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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: November 22, 2014
It was shortly after his victory in September’s Singapore Grand Prix that Lewis Hamilton announced his game plan for the remainder of the 2014 Formula One season. The Briton’s pole-to-flag win at the Marina Bay street circuit, coupled with the retirement of Nico Rosberg, his Mercedes team-mate and title rival, had allowed Hamilton to transform a 22-point deficit into a three-point advantage...
Published: November 19, 2014
Jenson Button has retained his dignity throughout Formula One’s biggest transfer saga, but the true extent of his hurt and anger became clear over the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend. After five seasons of service to McLaren, the British driver looked set to be dropped like a stone as the team turned to Fernando Alonso—who replaced Button at Renault 11 years ago—to partner Kevin Magnussen...
Published: November 18, 2014
For much of this year, the double-points rule has cast a shadow over Formula One. The punch-and-counter-punch title fight between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, the dominant Mercedes drivers, has—like several battles throughout the field—been fun while it has lasted. But those wheel-to-wheel battles, those 15 wins between them and indeed those retirements have always taken...
Published: November 17, 2014
So whose side are you on? The 2014 Formula One World Championship will be decided at this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, the Mercedes drivers, in contention for the title. Hamilton, leading his teammate by 17 points in the drivers’ standings, can afford to finish on the podium to clinch his second world crown, but the question mark that is double points...
Published: November 15, 2014
Formula One’s awkward attitude toward social media has been one of the main talking points of the 2014 season, with the sport showing few signs of embracing new media despite its declining popularity. Bernie Ecclestone, F1’s ringmaster, recently admitted that he saw little value in social networking websites such as Twitter, telling Atifa Silk of CampaignAsia.com that he is “not a...
Published: November 12, 2014
Felipe Massa‘s third-place finish in last weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix was one of those results which leave you scratching your head in bewilderment. The 33-year-old’s Williams FW36 was a shoo-in for the final podium spot behind dominant Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton from the very start of the weekend, with Massa excelling in front of his home crowd. His...
Published: November 11, 2014
For a team with 114 grand prix victories, nine constructors’ championships and seven drivers’ titles to their name, Williams have been spooked by success for much of this season. Their car has more often than not sat second behind the Mercedes W05 as the fastest on the Formula One grid throughout the year but has never quite realised its true potential. While the Red Bull RB10—a car...
Published: November 10, 2014
Even before the start of the 2014 Formula One season, it was widely thought that the only man who could beat Lewis Hamilton to this year’s world championship would be himself. His Mercedes team-mate, Nico Rosberg, was considered a highly competent racing driver, a worthy grand prix winner and more than capable of stringing together a stern title challenge—but someone who Hamilton should...
Published: November 9, 2014
Where did that come from? Just seven days ago, Nico Rosberg looked for all the world like a beaten man standing on the second step of the United States Grand Prix beneath Lewis Hamilton, his Mercedes team-mate and 2014 championship rival, who in stark contrast looked to have the world at his feet. Hamilton, in winning at the Circuit of the Americas, had just established a personal-best record of five...
Published: November 8, 2014
It took 24 laps for Lewis Hamilton to find his way past Nico Rosberg in last weekend’s United States Grand Prix, but the move was, psychologically, completed much earlier than that. As the world focused on the crash between Sergio Perez, the Force India driver, and Adrian Sutil, his Sauber counterpart, at Turn 15 on the opening lap at the Circuit of the Americas last Sunday, the FOM television...