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2013 Hungarian GP: Post-race press conference

Lewis Hamilton rated his win in the 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix very highly. When interviewed on the podium by Martin Brundle he declared: “I think this is probably one of the most important grand prix wins of my career. To move to a new team and to win for Mercedes-Benz is just a real privilege.” […]

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Lewis Hamilton wins 2013 Hungarian GP

Lewis Hamilton said he couldn’t win the Hungarian Grand Prix, despite starting from pole position. But he made a quick start off the line to hold P1 and managed to hang on for a well deserved win—his first for Mercedes AMG. We were also told that the Hungaroring is notoriously difficult to pass on but […]

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2013 Hungarian GP: Qualifying report

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes AMG) collected his third pole position in succession after setting the fastest time in qualifying for the 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix. Hamilton (1:19.388) was genuinely surprised to have edged out Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull, 1:19.426), who had been the benchmark all weekend. Romain Grosjean (Lotus, 1:19.595) qualified third and in doing so […]

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2013 German GP: Post-race press conference

One of the benefits of Kimi Raikkonen finishing so close to Sebastian Vettel in the German Grand Prix is that it gave the media at the post-race press conference a chance to quiz both drivers about the possibility of racing in the same team next year. As you’d expect both played a fairly straight bat, […]

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Sebastian Vettel wins 2013 German Grand Prix

For all of the amazing things Sebastian Vettel has achieved in his Formula 1 career, a win at his home grand prix had eluded him. But not any more. Victory at the Nürburgring for his first German Grand Prix trophy is Vettel’s 30th career win, becoming only the sixth driver in F1 history to reach […]

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2013 German GP: Qualifying report

Lewis Hamilton has added to his Mercedes AMG’s excellent qualifying performances this year by claiming pole position for the German Grand Prix. The silver arrows have started from P1 six times this year, split evenly at three apiece for each driver. Hamilton’s best lap (1:29.398) edged out the Red Bull Racing pairing. Home town hero […]

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2013 British Grand Prix in pictures

Here’s your pics from an epic British Grand Prix at Silverstone. If not for a customary dodgy start we may have been looking at Mark Webber with hands raised in triumph in the photo above. Instead Mark almost won, on the back of a gutsy recovery effort. Ifs, buts and maybes—as likeable and charismatic as […]

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Nico Rosberg wins 2013 British GP

Nico Rosberg (Mercedes AMG) has won an incident-packed British Grand Prix, just 0.765 seconds from Mark Webber (Red Bull). Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) filled the final podium position. But where to start with the drama this race contained! Off the start line Webber was slow to move, although it appeared he may have been ever so […]

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2013 British GP: Qualifying report

Lewis Hamilton has blitzed the field to claim pole position for the 2013 British Grand Prix. The 2008 world champion set a best lap of 1:29.607, four tenths quicker than his Mercedes AMG teammate, Nico Rosberg (1:30.059). So it’s another Mercedes front-row lockout, followed by a pair of very closely matched Red Bulls. Sebastian Vettel […]

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Reaction to Mark Webber’s Porsche move

The reaction to Mark Webber’s decision to quit Formula 1 and switch to endurance racing with Porsche has captured the attention of the media across the world. To be honest we’ve been a little surprised by how much coverage there has been, especially in the F1 paddock. Perhaps that says a lot about the high […]

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OFFICIAL: Webber to race for Porsche in 2014

Mark Webber: factory Porsche driver. It has a nice ring to it, don’t you think. Sure, it’s not the most surprising news—over a year since it was first mentioned—but it’s now official that Mark Webber has been signed to drive for Porsche in the World Endurance Championship, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, from […]

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Porsche set to announce Webber deal

A new report suggests Porsche is set to announce as soon as this evening it has signed Mark Webber to race in its new LMP1 program at Le Mans in 2014. More to follow. [Source: motoring.com.au | Pic: Red Bull/Getty Images]