F1 Madness

Unfortunately all good things must eventually come to an end. So it is the case for, amongst other things, the 2018 Formula 1 world championship season. For the final round of the season the Formula 1 paddock makes its home in the Abu Dhabi paddock as the cars and drivers ready themselves for a dash […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Cyril ABITEBOUL (Renault) Maurizio ARRIVABENE (Ferrari) Federico GASTALDI (Lotus) Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing) Claire WILLIAMS (Williams) Toto WOLFF (Mercedes)   PRESS CONFERENCE Cyril, it’s been a little while since you’ve been here joining us in the press conference. You’ve been talking a little bit recently about next year – larger budgets etc […]

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Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg says he is at a disadvantage this weekend by having to use an “extremely old” engine. When the German team introduced its upgraded power unit at the Italian grand prix Nico Rosberg was forced to abandon the unit in the back of his car. The engine was believed to have been […]

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McLaren Fernando Alonso The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend represents many things for us at McLaren-Honda: the end of a challenging season and a significant learning curve; the opportunity to collect as much information as possible and continue our learning; and the start of the winter period where we are all focussed on working incredibly […]

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Abu Dhabi Preview Quotes from Pirelli Paul Hembery, Pirelli motorsport director “It’s incredible to think that the 2015 season is over already: it seems a lot less than a year since we were at Abu Dhabi for the final race of 2014. With the championships decided the teams can obviously push to the maximum and […]

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Here’s what the Mercedes F1 Team members had to say ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton “The Yas Marina really is a stunning place to hold the season-ending Grand Prix. The organisers clearly spent a lot of time and effort on designing the most spectacular venue imaginable and the track is one […]

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Abu Dhabi Preview Quotes from the Toro Rosso F1 Team Carlos Sainz “It’s unbelievable how quickly my first season in Formula 1 has gone by! I still remember this time last year as if it was yesterday…It was a very special moment in my career too as, after the 2014 Abu Dhabi test with our […]

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Abu Dhabi GP Preview Quotes from the Manor Marussia F1 Team Will Stevens “I’m really looking forward to this weekend in Abu Dhabi. It was here 12 months ago that I made my F1 debut, so this track has happy memories for me and it’s one I really enjoy racing at. I had a really […]

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As the Formula 1 season draws to a close focus will shift to the all important winter testing season. The first test will take place after the season-ending Abu Dhabi grand prix. On this occasion the test around the Yas Marina circuit will be a Pirelli tyre test. The one day test will run for […]

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Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli have revealed their tyre nominations till the end of the season for the United States, Mexican, Brazilian and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix. For the upcoming back-to-back races in Texas and Mexico City Pirelli have nominated the white medium and yellow soft compound tyres. This is the same tyre choice they […]

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