Just when you thought F1’s annual ‘silly season’ was over, it rears its ugly head once more. Ross Brawn has confirmed he will be leaving Mercedes at the end of 2013, while Lotus have announced they will be choosing between Williams refugee Pastor Maldonado and Nico Hulkenberg to fill the vacant seat left by Kimi … Continue reading
It was inevitable, but the manner in which Sebastian Vettel achieved his 4th Formula One World Championship was most certainly extraordinary. The German overcame a strategy deficit to team-mate Mark Webber to hit the front halfway through the Grand Prix, before the Australian was forced to retire with an alternator failure. Despite this, Red Bull … Continue reading
Jorge Lorenzo resisted intense pressure from title rival Marc Marquez to win the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi. The Spaniard made a superb start from pole to cement his advantage, as team-mate Valentino Rossi launched himself up to 2nd ahead of Honda duo Marquez and Dani Pedrosa; Ducati’s Nicky Hayden, starting an excellent 3rd, made … Continue reading
It’s no surprise that Sebastian Vettel qualified on pole for tomorrow’s Indian Grand Prix; the real interest was in by how much he would make the cut. The answer in the end was 0.7 over closest rivals Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, who elected to mirror the Red Bull man and run the yellow-walled softer … Continue reading
Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo was fastest in an unconventional qualifying session for this weekend’s potential title-deciding MotoGP race in Motegi, Japan. The Twin Ring circuit was in lockdown yesterday after typhoon-strength wind and rain lashed the circuit, preventing the organisers from running free practice. Today, the riders took to the circuit for a 75-minute practice/qualifying session, … Continue reading
Red Bull continued their impressive display at the start of day two of this weekend’s Indian Grand Prix, with Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber setting another 1-2 in Free Practice Three. The session was delayed by twenty minutes after fog prevented the medical helicopter from flying, leaving the drivers only forty minutes of running. Lotus … Continue reading
Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber continued to headline proceedings during FP2 for Sunday’s Indian Grand Prix, with the two Red Bull men looking comfortable at the top of the timesheets. Their margin extended to almost half a second over closest challenger Romain Grosjean, while Mercedes and Ferrari shared the positions between 4th and 7th. After … Continue reading
World Champion Sebastian Vettel reasserted his dominance over his rivals at the Buddh International Circuit this morning with fastest time in Free Practice One for Sunday’s Indian Grand Prix. The German has comfortably been top dog at the track since it joined the F1 calendar in 2011, and headed team-mate Mark Webber, Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg … Continue reading
The Buddh International Circuit in Uttar Pradesh could hardly be considered a classic. Two years have passed since it made its F1 debut in 2011, and both races have been somewhat of a snooze-fest if you are anything other than a Sebastian Vettel fan. This weekend it may well be the centre of the sporting … Continue reading
19 year-old Russian GP3 driver Daniil Kvyat has been signed for 2014 by Red Bull ‘B Team’ Toro Rosso in a shock signing that has left several key contenders for the erstwhile-vacant seat in F1 out in the cold. The Russian will be among the youngest drivers ever to take to a Formula One grid … Continue reading
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