F1 Madness

Round 16 of the Formula 1 World Championship brings us to Sochi in Russia for the Russian Grand Prix. The Sochi Autodrom navigates the Olympic park in Sochi that was built for the 2014 Winter Olympics. The track is a semi permanent facility much like the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Canada. This is the first […]

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There’s always an air of excitement when a new circuit gets included on the Formula 1 Calendar. The Russian Grand Prix in Sochi makes it debut this weekend. The Sochi Autodrom is a 5.853km, semi permanent facility much like the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Canada and the Sydney Olympic Park Circuit in Australia, it is run […]

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Formula 1 tyre supplier, Pirelli has revealed its tyre choices for the Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit and for the Russian Grand Prix that will take place at the Socho Autodrom. The two hardest compounds, the white medium and the orange hard, were selected by Pirelli for the Japanese grand Prix. Due to […]

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It was confirmed earlier today by the FIA that the Bahrain Grand Prix will have a 18:00 (17:00 GMT+2) local start time. After an announcement last year that the Bahrain Grand Prix will take place under floodlights, work at the Bahrain international circuit got underway to line the circuit with floodlights. Like the Abu Dhabi […]

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Russian GP organisers have missed the deadline set by the FIA to apply to host a Formula One race next season, according to the Russian Automobile Federation (RAF). Although construction work is still underway at the Sochi International Circuit, private email correspondence between the FIA and the RAF stated that the Russian GP organisers had […]

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A quick visit from reigning F1 champion Sebastian Vettel earned Russia’s prospective F1 circuit with a thumbs up for the Red Bull driver. A tour around the circuit in an Infiniti road car despite heavy rain left the German with an excellent impression of the circuit. “It’s my first time in Russia and I’m already looking […]

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