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Fernando Alonso wins 2013 Chinese GP

Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) has made up for his first lap exit in Malaysia by collecting maximum points for the win at the Chinese Grand Prix. Tyre strategy once again ruled the day and it was an odd race really. Nothing happened and everything happened. Drivers were asking their teams if they should be racing the […]

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2013 Chinese GP: Qualifying report

Lewis Hamilton claimed his maiden pole position for Mercedes AMG in qualifying at the Chinese Grand Prix earlier today. His time of 1:34.484 gave him a relatively comfortable margin of almost three tenths back to Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus, 1:34.761) and Fernando Alonso (Ferrari, 1:34.788). The Mercedes duo have shown good pace all weekend and Nico […]

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Vettel-Webber fallout continues

The media’s ability to take a topic, run with it and blow it completely out of all proportion has been in full effect in the wake of Sebastian Vettel’s decision to ignore team orders on the way to victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix fallout. Mostly, we’re concerned with the Australian media, because that’s where […]

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2013 Malaysian Grand Prix in pictures

So, the Malaysian Grand Prix, you may have heard about it. It’s a perfect snapshot of how the mainstream media in Australia handles Mark Webber. Last week the local media tore shreds from Mark after his woeful start, which, funnily enough, ended up not being entirely his fault. Now, the media is lauding him as […]

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2013 Malaysian GP: Post-race press conference

“I think it’s something we need to think about, I need to think about but for sure, I can only say this, obviously, like I say, I made a mistake, I’m not proud of it. As I say, if I had the chance to do it again, I wouldn’t do the same but obviously there’s […]

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Webber has a one-fingered salute of his own!

Three-time world champion Sebastian Vettel is known for waving his index finger around after a race win to signal his number one status. It turns out his Aussie teammate at Red Bull, Mark Webber, has a single fingered salute of his own. Mark angrily displayed the bird to Sebastian during the Malaysian Grand Prix after […]

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Sebastian Vettel wins 2013 Malaysian GP

If ever you doubt that Formula 1 is a sport where egos rule just come back and refer to this race, the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix. It was won this evening by Red Bull ace Sebastian Vettel. On paper the results are nothing out of the ordinary but the three drivers on the podium may […]

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2013 Malaysian GP: Qualifying report

Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) has claimed his 38th career pole position and his second of the year in qualifying at the Malaysian Grand Prix this afternoon. The triple world champion was made to work hard for it though. His Q1 and Q2 efforts were well off the leading pace and were it not for a […]

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2013 Australian GP: Post-race press conference

That’s quite an amazing podium there, a total of six world championships are shared between Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel. Not only that, to have Lotus win the first race of the year helps set the tone that this may not be the usual Red Bull–Ferrari two-horse race we’ve been accustomed to seeing […]

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Kimi Raikkonen wins 2013 Australian GP

Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) has driven a well calculated race to claim the 2013 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne this afternoon. For the Albert Park circuit it was an unusually trouble-free race with no Safety Car periods, this allowed Raikkonen to maximise his two-stop strategy, which was one stop fewer than his closest rivals. Fernando Alonso […]

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2013 Australian GP: Qualifying report

It may have taken two days, but the end result for qualifying at the 2013 Australian Grand Prix sees triple world champion Sebastian Vettel (1:27.407) on pole position. It’s Vettel’s 37th career pole, third on the all-time list behind Ayrton Senna (65) and Michael Schumacher (68). Following two wet sessions for Q1 on Saturday and […]

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Quick reference guide to the 2013 F1 season

There’s just one more sleep until the 2013 Formula 1 season kicks off in earnest, so put up your hand if you’re a bit excited! To help prepare you for what is sure to be another fascinating year in F1 we bring you this quick reference guide. We have the full entry list and numbers […]