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Formula 1 McLaren

Button fastest on Day 1 in Jerez

Jenson Button (McLaren MP4-28) has set the fastest time on day one of pre-season testing in Jerez overnight. He put early fuel pump issues behind him to set a time of 1:18.861 late in the day. It’s an impressive result, as well, some eight tenths quicker than Mark Webber (Red Bull RB9) who was second […]

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Formula 1 Toro Rosso

Toro Rosso unveils 2013 F1 car

This is the STR8 which was revealed by Toro Rosso overnight. The two young lads Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne are under pressure to perform in 2013 so they’ll be hoping the car will help them achieve their goals. Again we see the stepped nose has been disguised by revised bodywork and Toro Rosso say […]

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FIA announces 2013 F1 entry list

The FIA has announced the official entry list for the 2013 F1 season. The first casualty, of course, is the HRT F1 Team, which means a full grid next year will contain 22 cars instead of 24. You’ll also notice several teams have TBA listed alongside their driver names, although only Caterham, Force India, Lotus […]

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Jenson Button wins 2012 Brazilian GP

Jenson Button (McLaren) has won a spectacular Brazilian Grand Prix to close the 2012 Formula One season. Of course, the race within the race was for the world championship, between Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) and Fernando Alonso (Ferrari). That race was broken wide open when Vettel, starting from P4, was turned around by Bruno Senna […]

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Formula 1 McLaren Red Bull Racing

2012 Brazilian GP: Qualifying report

Well what an intriguing qualifying result we saw at Interlagos this morning for the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix. In dry and humid conditions Lewis Hamilton (1:12.458) claimed pole position in his final race for McLaren. The MP4-27 has been fast all weekend so it was no surprise to see Jenson Button (1:12.513) on the front […]

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Lewis Hamilton wins 2012 United States GP

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) has ensured the 2012 title race will go down to the wire by winning the United States Grand Prix in Austin this morning. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) led for the bulk of the race, but once the race settled into its rhythm Hamilton was always in touching distance of Vettel. Hamilton ultimately […]

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Formula 1 McLaren Red Bull Racing

2012 United States GP: Qualifying report

The pre-race expectation and early practice form came to be in this morning’s qualifying at the 2012 United States Grand Prix. Which means Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) has claimed yet another pole position, the 36th of his career. Yet, the margin of Vettel’s pole was not expected. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren, 1:35.766) got within a tenth […]

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Kimi Raikkonen wins 2012 Abu Dhabi GP

Kimi Raikkonen has registered his maiden comeback victory with an opportunistic win in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. It’s the first win of the year for Lotus, their first since the 1987 Detroit GP. Kimi, who entertained us at home with his impatient radio banter, becomes the eighth race winner of the year on the […]

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Formula 1 McLaren Red Bull Racing

2012 Abu Dhabi GP: Qualifying report

Lewis Hamilton has claimed a well earned pole position for himself and McLaren during qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix overnight. Hamilton has been fast all weekend so far, so seeing him top the time sheets (1:40.630) was no real surprise. Red Bull hasn’t had the smoothest weekend, with another KERS issue for Mark […]

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Ferrari Formula 1 Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel wins 2012 Indian GP

It’s quite a simple post-race report for the 2012 Indian Grand Prix tonight, really. Sebastian Vettel made a clean start, having to cover his Red Bull teammate, Mark Webber, into the first corner before driving off into the sunset collecting his fourth race win in succession. There was a minor issue for Vettel inside the […]

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Formula 1 McLaren Red Bull Racing

2012 Indian GP: Qualifying report

Sebastian Vettel has just edged out his Red Bull teammate, Mark Webber, to claim pole position during qualifying for tomorrow’s Indian Grand Prix. It’s no real surprise to see Vettel starting from pole, he was fastest in all three practice session leading into tonight’s qualifying. His time of 1:25.283 was just 0.044s faster than Webber. […]

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Sebastian Vettel wins 2012 Korean GP

Sebastian Vettel won today’s 2012 Korean Grand Prix, making it three wins on the trot for Red Bull and with it he gains the lead in the chase for the world championship. Vettel took the lead in the first corner of the race and was never headed, despite a great scrap with teammate and pole […]