Sebastian Vettel is one of the hottest talents to come out of the junior formulae. The 23-year-old has already won 5 races in his short career in Formula 1, and without reliability problems last year he could have been the youngest Formula 1 World Champion the sport has seen. Vettel started his F1 career in [...]

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Nothing defines Formula One like a dramatic opening lap. And no opening lap has ever quite resembled the rain-lashed chaos that ensued at Spa in 1998. Visibility was virtually non-existent as the 22 drivers lined up on the starting grid, Mika Hakkinen on pole from McLaren team-mate David Coulthard and 1996 world champion Damon Hill [...]

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Red Bull will be wondering how they’ve again managed to throw another race away. After locking out the front row in qualifying, the team were certain to collect a good haul of points in the race, or so you’d have thought. With the two Red Bulls and the Ferrari of Fernando Alonso a full half [...]

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Team principal Tony Fernandes has revealed the "snobbery" of the Formula One paddock is motivating him to make Lotus into a genuine force in the sport once again. Lotus returned to F1 during the winter but have failed to score a single world championship point in the fledgling season to date. Thirteenth and 15th-placed finishes [...]

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While Formula One put on a great spectacle at Albert Park, Mercedes were quiet once more. Nico Rosberg beat his teammate again – finishing fifth – while Michael Schumacher was stuck behind Jamie Alguersuari for most of the race and struggled to tenth place. At different points in the weekend each of Red Bull, Ferrari [...]

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The sun failed to shine again for Peter Sauber’s recently re-acquired F1 outfit, in the second round of what is proving to be a rather random season. After a double DNF in Bahrain due to hydraulic failures, only a race finish would suffice for the Swiss team if they wanted any hope of slaying their [...]

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Before the Australian Grand Prix I said that the only realistic aim for Hispania was to finish the race. To my surprise they did it. Karun Chandhok, who before this weekend had still only ever completed five laps in a Formula 1 car, came home last in 14th and five laps down. But that’s not [...]

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Jaime Alguersuari came within just moments of a World Championship point at AlbertPark on Sunday before an error meant he lost out to veteran Michael Schumacher. The young Spaniard enjoyed a forty lap battle with the returning master, which ultimately ended in disappointment, in a weekend of mixed fortunes for the Italian team. Sunday morning showers caught [...]

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Renault enjoyed a surprise podium courtesy of Robert Kubica in last weekend’s rain affected Australian Grand Prix, after a terrific drive from 9th on the grid. Having scored no points in Bahrain, both Kubica and teammate Vitaly Petrov were hoping to end this, especially with the added addition of a new front and rear wing [...]

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Whilst Ferrari coasted to a fine 1-2 at the season opener, the 3-4 that followed up at Melbourne will help provide a combination of both hope and fear for the Maranello outfit. It was certainly a fine act of damage limitation – Felipe Massa had been off the pace all weekend while Fernando Alonso was [...]

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