F1 Madness

Drivers: 1 – Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), 2 – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), 3 – Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari). TV UNILATERAL Q: Nico, the pressure was really on for that final run but you did it, pole by 13 thousandths of a second which I think your team calculates to be 82 centimetres around this Suzuka circuit. Nico […]

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Formula One World Championship leader Nico Rosberg snuck in to steal the Japanese Grand Prix pole from Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton by just 0.013s. Rosberg claimed his third consecutive Suzuka pole position with a time of 1:30.647. Ferrari outperformed their Red Bull championship rivals to claim the third and fourth spots on the grid. […]

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Nico Rosberg set the quickest time in the third free practice session for the Japanese grand prix. The one hour session was slow to get underway as the Suzuka circuit remained damp from an earlier rain shower. However, under overcast skies drivers began to venture out on intermediate tyres before soon switching to slicks. Mercedes’ […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Ayao KOMATSU (Haas), Bob BELL (Renault), Luigi FRABONI (Ferrari), Paddy LOWE (Mercedes), Yusuke HASEGAWA (Honda), Pat SYMONDS (Williams) PRESS CONFERENCE Bob, let’s start with you: How have you been getting on rebuilding the staff at Enstone, where do you still lack and what will the effect of all this be on the […]

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Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg was fastest by just 0.072 in the 2nd free practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. Rosberg set a best time of 1:32.250 on his first run on the soft tyre for the qualifying simulation. Lewis Hamilton was just a whisker off with a 1:32.322 after dropping some time in […]

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Nico Rosberg topped the timing sheets at the end of the first free practice session for the Japanese grand prix. The 90 minute session got underway in brilliant sunshine with a track temperature hovering in the low 30 degrees Celsius range. Championship leader Rosberg set a quickest time of 1:32:431 on the yellow-walled soft tyres […]

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DRIVERS – Jolyon PALMER (Renault), Carlos SAINZ (Toro Rosso), Pascal WEHRLEIN (Manor), Kimi RAIKKONEN (Ferrari), Fernando ALONSO (McLaren), Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) PRESS CONFERENCE Fernando, there’s been a lot of talk about your starts this year and the fact that in the last five GPs you’ve made up 29 places on the opening lap! Making up […]

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Just as the Formula 1 circuit started the pack up for the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon in Malaysia typhoon Chaba was set to make landfall in the week leading up to the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka. The worst of the storm seems to have passed but rain is still forecast for the […]

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At the 2015 Japanese grand prix the stories were all about Lewis Hamilton. In 2016 the headlines are still about the Mercedes driver but now has a far different context to them. The triple world champion arrives in Japan 23 points adrift and a little sheepish after some emotionally charged comments after his retirement from […]

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What’s very special in Japan are the fans. They’re really amazing. I think the most enthusiastic fans of all the countries and places we go to“. A virtual lap on the Suzuka International Circuit with Sahara Force India F1 driver Nico Hülkenberg.

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