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Tag Archive | "Red Bull"
MELBOURNE: THE ICE MAN COMETH
Kimi Raikkonen has scythed up the grid to take the first win of the F1 season at the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park. Raikkonen's Lotus was only thereabouts in qualifying, starting the race from seventh on the grid. A solid start put him into the top five, and he fought his way up from there. 'I was a bit disappointed this morning after qualifying,' explained the Finn. 'It was more about timing than maximum speed for all the cars, so not an ideal starting place [in seventh].' 'I knew that my car was quite good, it was feeling good all weekend. The secret to Raikkonen's controlled victory was the Lotus' supreme tyre use, which enabled him to run a two-stop strategy. 'In a way I was very confident, but of course you have to get through the start and the first lap, and it's the first race so you never know what's going to happen. 'We got it exactly right. We followed the plan and it worked out perfectly for us. It was one of the easiest races I've done, to win the race.'
Continue reading...McLAREN MASTER MONZA
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Lewis Hamilton led a McLaren one-two in qualifying on a sunny Saturday afternoon in the Parco di Monza. Hamilton set his pole lap early on in the final sessions, the run ultimately being low-key in light of the tactics being played by the other teams. "We've managed to work on the setup, and they've [the team] done a fantastic job," said the pole-sitter. "Great effort from the lads." "Pretty happy, and it's great for the team to have me and Jenson at the front." Jenson Button slotted in behind him with his final fast lap after the flag, inching just one-tenth behind his teammate - and a similar distance ahead of the unlikely Felipe Massa. "For us both to be on the front row is fantastic for the team," started Button, echoing Hamilton's sentiment. "[But] even being on the front row, it isn't going to be an easy race here," he continued. "But it's the best place to be."
Continue reading...ALONSO STRENGTHENS TITLE CHALLENGE
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Fernando Alonso has stormed to his third victory of the season to take charge of the Championship at the seasonn’s halfway point in Hockenheim. Alonso’s lead briefly looked under threat from Jenson Button in the last fifteen laps, but the Briton’s pace quickly dissipated before falling into the clutches of Sebastian Vettel. The Ferrari driver eventually crossed [...]
Continue reading...JENSON ON THE BUTTON IN MELBOURNE
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Jenson Button took home the first 25 points of the 2012 season after a dominant dominant drive at the Australian Grand Prix. The 2009 World Champion and now three times Melbourne winner rocketed from P2 on the grid to lead the race home, virtually leading from start to finish. Button swiftly passed his team-mate Lewis Hamilton on the way down to the first corner after the younger Briton pulled slowly off the line. He quickly established a three second buffer, from which point he remained untouchable. Reigning World Champion Sebastian Vettel hauled his Red Bull into second place, despite an uncompetitive qualifying session that had him starting from P6. Vettel jumped one place to fifth off the line after Mark Webber suffered from a problematic getaway, from which point he applied pressure to fourth-running Nico Rosberg, and quickly passed him. Although Vettel succumbed to an early and uncharacteristic mistake in the chase for third-placed Michael Schumacher, a brief excursion onto the grass triggered a mechanical failure in the W03, gifting the younger Champion P3.
Continue reading...WEBBER WINS BRAZIL, BRONZE! BRONZE! BRONZE! FOR AUSTRALIA
Monday, November 28, 2011
Mark Webber has taken his first win of the season at Interlagos overnight, winning his second Brazilian Grand Prix. Webber started second on the grid for the final race of the season, but was gifted the lead on lap 30 after gearbox issues forced Sebastian Vettel to let his team-mate pass. The win secured the Australian third [...]
Continue reading...VETTEL HOT IN INDIAN TAKE AWAY
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Sebastian Vettel has written his name in the Formula One history books once again, winning the first ever Indian Grand Prix at Greater Noida. Vettel led from pole to flag, never at any point under pressure from his racing peers, eventually building a gap of over six seconds between himself and the rest of the field. The German also set a new record for number of laps led in a Grand Prix, taking the title from previous record holder Nigel Mansell from the 1992 season. And, as if his dominance was being at all questioned, he set the race's fastest lap on his final circulation of the circuit: at 1 minute, 27.249 seconds. 'Obviously it was a very good race for us,' said Vettel, stating the obvious. 'I enjoyed the time in the lead very much.' 'Overall obviously a fantastic performance. Thanks to the whole team. 'All in all it was fantastic. I'm very proud to be the first winner in India.' Jenson Button finished best of the rest, and subsequently strengthened his claim for the same title in the year's Drivers' Championship.
Continue reading...VETTEL ON POLE FOR TITLE DEFENCE IN JAPAN
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Sebastian Vettel is just one day away from claiming his second World Championship after claiming pole position ahead of tomorrow’s Japanese Grand Prix. The German needs only one point to become the sport’s youngest ever World Champion. ‘What a qualifying,’ exclaimed Vettel. ‘It was a tough qualifying, but I enjoyed it a lot.’ ‘Yesterday I went off in [...]
Continue reading...VETTEL ON POLE AGAIN AT MONZA
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Speculation that Red Bull's dominance over pole position this season would come to an end in Italy proved wrong, with Sebastian Vettel taking his least-predictable P1 of the year at Monza. The German, who almost lost his car as he slid through the Ascari chicane, recovered to bank an unbeatable lap time of 1m 22.275 seconds. 'We thought it would be much closer than that,' said Vettel. 'We are quite quick throughout all three sectors, so we just had to put it together.' The German was stuck in traffic as all cars but Senna left the pitlane at once, but mistakes by Hamilton, Button's decision to abandon his fast lap, and teammate Mark Webber unable to extract the same pace from the Red Bull meant that he kept the RBR7's 100 per cent pole record for 2011 alive. 'We were not expecting, not thinking of being on pole by that margin,' he continued. 'This year, I have to say the car is very good here. The balance is perfect.' The pace promised by McLaren in the lead up to the Italian Grand Prix was only good enough P2, with Hamilton pipping teammate Button to the front from by half a tenth. 'Sebastian was mega quick today. It looked like we'd be quite competitive in the weekend, but that last lap was untouchable for me,' elaborated Hamilton. 'I didn't have another half a second in the bag. We perhaps could have got another couple of tenths out of the car.' Button noted that despite Red Bull running a seemingly lower downforce package than McLaren, they still managed to move faster in the high speed turns.
Continue reading...VETTEL TAKES THE CHOCOLATES IN BELGIUM
Monday, August 29, 2011
Sebastian Vettel has rediscovered his winning form to kick start the second half of 2011 with a win in the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa. The German traded position at the top of the field on numerous occasions throughout the race, but allowed strategy to have him exit the pits after his final stop in the [...]
Continue reading...GERMAN ON BELGIAN POLE
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Sebastian Vettel has perpetuated Red Bull’s Saturday dominance with a dazzling pole position in Belgium. After an afternoon of rain, conditions were slowly coming to the cars, so much so that the teams dared to fit slick tyres from the beginning of Q3. Lap times subsequently dropped rapidly into the low 1m 50s, with Webber setting the [...]
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