F1 Madness

DRIVERS: Valtteri BOTTAS (Williams) Jenson BUTTON (McLaren) Kimi RAIKKONEN (Ferrari) Marcus ERICSSON (Sauber) Pastor MALDONADO (Lotus) Will STEVENS (Manor)   PRESS CONFERENCE Valtteri, why don’t we start with you? You finished second here last year from, I think, 14th on the grid – equal best result so far in Formula One, your finish. Is this […]

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The first ever Formula 1 world championship season took place sixty-five years ago in 1950. The British grand prix was the first official world championship race in that 1950 season and it remains, though altered, on the Formula 1 calendar. The high speed circuit of Silverstone and the famously quick sequence of Maggots and Becketts […]

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Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli have announced their tyre choices for Silverstone, Hungaroring, Spa and Monza. The two hardest compounds in the Pirelli range, the orange hard and white medium compound, have been selected for the British Grand Prix which takes place at the Silverstone Circuit. Because of the fast and flowing nature of the […]

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While all eyes were on the McLaren 2015 car launch, the Mercedes F1 team quietly sneaked into Silverstone for a shakedown for their 2015 car, the W06. In very cold conditions both Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg got to lap the Northhamptonshire circuit clocking up a total of 18 laps. The session, classified as a […]

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McLaren-Honda made it’s return to an F1 circuit during a filming day at Silverstone today. McLaren debuted Honda’s new F1 engine in the Mclaren team’s development car the MP4-29H at Silverstone. Oliver Turvey took to the track behind the wheel while the team looked to learn as much as possibly about Honda’s new V6 Turbo […]

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It is uncanny how even in the most dominant of seasons Formula 1 still manages to deliver one of the most thrilling races in years. The 2014 Silverstone grand prix was chock-full of amazing drives and drama from the very first lap. The field had not completed one lap before Kimi Raikkonen crashed heavily into […]

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DRIVERS 1st Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2nd Valtteri BOTTAS (Williams) 3rd Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull Racing)   PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard) Lewis, congratulations. Your adoring fans. Your emotions must be running high right now. Your fifth win of the season. That equals your 2008 World Championship year. Now 27 grand prix victories, equalling Jackie […]

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Nico Rosberg has secured pole position for the 2014 British grand prix. A chaotic qualifying session in changeable weather conditions caught a fair few by surprise. From the top of the world just two weeks ago both Williams drivers, Felipe Massa and Valterri Bottas, found themselves eliminated in the first session of the one-hour qualifying […]

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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton finished the second practice session of the British Grand Prix on top of the time sheets. Hamilton set a time of 1:34.508 to go fastest for the session with his team mate Nico Rosberg finishing the session in P2 with a time of 1:34.736, 0.228s slower than Hamilton. It wasn’t all good […]

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Nico Rosberg topped the timing sheets at the end of the First Free Practice session for the 2014 British GP. The second of the Mercedes Lewis Hamilton ended second fastest time but remained seven and a half tenths off Rosberg’s pace. Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso clocked the fourth fastest time ahead Daniel Ricciardo and teammate Kimi […]

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