m22.233s  + 1.515s

    11. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m22.127s  + 1.126s

    12. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m22.166s  + 1.165s

    13. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes  1m22.346s  + 1.345s

    14. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m23.166s  + 2.165s

    15. Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari        1m22.389s  + 1.388s

    16. Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari        1m22.793s  + 1.792s

    17. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault      1m23.260s  + 1.532s

    18. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m23.318s  + 1.590s

    19. Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault      1m24.661s  + 2.933s

    20. Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Cosworth     1m24.713s  + 2.985s

    21. Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth     1m24.996s  + 3.268s

    22. Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault      1m25.070s  + 3.342s

  • Spanish F1 Grand Prix FP3 Results Timesheet

    Felipe Massa went fastest during the final practice session in Barcelona this morning. He inched just 0.006 seconds ahead of Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen.

    The biggest losers this session were certainly McLaren who seem to really be struggling despite all the upgrades they brought along to Barcelona so it really seems like it’s back to the drawing board for them.

    Here is the full Spanish F1 Grand Prix FP3 Results Timesheet:

    spanish-gp-fp3-results

  • Spanish F1 Grand Prix FP2 Results

    Sebastian Vettel went fastest in FP2 in Barcelona this afternoon ever so slightly ahead of Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber. Here is the timesheet for the Spanish F1 Grand Prix FP2 Results.

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  • Spanish F1 Grand Prix FP1 Results

    Fernando Alonso set the fastest time (1.25.252) for this morning’s free practice session finishing 0.203 seconds ahead of his team mate Felipe Massa in second. Here is the full timing sheet for the Spanish F1 Grand Prix FP1 Results:

    Spanish Grand Prix Free Practice 1 Results

     

     

  • Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix Results

    Sebastian Vettel stormed off in the desert to win the Bahrain Grand Prix ahead of the Iceman, Kimi Raikkonen and his team mate, Romain Grosjean.

    Here are the race results. Full review race report to follow shortly.

    Pos  Driver        Team                      
 1.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault           
 2.  Raikkonen      Lotus-Renault          
 3.  Grosjean       Lotus-Renault  
 4.  Di Resta       Force India-Mercedes   
 5.  Hamilton       Mercedes                  
 6.  Perez          McLaren-Mercedes      
 7.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault     
 8.  Alonso         Ferrari                      
 9.  Rosberg        Mercedes                         
10.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes                  
11.  Maldonado      Williams-Renault                  
12.  Hulkenberg     Sauber-Ferrari                   
13.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes              
14.  Bottas         Williams-Renault                   
15.  Massa          Ferrari                          
16.  Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari              
17.  Pic            Caterham-Renault                 
18.  Gutierrez      Sauber-Ferrari                   
19.  Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth                
20.  Chilton        Marussia-Cosworth         
21.  van der Garde  Caterham-Renault         
22.  Vergne         Toro Rosso-Ferrari