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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: April 10, 2014
What a difference a year makes. The beginning of a Formula One season always represents a fresh start, but following the significant regulation changes over the winter, that effect has been heightened in 2014. Teams such as Mercedes have used that to good effect, with Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton winning every race so far between them. Others, though, have it plain wrong, with the hopes and dreams...
Published: April 9, 2014
After two disappointing weekends in Malaysia and Bahrain, Kevin Magnussen’s podium finish in the Australian Grand Prix suddenly seems like a long time ago. The excitement that followed the Dane’s stunning third place in Melbourne (which was converted to second after the disqualification of Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo) has been dampened after he upset a world champion, Kimi Raikkonen,...
Published: April 8, 2014
With Formula One still on a high following that stunning Bahrain Grand Prix, race winners Mercedes have given themselves a well-earned pat on the back for allowing Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg to race for the win in Sakhir. Away from the track, however, things are a little more serious. The news that Jean-Eric Vergne recently had a trip to hospital due to extreme dieting has reopened concerns about...
Published: April 7, 2014
Time is running out for Fernando Alonso. The dream partnership he embarked upon when he joined Ferrari in 2010 has, after a period of gradual decline, gone stale. Following the Bahrain Grand Prix, we’re now three races into the 2014 Formula One season and Alonso is rather uncharacteristically yet to register on anyone’s consciousness. He is still waiting for his first podium of the year...
Published: April 6, 2014
The Bahrain Grand Prix witnessed Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, the Mercedes teammates and overwhelming world title favourites, go head-to-head for the first time in the 2014 Formula One season. We were robbed of a close battle at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, when an engine failure ended Hamilton’s race after two troublesome laps, leaving Rosberg to claim a straightforward, dominant...
Published: April 4, 2014
When Felipe Massa was at the peak of his powers between late 2006 and 2008, when he was a frequent race winner and title contender, there were three circuits where he was considered untouchable. Like during Sebastian Vettel’s nine-race winning streak in the second half of the 2013 season, the Formula One community arrived in these paddocks already knowing which driver would be standing on the...
Published: April 3, 2014
When it was announced in January that Ron Dennis had returned to a position of power at McLaren, it was thought that the team’s return to glory would be imminent. It was difficult to resist being sucked in by that notion. After all, Dennis is the face of McLaren’s glorious past. He has seen it all, managed the biggest of names and most inflated of egos to lead and establish his team as...
Published: April 2, 2014
If you were to ask anyone in the Formula One paddock about what they’ve found to be different in 2014, they are likely to comment on how great it is that they can finally hear what their associates are saying. Of all the reasons for introducing 1.6 litre turbocharged V6 engines to F1 this season, “making Kimi Raikkonen audible” probably ranked low on the list. The sport being quieter...
Published: April 1, 2014
After Lewis Hamilton‘s convincing win in a head-to-head battle with Nico Rosberg in the Malaysian Grand Prix, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has swam against the tide by claiming that it is inevitable that his drivers, friends since childhood, will become enemies as the 2014 Formula One season progresses. Wolff was speaking after a race which saw Mercedes maintain their performance advantage from Australia...
Published: March 30, 2014
For someone supposedly too daft to succeed in Formula One in 2014, Lewis Hamilton didn’t do too badly in winning the Malaysian Grand Prix. Ahead of the season, it was thought that the only thing that could deny Hamilton a second world championship title was himself. He had the car. He had the team. He had the structure. But did he have the discipline, the composure, the sense and even the willingness...