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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: December 14, 2015
Mercedes dominated Formula One for a second successive season in 2015, winning all but three races, but the Silver Arrows appeared to be a team of two halves as the campaign drew to a close. While Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg had little to play for in the closing weeks of the season, due to the former securing his third world title with three races to spare, the relationship between the pair seemed...
Published: December 12, 2015
The 2015 Formula One season marked the second year of the highly controversial V6 turbo regulations. Since their introduction at the beginning of 2014, the hybrid engines have been the subject of much debate, with some claiming they serve no purpose in the so-called pinnacle of motorsport and others welcoming F1’s arrival in the real world. Over the last two years, 38 grands prix have been completed...
Published: December 10, 2015
Did Nico Rosberg experience a new lease of life in the closing stages of the 2015 Formula One season? Or did Lewis Hamilton, having secured his third world championship, just take it easy? The sudden shift in momentum between the Mercedes drivers following the United States Grand Prix will be mulled over for much of the winter break as we try to predict who will enter 2016 as the title favourite. Despite...
Published: December 8, 2015
Formula One is arguably the most technologically advanced, sophisticated sport on the planet. The paddock is awash with some of the most creative, astute minds in any profession and the grands prix we sit down to watch on Sunday afternoons are the result of days and weeks of meticulous planning as the competitors seek to control the seemingly uncontrollable. No stone, it appears, is left unturned and...
Published: December 7, 2015
As McLaren-Honda went from bad to worse during the 2015 Formula One season, Fernando Alonso knew he had to be cruel to be kind. The two-time world champion does not suffer fools gladly and made sure his team knew it at various points of the year, making a number of outbursts over team radio. And the Spaniard has revealed the motive behind his scathing comments, suggesting he has succeeded in extracting...
Published: December 5, 2015
It has come to something when merely remaining on the same lap as the race winners is the sure sign of a team on course for great things. Having recovered from their first winless season in 21 years in 2014 to claim three grand prix victories, 13 further podium finishes and even a pole position—arguably the greatest achievement of all—in 2015, Ferrari have plenty of reasons to celebrate...
Published: December 3, 2015
In the eyes of many, the rivalry between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg has single-handedly kept Formula One alive over the last two seasons. At a time when one team has a clear advantage over the chasing pack, the knowledge that two drivers will be allowed to fight head-to-head for pole positions, grand prix victories and world championships has retained interest in a sport losing its popularity. But...
Published: December 1, 2015
Lewis Hamilton may have enjoyed the most successful season of his Formula One career in 2015, but the three-time world champion’s year failed to end on a happy note in Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. For the third race in succession, Hamilton was beaten by Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, and for the third race in succession he found himself arguing with his own team over his tyre strategy,...
Published: November 30, 2015
Can Fernando Alonso take any more pain? That, essentially, was the question facing the two-time world champion at the final round of the 2015 Formula One season, where it emerged that Alonso may decide to take a sabbatical in the 2016 campaign. At the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, McLaren-Honda chairman Ron Dennis suggested Alonso, who finished a lowly 17th in the drivers’ standings, would seriously...
Published: November 29, 2015
Nico Rosberg claimed his third consecutive Formula One victory in Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the final round of the 2015 season. After winning from pole position in Mexico and Brazil, the German once again controlled the race from start to finish at the Yas Marina circuit, with his sixth victory ensuring this year has been his most statistically successful in F1 to date. Rosberg‘s best,...