F1 Madness

The stewards have decided not to penalize Toro Roso driver Carlos Sainz and Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat for their incident on the final lap of the race. The two were fighting for 9th place and on the final lap of the Spanish Grand Prix the pair made contact into Turn 1. Kvyat, on the […]

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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton says that his Spanish Grand Prix weekend was a difficult weekend and that it was about damage limitation. Hamilton qualified in 2nd position on Saturday after struggling for most of the weekend with the setup on his car. At the start he was slow to get off the line and had quite […]

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While managing to finish the race in 16th after starting in 14th, McLaren’s Jenson Button said that it was very scary to drive his car. “My car was pretty scary to drive today: as soon as I touched the throttle, the car just snapped away from me,” he remarked after the race. The twitchy rear […]

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DRIVERS 1st Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2nd Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 3rd Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari)   PODIUM INTERVIEWS   (Conducted by Maria Serrat)   Well, Nico, first win here in Barcelona and first win of the season. Nico ROSBERG: It was a prefect weekend. Great to be on pole and great to win the race like this. Very, very […]

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After struggling through the third qualifying session for the Spanish Grand Prix, Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen reveals that a freak tyre blanket incident hindered his chances at a good grid slot for tomorrows race. Raikkonen was 3rd at the end of Q2 and showed strong pace and it looked like the Finn would finish in the […]

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DRIVERS 1st Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2nd Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 3rd Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) TV UNILATERAL Nico, first pole of the year. Is it fair to say you needed that? Nico ROSBERG: Well, of course. Of course I needed it sooner rather than later that’s for sure, that’s for sure because it’s just one step in the […]

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DRIVERS: Felipe NASR (Sauber) Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) Daniil KVYAT (Red Bull Racing) Carlos SAINZ (Toro Rosso) Fernando ALONSO (McLaren) Roberto MERHI (Manor)   PRESS CONFERENCE Fernando, shall we start with you? Last time out you only missed Q3 in Bahrain by a few tenths of a second and finished only a few seconds away from a […]

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The three week wait is over and the battle is ready to resume at this weekend’s Spanish GP. The question is which battle; will it be a battle between Mercedes teammates or will Ferrari ascend to true championship contenders? The Spanish GP doesn’t necessarily have the definitive answer to these questions but it will be […]

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The first round of fly away races are done and dusted. We’ve had a little break and now we get back to the European leg of the Formula 1 World Championship. The first circuit the teams visit on the European leg of the F1 calendar is the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmelo. All the teams […]

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The hardest braking point on the Circuit de Catalunya lies ahead of turn 1. The driver has to decelerate here by 210 km/h over just 104 metres. 2,422 kW of power are released in the process. Up to 5.6 g pull at the driver, who pushes with 168 kg onto the brake.

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