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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: October 23, 2016
Lewis Hamilton led from start to finish to win the 2016 Formula One United States Grand Prix ahead of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg and Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo on Sunday. Hamilton had a great start and was never threatened, while Rosberg drove conservatively after passing Ricciardo, knowing he could afford a few second-place finishes on his way to the world title. As F1’s official Twitter account shared, the win was a special one for Hamilton: Here’s a look at the race results: The drivers’ championship standings: Poor starts have been a recurring theme for Hamilton...
Published: October 22, 2016
Lewis Hamilton set a new track record Saturday at the Circuit of the Americas in Elroy, Texas, to earn the pole position for Sunday’s Formula One United States Grand Prix. Hamilton’s time of one minute and 34.999 seconds was the fastest lap ever recorded at the track and good enough to beat out Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg by more than two-tenths of a second. Here is a full rundown of how all 22 drivers fared in qualifying: Saturday marked Hamilton’s first pole at Austin, although he is a four-time winner, including each of the past two years. According to F1’s...
Published: October 22, 2016
In 2015, Lewis Hamilton secured his third Formula One world championship after a thrilling win in the United States Grand Prix. A year on, the Mercedes driver will be out to keep his dwindling hopes of a fourth alive. Hamilton heads to Texas with a 33-point deficit to make up on team-mate Nico Rosberg, who has won four of the last five races to pull clear. With just 100 points still to play for, the title-holder needs to produce something special at a race he’s enjoyed great success at in recent years. The odds are against the Englishman, although the 2016 season has taken so many different...
Published: October 21, 2016
After managing to live from race weekend to race weekend in the first half of 2016, Sauber’s Formula One future has looked much brighter in recent months. Longbow Finance’s rescue act ahead of July’s Hungarian Grand Prix, which supposedly secured Sauber’s place on the grid for the long term, provided a cushion for a team who had been stuck in survival mode for several years. Simply without the funds to improve the underperforming C35 chassis in the opening phase of the year, a range of aerodynamic updates—from new front and rear wings to a revised floor—finally...
Published: October 21, 2016
Nico Rosberg had the edge on Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in second practice at the Formula One United States grand prix on Friday. As the teams underwent their qualifying simulation runs, Rosberg’s mark of one minute, 37.358 seconds proved too fast for the rest of the field; his title rival was eventually third quickest, with Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo splitting the Mercedes men. In FP1, Hamilton posted the fastest time by three tenths of a second ahead of Rosberg, with Max Verstappen of Red Bull almost two seconds back. Rosberg leads his team-mate by 33 points in the world...
Published: October 21, 2016
Lewis Hamilton will be hoping for a big slice of luck at the United States Grand Prix this weekend as he looks to close the 33-point gap between himself and team-mate Nico Rosberg in the Formula One drivers’ championship. The British driver sealed his fourth U.S. Grand Prix win at this venue last year, overtaking Rosberg with just eight laps remaining. However, his fortunes have changed markedly since then, with no fewer than four separate engine problems holding Hamilton back this year. Following a dramatic finale in last year’s race, the German appeared furious with Hamilton...
Published: October 20, 2016
“We will win again,” Ron Dennis promised upon his return to power at McLaren almost three years ago, per the Guardian‘s Paul Weaver. After a dreadful 2013 season, when the team created in his image paid the price for being too clever for their own good, Dennis’ comeback seemed to be exactly what McLaren needed to finally climb back up to the summit of Formula One. But since the Second Coming of Ron in January 2014, McLaren have felt further away than ever from recapturing their former glories. And Dennis, the power-hungry control freak synonymous with the greatest...
Published: October 19, 2016
Sandwiched around a Taylor Swift concert this weekend is the fifth running of the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas. Lewis Hamilton, a three-time winner in the Lone Star state, arrives in desperate need of his first victory since the German Grand Prix at the end of July. The world champion sits 33 points behind his Mercedes team-mate, Nico Rosberg, with four races remaining this season. Of course, the big question on everyone’s mind is not whether Hamilton will win the race, but whether he will speak to the press after a frosty weekend at Suzuka....
Published: October 18, 2016
The 18th round of the 2016 Formula One season will take place at this weekend’s United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas, where Lewis Hamilton needs to get back to basics. The three-time world champion embarrassed himself at the recent Japanese GP, behaving like a naughty boy at the back of a classroom in a pre-race press conference and then refusing to speak to the media before his title hopes suffered another serious blow. But having had a week to reflect on his behaviour at Suzuka—and, perhaps more importantly, to fully digest the disappointment of his engine failure...
Published: October 17, 2016
McLaren-Honda may be the most improved team of the 2016 Formula One season, but you won’t find Ron Dennis celebrating that achievement. As far as the chairman—synonymous with the team’s dominance with Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost in the late 1980s and early ’90s—is concerned, McLaren are still nowhere near good enough and have nothing to shout about just yet. But Dennis is convinced his team are on the right track, offering an update on their preparations for 2017, when they aim to win a grand prix for the first time since 2012 and even end their long wait for a world...