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Sebastian Vettel wins 2013 Canadian GP

The Sebastian Vettel–Red Bull dominance of recent years was captured perfectly at the 2013 Canadian Grand Prix, as the three-time world champion converted his 39th career pole position into his 29th career victory. Vettel wasn’t troubled during the 70 lap race and the 14.4 second margin back to Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) in second place flatters […]

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2013 Canadian GP: Qualifying report

Rain and a red flag couldn’t stop Sebastian Vettel from claiming his 39th career pole position overnight. The Red Bull driver set the fastest time (1:25.425) at the Canadian Grand Prix and will start ahead of Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes, 1:25.512). Next is a surprise result for Valtteri Bottas (Williams, 1:25.512), who will start from P3, […]

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2013 Monaco GP: Post-race press conference

We’re sure Nico Rosberg is still smiling after his strong win at the Monaco Grand Prix overnight. You can read what he had to say after the race, along with the words from Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, in the post-race press conference below. Actually, Mark’s final comment in regard to the Mercedes secret tyre […]

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Nico Rosberg wins 2013 Monaco GP

Nico Rosberg (Mercedes AMG) has won his second Formula 1 race by taking victory in an incident-packed Monaco Grand Prix. In a nice bit of symmetry it’s 30 years since his father, Keke, won at Monaco, making them the first father-son pairing to win the iconic race. Rosberg, starting from pole, drove a considered race […]

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2013 Monaco GP: Qualifying report

Nico Rosberg has made it three from three by claiming pole position on a drying track at the Monaco Grand Prix overnight. It’s his third pole position in a row and the fourth on end for Mercedes AMG. Intermediates were required in Q1, then slicks in Q2 and Q3. As conditions continued to improve the […]

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Fernando Alonso wins 2013 Spanish GP

Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) won his second Spanish Grand Prix in a race dominated by tyre conservation. It’s Alonso’s third win on home soil, adding to his 2012 European GP title and his 2006 Spanish GP win with Renault in 2006. In second place was the ever reliable Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus), notching up his 33rd consecutive […]

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2013 Spanish GP: Qualifying report

Nico Rosberg (Mercedes AMG, 1:20.718) proved his pole position in Bahrain was no fluke with a repeat performance at the Spanish Grand Prix overnight. It’s also the third pole in a row for Mercedes, following Lewis Hamilton’s effort in China. Hamilton put in a blinder of a lap in Q2, but could only marginally improve […]

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Webber to decide 2014 future by mid-year

Given the recent rumour that Mark Webber has already signed a five-year deal to race sportscars with Porsche from next year he was always going to be asked questions about it when he fronted the media in Bahrain last weekend. Porsche has already denied the rumour to be fact, and indeed some reports suggest the […]

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2013 Bahrain GP: Post-race press conference

After the break you can read the full transcript from the first three drivers from the 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix. Before you do here’s the Aussie update with words from Mark Webber (Red Bull) first and Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso) second. Mark Webber: “The beginning wasn’t too bad, but we lost quite a bit of […]

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Sebastian Vettel wins 2013 Bahrain GP

Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) started the Bahrain Grand Prix from the front row and went on to pocket yet another easy F1 victory in last night’s race. He finished ahead of the Lotus pairing, with Kimi Raikkonen extending his sequence of race finishes to an impressive 31 by taking second place and Romain Grosjean enjoying […]

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Rumour: Webber signs 5 year deal with Porsche

During its coverage of the 6 Hours of Silverstone Radio Le Mans announced that Mark Webber has signed a five-year deal with Porsche to join their World Endurance Championship assault. If the rumour is correct Mark will retire from F1 at the end of this year and start with Porsche in 2014. Rumours of Webber […]

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2013 Chinese GP: Post-race press conference

Here’s the full post-race press conference transcript from the 2013 Chinese Grand Prix, featuring interviews with race winner Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) and minor place getters Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) and Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes AMG). Before you get reading there’s some housekeeping from the race to cover. On lap 15 Mark Webber (Red Bull) collided with Jean-Eric […]