Fernando Alonso defied all expectations and carried his Ferrari to victory in Malaysia today in a rain interrupted Grand Prix. But driver of the day was Sergio Perez who drove his Sauber to a heroic second place. He should have won but for an error three laps from the close when he was hunting the… [Read more…]
March 24, 2012
Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the second week in a row with a storming lap at the beginning of today’s final qualifying session. The Briton’s rivals had no answer to his time of 1m 32.219s. Jenson Button came close right at the end and will start second again, just as in Australia. Hamilton will… [Read more…]
March 19, 2012
Sky’s brand new Formula One channel went head to head with the pared back, but award winning, BBC F1 coverage this weekend. Which was best? I made great strides to watch the qualifying and race sessions live: this is and will continue to be the greatest boost Sky has. Where possible – and I’ll be… [Read more…]
March 18, 2012
Jenson Button cruised to a dominant season opening victory in Australia today, calmly underlining his title credentials at the earliest opportunity. The 2009 world champion snatched the lead off the line from team mate Lewis Hamilton and never looked threatened, at one stage building a 10 second lead. After a safety car period, Button was… [Read more…]
March 17, 2012
McLaren today turned out to be the form team in Australia, locking out the front row of the Melbourne grid with a fast, efficient performance at 2012′s first qualifying session. Lewis Hamilton will lead the pack early tomorrow morning after a sensational lap gave him the perfect start to the new season. Team mate Jenson… [Read more…]
March 1, 2012
Australia should stay on the Formula One calendar, despite what Bernie Ecclestone is quoted as saying tonight. Reportedly, the F1 supremo is saying the organisers need to install floodlights to push the race into European prime time. He’s wrong. As entertaining and spectacular as Singapore and particularly Abu Dhabi are, the race in Melbourne Park… [Read more…]
February 26, 2012
Eleven of the 12 cars have been unveiled and testing is well underway – and yet Coffee Powered Racing has been more HRT than Red Bull Racing in getting out of the garage. But the blog is back for a third season. There’s a fresh lick of paint going on the walls and the Sky… [Read more…]
November 28, 2011
And so the 2011 season ended with another dominant performance from the team at Milton Keynes, albeit with a gearbox problem relegating champion Sebastian Vettel to second place. It was a typically controlled victory for Red Bull and sends them into the winter rightly underlined as the fastest, most effective outfit on the grid. Vettel… [Read more…]
November 13, 2011
Lewis Hamilton today seized on a rare failure for Sebastian Vettel’s Red Bull to claim victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The McLaren driver was gifted the lead on the second corner of the first lap after Vettel’s Red Bull appeared to suffer a rear wheel puncture with no warning, throwing the previously invincible… [Read more…]
November 13, 2011
Well. It’s been a pretty long couple of months. Since the Italian Grand Prix in September, I’ve changed jobs, moved from Aberdeen to London and sadly seen Formula One pass me by in a blur. I never did see every lap of either Japan or India. It’s meant no blogging for me! But no more.… [Read more…]
September 11, 2011
Sebastian Vettel claimed one of the most straightforward victories of his career in Monza cantering home more than 10 seconds ahead of Jenson Button. The champion elect is 112 points clear at the top of the table and looked every inch the champion today. After losing the lead off the line, he pulled a magnificent… [Read more…]
September 10, 2011
Sebastian Vettel claimed yet another pole position in Monza with an electrifying performance leaving the rest in the shade. Red Bull had never qualified on the front row in Italy but the world champion elect put paid to that record. The German’s 1m 22.275s was a full half second quicker than the rest of the… [Read more…]
August 29, 2011
Sebastian Vettel claimed victory in the Belgian Grand Prix, leading home Red Bull team mate Mark Webber and McLaren’s Jenson Button.
March 25, 2012
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