F1
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Hamilton hopes for podium finish
Lewis Hamilton has revealed he would happily accept third place if it were offered to him for this Sunday’s season-opening grand prix in Australia. The doom, gloom and negativity that surrounded Mercedes earlier this year has been replaced by a more...
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Testing problems no worry for Raikkonen
Kimi Raikkonen shrugged off Lotus’s pre-season testing problems yesterday and said his new car felt better than last year’s going into Formula One’s Australian season-opener. The Finn, the 2007 world champion with Ferrari and third overall last year...
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Vettel has fab four in sight
No driver in the history of Formula One has won four championships before the age of 30 but being first has become something of a habit for Sebastian Vettel. The 25-year-old Red Bull driver became the youngest triple champion last year and the...
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‘Uncompromising’ design contains risk for McLaren
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh is hoping the “uncompromising design” of this year’s car will not produce more headaches following a tough pre-season. Jenson Button and new team-mate Sergio Perez both endured up-and-down days during testing...
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Domenicali upbeat ahead of new season
Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali is already convinced the Prancing Horse will remain alive and kicking to the end of the new Formula One campaign even before a wheel has turned in anger. A year ago Ferrari headed to Melbourne for the...
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McLaren team committed to Mercedes engine – Whitmarsh
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has confirmed his marque’s commitment to being powered by Mercedes engines for at least the next three years. Over the past few months, McLaren have been linked to a return to Honda, who supplied the...
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Ferrari’s Alonso says the best is yet to come
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso warned his Formula One rivals this week that he was in better shape than ever. The Spaniard, a double world champion with Renault, told reporters at a media event for sponsors Santander at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya...
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Williams have high hopes for Finnish rookie Bottas
Finnish rookie Valtteri Bottas could be one of Formula One’s special talents who Williams hope will help lift them back into the top five overall, team founder Frank Williams said. “Valtteri could be super... brilliant car control, quite a small...
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Webber rejects idea of Red Bull rampage
Mark Webber has dismissed suggestions Red Bull will romp to victory come the opening race of the season in Australia in just over a fortnight’s time. For the first time this week, in pre-season testing, a Red Bull car topped the timesheet as the...
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McLaren play down Lowe exit
McLaren have dismissed suggestions they could have done more to prevent the departure of technical director Paddy Lowe. For the second time in five months McLaren have fallen prey to the might of Mercedes’ ambition with Lowe set to follow Lewis...
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Lotus assure Grosjean he has a long-term future
Lotus are expecting a new-look Romain Grosjean this season after assuring the crash-prone French Formula One driver that he has a long-term future with them. Grosjean earned a one-race ban last season after a Belgian Grand Prix collision that put...
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Ferrari doubt fast start
Ferrari are unlikely to have the fastest car when the Formula One season starts in Australia next month but they hope to be close enough for Spaniard Fernando Alonso to make the difference, according to team principal Stefano Domenicali. “The...
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Lauda says Brawn is staying at Mercedes
Ross Brawn’s position as Mercedes team principal is not in discussion despite Paddy Lowe’s departure from McLaren at the end of the year, Mercedes GP non-executive chairman Niki Lauda said last night. McLaren announced earlier that Tim Goss had...
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Hamilton plays down team’s F1 title chances
Lewis Hamilton has played down his Mercedes team’s chances of challenging for the Formula One title after rivals Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso talked them up. Speaking to reporters after a wet and cold final day of the second pre-season test...
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Alonso expects strong start to new F1 season
Fernando Alonso is convinced he will be able to fight for this year’s F1 world title from day one. After opting to skip the first test in Jerez a fortnight ago to focus on his fitness, Alonso returned to the cockpit of his Ferrari for the first time...
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UK top of the charts for F1 TV coverage
The United Kingdom can proudly boast it is now the most prolific territory when it comes to television coverage of Formula One. Figures released in F1’s annual broadcast report for 2012 show a total of 2,500 hours were aired accumulatively via...
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Williams drives straight into dispute
Williams rolled their new F1 car out of the garage and straight into a dispute over the design of its exhausts yesterday. The last of the 11 teams to show off their 2013 car, the former champions had barely started testing the FW35 before it emerged...
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Alonso returns as F1 testing moves up a gear
Fernando Alonso will test his new Ferrari for the first time in Spain today while former champions Williams bring Formula One’s ‘launch season’ to a close as the last team to unveil their 2013 car. There will not be much fanfare, if any, at either...
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Force India on stable footing says team chief
Force India deputy team principal Bob Fernley has reiterated the Silverstone-based marque is ring-fenced from co-owner Vijay Mallya’s personal financial problems. Mallya’s Kingfisher Airlines is understood to be close to collapse, with reports in...
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Pirelli unveils tyre choices for 2013
Pirelli has opted for bold tyre choices for the opening four grands prix of the new Formula One season. Last month Pirelli unveiled its range of revolutionary rubber for the coming campaign, designed to produce at least two pit stops per race. As...
