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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: August 24, 2014
This had been coming. Since the third race of the 2014 Formula One season, the Bahrain Grand Prix, it has been a question of when, not if, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg would come to blows. Only millimetres separated the two Mercedes cars in the Sakhir desert, with Rosberg and Hamilton racing in close proximity in Spain, Monaco, Austria and Hungary. It was clear that, one day, their Silver Arrows...
Published: August 23, 2014
With just 11 points separating Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton at the top of the drivers’ standings going into the Belgian Grand Prix, this weekend was about more than the resumption of the Formula One season. Eleven points, after all—in an era when 25 are handed out for a race victory—counts for nothing when there are eight grands prix remaining and 200 more points to play for. The...
Published: August 21, 2014
If you were Nico Rosberg or Lewis Hamilton at this moment in time, with the title on the line, how would you approach the final eight grands prix of the 2014 Formula One season? Would you take each race as it comes, focusing on extracting the utmost from every individual weekend? Or would you drive against the backdrop of the world championship standings, calculating from the cockpit of your car? Would...
Published: August 19, 2014
In the excitement of the unfolding title battle between Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton—not to mention the action behind the championship-leading pair—it is all too easy to innocently disregard just how relentless the first half of the 2014 Formula One season has been. Members of the paddock—ranging from the stars of the show, to team officials, to mechanics, to truckies—will...
Published: August 18, 2014
Susie Wolff has led the way in terms of increasing the participation of women in Formula One. The Scot became the first female driver in over two decades to take to the track on a race weekend last month and believes more will arrive on the scene in the near future, with women currently holding senior positions at Williams and Sauber. While Wolff is leading the way, her compatriot, Paul Di Resta, has...
Published: August 17, 2014
For those who vividly remember watching the McLarens of Niki Lauda, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna scooping seven world titles in eight years in the 1980s and ’90s, the events of the last two years must have come as quite the culture shock. The Woking-based team have, of course, endured lulls of success in the past. Seven years, for example, passed between Senna’s final championship in 1991...
Published: August 14, 2014
Formula One’s annual summer break has traditionally had an energising effect on Sebastian Vettel. Perhaps a four-week rest from the heat of battle benefits the German more than any other driver. Or maybe he never fully switches off during the summer, using it to further develop his fitness and his skills. Whatever the reason, Vettel has developed a knack for operating at a higher level of performance...
Published: August 12, 2014
In the modern era of Formula One, and sport in general, it is the winning—not the taking part—that counts. And it is not just winning alone that matters for teams, individuals, manufacturers and constructors—they have to win well, win often and win in the “proper way.” The fashionable way, the groovy way, the right way. This ever-growing strive for complete, unblemished...
Published: August 11, 2014
Having won two races in his very first campaign in a leading team, Daniel Ricciardo is arguably the star of the 2014 season. Being partnered with a world champion as formidable as Sebastian Vettel would break lesser drivers—but Ricciardo has thrived under the spotlight. And the 25-year-old has explained how his career path played a large role in his development from hot prospect to grand prix...
Published: August 10, 2014
Remember when Romain Grosjean was the happiest driver in Formula One? Less than a year ago, the Lotus driver was a case study of resurrection, having recovered from the crash compilation that was his 2012 campaign to establish himself as one of the most exciting talents on the grid. Even in the midst of that spell of lost front wings and clumsy spins, as well as a one-race ban, Grosjean kept...