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Grid penalty for Hamilton
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton will suffer a five-place grid penalty at this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix after he was forced to change his gearbox prior to the race. Hamilton said: “It doesn’t alter my approach. I still have to qualify as high as possible.” The 2008 World Champion has started from …
Lotus protest DRS-duct
The Lotus F1 Team has lodged a formal protest with the Chinese Grand Prix stewards against the DRS-activated f-duct run by Mercedes so far this year. The device, which reduces front wing drag when the DRS is deployed, results in higher straight-line speeds, but other teams have questioned it’s legality. …
Williams sign Susie Wolff
Williams have today announced the signing of Susie Wolff (née Stoddart) as the team’s development driver. She will be concentrating on simulator work, with occasional track testing when restrictions permit. Wolff raced in Formula Renault in 2001, and was shortlisted for the BRDC McLaren Autosport Young Driver of the Year …
Bahrain boycott unlikely
Recently there has been a lot of posturing in the media about a possible boycott of the Bahrain Grand Prix, due to take place in less than two weeks, as a result of the violent protests that continue to take place in the Gulf state. Last year’s Grand Prix was …
Trouble for Lotus (and Lotus)
The Lotus F1 team has revealed that it has terminated it’s title sponsorship with Group Lotus, makers of the Lotus cars, due to financial uncertainty. The team, formerly known as Renault, has had an agreement with the Malaysian company since 2010. It would have allowed them to buy a fifty …
MAL: Race
With rain spitting down as before the start the grid opted to start on the intermediate tyre, with the exception of the HRT pair who chose the full wets, meaning that the drivers do not need to use both the medium and hard tyre during the race. This was bad …
MAL: Qualifying
Pos Driver Nat Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 1. Lewis Hamilton GBR McLaren-Mercedes 1:37.813 1:37.106 1:36.219 2. Jenson Button GBR McLaren-Mercedes 1:37.575 1:36.928 1:36.368 3. Michael Schumacher GER Mercedes AMG 1:37.517 1:37.017 1:36.391 4. Mark Webber AUS Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:37.172 1:37.375 1:36.461 5. Kimi Raikkonen FIN Lotus-Renault 1:37.961 1:36.715 1:36.461 …
MAL: Free Practice 3
Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time 1. Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes AMG 1:36.877 2. Sebastian Vettel GER Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:37.320 3. Mark Webber AUS Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:37.338 4. Kimi Raikkonen FIN Lotus-Renault 1:37.356 5. Romain Grosjean FRA Lotus-Renault 1:37.382 6. Jenson Button GBR McLaren-Mercedes 1:37.404 7. Pastor Maldonado VEN …
MAL: Free Practice 2
Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time 1. Lewis Hamilton GBR McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.172 2. Michael Schumacher GER Mercedes AMG 1:38.533 3. Jenson Button GBR McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.535 4. Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes AMG 1:38.696 5. Daniel Ricciardo AUS Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:38.853 6. Fernando Alonso ESP Ferrari 1:38.891 7. Mark Webber AUS Red …
MAL: Free Practice 1
Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time 1. Lewis Hamilton GBR McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.021 2. Sebastian Vettel GER Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:38.535 3. Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes AMG 1:38.813 4. Michael Schumacher GER Mercedes AMG 1:38.826 5. Romain Grosjean FRA Lotus-Renault 1:38.919 6. Mark Webber AUS Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:39.092 7. Kimi Raikkonen …