Reporting from the Ragged Edge
Pastor Maldonado has been handed a ten-place grid penalty for today's Brazilian Grand Prix after receiving his third reprimand of the season from the stewards. The reprimand was issued after Maldonado missed a call to the weigh bridge as he entered the pits during yesterday's qualifying session. The weigh bridge is there to ensure legality... Continue Reading →
Red Bull may have dominated the last four races, but in qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, they had no answer to the raw pace of Lewis Hamilton, as he took pole position by a third of a second from Mark Webber. Sebastian Vettel was third, but that was all about to change as... Continue Reading →
The current Formula One season has seen grid penalties handed out for all sorts of reasons, from gearbox changes to causing collisions to impeding drivers during qualifying. At this weekend's Korean Grand Prix, Marussia's Charles Pic becomes the first driver to receive a grid penalty for an engine change. Each driver is permitted to use... Continue Reading →
After Sunday's German Grand Prix, in which he crossed the line second, Sebastian Vettel had 20 seconds added to his race time for an illegal pass on Jenson Button. The penalty pushed Vettel all the way down to fifth in the race results. The incident happened on the penultimate lap, on the exit of the... Continue Reading →
After being hauled in front of the stewards to explain their engine maps, Red Bull will be relieved to have no action taken against their drivers for today's German Grand Prix. FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer had examined the RB8 engine maps and found evidence that suggested that Red Bull were attempting to gain an... Continue Reading →
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