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About a boy

Taking any opportunity to get stuck into Sebastian Vettel is something most Australians like to indulge in. Until this year we’ve been used to seeing young Seb toy with our Mark as the young charge did as he pleased with the best car on the grid. So far 2014 has been a nightmare for Vettel. […]

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Formula 1 Mercedes-Benz Red Bull Racing

2014 British GP: Post-race press conference

Here’s the transcript from the post-race press conference at the British Grand Prix. We’ll start with a few words from Daniel Ricciardo who explained a one-stop strategy wasn’t his original plan. “We chose to restart on the prime,” Daniel said. “It didn’t seem like the best thing to do at first because we were really […]

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Lewis Hamilton wins 2014 British GP

On the weekend Silverstone celebrated its 50th anniversary Lewis Hamilton delighted the home crowd by winning the British Grand Prix. It’s his 27th career win and brings him alongside Sir Jackie Stewart to equal seventh on the all-time list. In even better news for Lewis he has reduced the championship title race to just four […]

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2014 British GP: Qualifying report

Nico Rosberg will start from pole position after a topsy turvy qualifying at the British Grand Prix. It’s the German’s fourth pole for the year and once again he was lucky to gain a big advantage over his key championship rival and teammate Lewis Hamilton. Rain was present throughout all three qualifying sessions which meant […]

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Formula 1 Mercedes-Benz

2014 Austrian GP: Post-race press conference

We’re sorry to Valtteri Bottas that we can’t get a photo of him on the podium, but he’ll have to have a crack at Williams for being so tight with the images they release to the little people like us. Meanwhile, Daniel Ricciardo explained a mistake at Turn 1 was responsible for a difficult day. […]

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Formula 1 Mercedes-Benz

Nico Rosberg wins 2014 Austrian GP

Nico Rosberg has won his third grand prix of the season after taking out the Austrian Grand Prix overnight. His victory margin of 1.9 seconds over Mercedes AMG teammate Lewis Hamilton sees the German extend his world championship lead to 29 points. Hamilton started from P9 but put in a sterling opening lap to be […]

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Formula 1 Red Bull Racing Video

A lap of the Red Bull Ring

The next race on the 2014 F1 calendar is the Austrian Grand Prix (22 June). It sees a return to the old A1-Ring site, which last hosted an F1 event in 2003. The track has since been bought and redeveloped by Red Bull and now it’s pretty much a giant advertising theme park. Giving us […]

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Formula 1

Sir Jack Brabham trophy for Australian Grand Prix

CAMS has today announced the winning trophy for the Australian Grand Prix will now be called the Sir Jack Brabham trophy. It is a fitting tribute for Sir Jack, who passed away on 19 May. The current trophy design, being shown off by Nico Rosberg above, already references Sir Jack with the design based on […]

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2014 Canadian GP: Post-race press conference

Hey, guess what Australia, Daniel Ricciardo just won the 2014 Canadian Grand Prix! His first ever F1 victory—how cool is that. Here’s what he said after being asked what it was like to join the small but elite club of Australian drivers who have won a grand prix: Yeah, it’s awesome. It’s still sinking in […]

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Formula 1 Mercedes-Benz Red Bull Racing

2014 Canadian GP: Qualifying report

Nico Rosberg’s battle to wrest championship momentum from Lewis Hamilton took another step this morning when he claimed pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix. Rosberg’s time of 1:14.874 was less than a hundreth of a second quicker than Hamilton’ best lap (1:14.953) and the Mercedes pair enjoyed a gap of almost half a second […]

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2014 Monaco GP: Post-race press conference

Here’s the post-race presser from the Monaco Grand Prix. As much as we’d like Lewis and Nico to maintain perspective the media needs to take a chill pill too, with this whole teammate saga they’re trying to manufacture. While you can’t read body language or tone of voice into this transcript, the two Mercedes drivers […]

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Formula 1 Mercedes-Benz Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg wins 2014 Monaco GP

Nico Rosberg won his second Monaco Grand Prix in succession overnight with a pole to flag victory that impressed everyone except his teammate Lewis Hamilton. The Mercedes pair finished one-two yet again and for the most part enjoyed clear air to their inferiors fighting for third place. The form guide remained consistent with Daniel Ricciardo […]