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The inaugural Russian Grand Prix had plenty of drama and excitement on the first lap but then not much else—at least until Russian president Vladimir Putin’s mid-race arrival. On the first lap of the 2014 race, Nico Rosberg tried to pass his Mercedes team-mate, Lewis Hamilton, into Turn 2, but he locked his brakes and missed the corner, ruining his tyres in the process. From that point,...
Published: October 4, 2015
At last year’s Russian Grand Prix in Sochi, Russian president Vladimir Putin made a fashionably late entrance, with the television broadcast devoting an unusual amount of time to his arrival and subsequent conference in the grandstand with Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone and the king of Bahrain. After the race, Putin greeted the top three drivers in the green room and then handed out the winning...
Published: September 29, 2015
After more than a year of speculation, the new Haas F1 Team announced their first driver on Tuesday during a press conference at the team’s new facility in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Owner Gene Haas and team principal Guenther Steiner introduced current Lotus driver Romain Grosjean with approximately six months to go until the American team’s debut at the 2016 Australian Grand Prix. The...
Published: September 27, 2015
Everything seemed to be falling into place for Nico Rosberg at Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix. He started on pole after Daniil Kvyat crashed with less than one minute remaining in qualifying on Saturday, wiping out Lewis Hamilton‘s final flying lap. Last year, Rosberg’s inability to convert his poles into victories cost him the world championship. This year, he has a different problem:...
Published: September 22, 2015
It has been nearly a year since Typhoon Phanfone enveloped the Suzuka Circuit during the Japanese Grand Prix, contributing to Jules Bianchi’s fatal accident. This week, Formula One returns to the scene of that tragedy and Bianchi will be at the forefront of everyone’s mind. With just six races remaining in the season, Lewis Hamilton leads the championship by 41 points over his Mercedes...
Published: September 20, 2015
Sebastian Vettel‘s blood-red Ferrari shone brightly in the Singapore night on Sunday, en route to his third victory of the 2015 Formula One season. Vettel appeared to toy with his nearest pursuer—former team-mate Daniel Ricciardo—as he bolted to an early lead in the Singapore Grand Prix and then held it through two safety car periods, including one when a fan darted across the track...
Published: September 15, 2015
Red Bull and Toro Rosso have not had many opportunities to shine this season, but this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix will be one of them. So far in 2015, Red Bull’s best races by far have been the Monaco and Hungarian Grands Prix—at the two tracks most similar to Singapore’s Marina Bay street circuit. Likewise, Toro Rosso’s Max Verstappen scored the team’s best...
Published: September 13, 2015
At next weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, it is all supposed to come good for McLaren-Honda. For months, the team has been targeting the street race on a small island at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula as their coming out party—or at least as the race where their cars look like they are in the same formula as everyone else’s. And there is good reason for optimism at the...
Published: September 8, 2015
Part of the fun of following Formula One is the parlour game of trying to guess which drivers are heading where for the following season. For 2016, it is shaping up to be an easy game to win. Most teams have already confirmed (or at least hinted) they are staying with the same driver lineup they have this season. That means talented young drivers like Stoffel Vandoorne and Jolyon Palmer are likely...
Published: September 6, 2015
On a sunny afternoon at Formula One’s “Temple of Speed,” the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Lewis Hamilton staked a strong claim to his second-straight Formula One drivers’ championship. Even before his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg’s engine blew with two laps remaining in Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix, Hamilton was set to extend his championship lead to 38 points with...