Reporting from the Ragged Edge
Red Bull surprised everyone by setting the fastest and second fastest times in the second Free Practice session for this weekend's Italian Grand Prix. If Red Bull's cars have a weakness, it's normally straight-line speed. At Monza, straight-line speed is normally everything. But somehow, Red Bull have managed to be quickest without featuring in the... Continue Reading →
Lewis Hamilton picked up at Monza where he left off after last year's Italian Grand Prix: right at the front. He's driving for a different team - Mercedes instead of McLaren - but it's clear that he has as much sped as ever. Not that he has it all his own way, of course. Fernando... Continue Reading →
Kimi Raikkonen will not be moving to Red Bull at the end of this season, Turun Sanomat reported today. For some months, Raikkonen has been mentioned as a possible replacement for Mark Webber, after the Australian announced he will be leaving Formula One at the end of the 2013 season. But this report confirms that Raikkonen... Continue Reading →
2013 is Fernando Alonso's fourth season with Ferrari. He joined the famous Italian team for the 2010 season, replacing 2007 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen, and it looked like titles would inevitably follow without too much delay. But that has not happened. Alonso has now finished second twice (2010 ad 2012) and fourth once in the... Continue Reading →
Romain Grosjean's Hungarian Grand Prix was effectively ruined by a drive-through penalty for "exceeding track limits" when he passed Felipe Massa around the outside of turn 4. It was a superb move, displaying the level of skill worthy of a top F1 driver. But the stewards deemed it illegal and Grosjean had to drive through... Continue Reading →
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