F1 Madness

Gutiérrez’s 11th-place effort was his best of the season. Utilizing a two-stop strategy, Gutiérrez began the 66-lap race around the 4.655-kilometer (2.892-mile), 16-turn circuit on the Pirelli P Zero Yellow soft tire. He pitted on lap 15 for another set of softs and after pit stops had cycled through, was up to 15th. A spirited […]

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All eyes were on Max Verstappen heading into Spain following his surprise promotion from Toro Rosso to Red Bull. 18yr old Verstappen put in a stellar performance during Saturday’s Spanish Grand Prix qualifying session. Max finished in fourth place with team mate Daniel Ricciardo only narrowly beating him. Q: Max, did you envision starting this […]

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Full transcript of the post qualifying press conference ahead of the Spanish GP. Drivers: 1 – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), 2 – Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), 3 – Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull). TV UNILATERAL Q: Lewis, a bit of pressure on you there in the final run after that mistake in the first run of Q3 but […]

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Not even the #RoomofAwkard could have been as awkward as the Friday Drivers Press Conference following two practice sessions ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix. Demoted Daniil Kvyat – now racing for the Toro Rosso team, Promoted Max Verstappen – now racing for Red Bull, and Carlos Sainz (current and former team mate respectively) – […]

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Depsite a sensor switching his car into protective limp mode during the third and final Spanish GP practice session, Nico Rosberg maintained his strong form topping the time sheets for the session. Sebastian Vettel went third fastest for Ferrari setting the fastest overall times through the first and second sectors. His time was 0.147s off […]

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DRIVERS: Fernando ALONSO (McLaren) Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) Kevin Magnussen (Renault) Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Fernando, a good result last time out in Russia with sixth place. Do you believe you’re closing in on the Williams-Red Bull battle? What development steps can we expect […]

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Pirelli have revealed the tyre choices for round 5 of the Formula 1 World Championship at the Circuit De Catalunya. For the Spanish Grand Prix Pirelli have nominated the Orange Hard, White Medium and Yellow Soft compound tyres. The hard and medium compound are the tyres that must be used at some point in the […]

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It appears that a tear-off visor strip is to blame for Fernando Alonso’s brake failure at the F1 Spanish Grand Prix. The brake failure saw Alonso very nearly running over his pit crew and then retiring from the race. The McLaren team identified the issue during Alonso’s second stint and called him in to the […]

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Mercedes driver and current F1 World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton was not happy with the radio message from his team telling him to back off during the final stint of the Spanish Grand Prix. A slow start from second on the grid and a slow first pit stop compromised Hamilton’s race and meant that he […]

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Ferrari was one of the teams that brought a whole raft of updates for the SF15-T to the Spanish Grand Prix and were expecting a big improvement. They did, however, see an improvement, but it seems like Team Principal Maurizio Arrivabene was expecting more. Sebastian Vettel, who qualified in 3rd and finished the race in […]

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