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For all the problems facing Formula One at the moment—and there are, as we’re so often reminded, plenty—there is nothing a drop of rain cannot solve. Despite the introduction of several gimmicks in recent years such as DRS and fast-degrading tyres—introduced to provide close competition and create a worthwhile, satisfying spectacle—wet conditions remain F1’s ultimate...
Published: March 26, 2015
It was what we all had long suspected but never had confirmed until the Australian Grand Prix weekend. When Valtteri Bottas, Williams’ lead driver, was ruled out of the opening race of the 2015 Formula One season with a back injury, the team’s worst-case scenario was exposed. With Bottas’ participation in the Malaysian Grand Prix still unclear as F1 left Albert Park, it was uncertain...
Published: March 25, 2015
Ayrton Senna was the most complex character to ever sit behind the wheel of a Formula One car. Often a sensitive, spiritual man away from the track but always the most ferociously aggressive competitor on the tarmac, the enigmatic Brazilian caught the imagination of millions, including those with even the faintest interest in sport. A three-time world champion, Senna represented the Toleman, Lotus,...
Published: March 24, 2015
The Sepang International Circuit hosts the second round of the 2015 Formula One World Championship, the Malaysian Grand Prix. The Kuala Lumpur venue has been a presence on the calendar since 1999 and is generally regarded as one of the better tracks designed by Hermann Tilke, F1’s resident circuit architect. Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton, who won last year’s Malaysian GP from pole...
Published: March 22, 2015
Little more than 18 months after sealing their fourth consecutive world championship, could Red Bull be ready to walk away from Formula One? That was arguably the biggest talking point at the end of the first race of the year in Australia—where one of the team’s cars failed to even start and the other trundled its way to a distant sixth place—with Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko quoted...
Published: March 20, 2015
Mercedes may look set to run away with both the drivers’ and constructors’ championships, but the battle at the front of the grid in the 2015 Formula One season should be far more compelling than 2014. Last year, Red Bull Racing and Williams only tended to emerge as the best of the rest when a given circuit suited the individual characteristics of their cars. While the Red Bull RB10 was...
Published: March 18, 2015
OK, we’ll admit it: The Australian Grand Prix was a dismal weekend for Formula One. The anticipation surrounding the start of the new season was already dampened a fortnight ahead of the Melbourne race when Fernando Alonso, arguably the finest driver of his generation, was ruled out of the event following a crash in winter testing. And F1 never truly compensated for his absence. The sport’s...
Published: March 17, 2015
There was a certain familiarity about Lewis Hamilton‘s victory in last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix. A reigning world champion, having secured his breakthrough crown at the previous year’s season-ending Abu Dhabi GP, sets a comfortable pole position behind the wheel of the fastest car before winning the first race of his title defence with ease? For Hamilton’s routine victory...
Published: March 16, 2015
Nico Rosberg may have been down and out, but he was by no means disheartened as he conducted his final round of post-race interviews at the end of the 2014 Formula One season. The German had entered the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix just 17 points behind Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton, and with pole position in his pocket, he had a relatively good chance of ending the night with his first world championship...
Published: March 14, 2015
So just how fast are Mercedes this year? That had been the single biggest question mark across the paddock since the 2015 Formula One season sparked into life at the beginning of February, when it became clear the Silver Arrows’ main focus across the winter was to eradicate the reliability problems of their title-winning 2014 campaign. For much of the three pre-season tests in Spain, Lewis Hamilton,...