F1 Madness

Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas made it three pole positions in a row by taking pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix. Bottas looked untouchable during qualifying around the Circuit de Catalunya and took pole position with a scintillating lap of 1:15.406 on his first run in Q3. Bottas’ time was 0.634s faster than Mercedes team mate Lewi […]

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DRIVERS 1– Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes), 2 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes), 3 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Jenson Button) Q: Valtteri, that was a fantastic qualifying effort, outstanding. And to beat this guy around here. I know how difficult that is. The car is obviously feeling pretty awesome underneath you? Valtteri Bottas: Yeah, […]

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The “European” season of the F1 world championship kicked off on Friday with Free Practice for the Spanish Grand Prix. Whisperings around the paddock say that this will be the final Spanish Grand Prix and F1 will not come back in 2020. Nevertheless, there was practice sessions to power through and power through the teams […]

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DRIVERS – Carlos SAINZ (McLaren), Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari), Pierre GASLY (Red Bull Racing), George RUSSELL (Williams), Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes)  Q: Carlos, welcome home. You’ve said that this is the most important race of the year, just tell us why that is and tell us what you’ve been up to in the build-up? Carlos SAINZ: Thank you and […]

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DRIVERS – Brendon HARTLEY (Toro Rosso), Carlos SAINZ (Renault), Fernando ALONSO (McLaren), Sergio PÉREZ (Force India)   PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Brendon, you scored your first World Championship point in Baku, last time out, how good did that feel? Brendon HARTLEY: Yeah, it was maybe a bit of a relief, in a way because I’d had a couple […]

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The hardest braking point on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is at turn 1. The driver has to slow down around 173 km/h over just 50 meters. The calculated brake energy involved is 2,401 kW. The driver is subjected to 4.8 g, while he pushes with 154 kg onto the brake.

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