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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: April 29, 2015
With four races down and 15 to go, Formula One begins its annual European season at the Spanish Grand Prix on 10 May. Big upgrades are always sighted at the Circuit de Catalunya, and we could see a few changes to the running order. For teams like Red Bull, McLaren and Lotus, such a shift would be most welcome. The trio haven’t made the start to 2015 they might have liked and, though each will...
Published: April 27, 2015
A power shift at the very top of the Volkswagen group has sparked fresh speculation the famous German car maker could be close to entering Formula One. Chairman Ferdinand Piech, no great fan of F1 commercial rights chief Bernie Ecclestone, stepped down from his role following a clash with his chief executive. Under Piech, an entry was highly unlikely—now, it could be back on the agenda. Also...
Published: April 24, 2015
The Formula One teams had little opportunity to make changes to their cars for the 2015 Bahrain Grand Prix. Held just a week after the Chinese round, the first Middle Eastern race of the year was also the first night race. Ferrari again proved Mercedes’ closest competitors, with Kimi Raikkonen passing Nico Rosberg just two laps from the end to finish second. The brake problems suffered by both...
Published: April 23, 2015
Mercedes will take a relaxed approach to their power unit development programme despite the looming spectre of an increasingly competitive Ferrari team. Though it’s unlikely the Scuderia will be able to match Mercedes at every circuit, Kimi Raikkonen came close to snatching victory from Lewis Hamilton at the Bahrain Grand Prix. However, this didn’t spark panic in Brackley, and Mercedes...
Published: April 22, 2015
Nico Rosberg is facing a crossroads in his Formula One career. One path leads to race wins, title challenges and champagne; the other to the end of his days as an equal No. 1 at Mercedes. Team-mate Lewis Hamilton‘s flying start to the 2015 season has seen him win three of the first four races and finish second in the other. On each occasion, he has qualified ahead of Rosberg and comfortably beaten...
Published: April 22, 2015
Formula One’s 2015 Bahrain Grand Prix marked the end of the first “Asian season”—the sport now embarks on a tour of Europe, stopping off in Canada, before returning to Asia in mid-September. The race didn’t quite match 2014’s edition, but it was nonetheless an exciting and tense affair. Pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton took his third victory in four races with a composed...
Published: April 20, 2015
The 2015 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix provided suspense and intrigue all the way to the final lap of the race. Though the predicted Ferrari long-run pace advantage failed to materialise, Kimi Raikkonen still came within a whisker of stealing victory from Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes suffered their most serious in-race reliability problems of the year so far. Raikkonen‘s challenge came after Sebastian...
Published: April 16, 2015
Mercedes brushed aside Ferrari’s challenge at the 2015 Formula One Chinese Grand Prix without even breaking a sweat. Following Sebastian Vettel’s shock victory in Malaysia, the German team looked vulnerable heading into the race. But though the red cars followed the the silver ones closely throughout the opening two-thirds of the grand prix, the result was never really in doubt. Victory...
Published: April 15, 2015
Formula One leaves China and heads straight to the Middle East this weekend for the 2015 Bahrain Grand Prix, part two of the first back-to-back race pairing of the season. The venue will be the Bahrain International Circuit. In 2014, the track hosted its first day-night race, and this year’s grand prix will be the same—it starts at sunset and finishes under floodlights. The two Mercedes...
Published: April 14, 2015
Though Formula One’s 2015 Chinese Grand Prix failed to match the drama and excitement of the previous round in Malaysia, fans were at least treated to a handful of top-class drives. Lewis Hamilton‘s near-perfect weekend saw him move 13 points clear of Sebastian Vettel at the head of the drivers’ standings. The reigning champion was quickest in every practice session, qualified on...