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ROSBERG’S CHINESE TAKE AWAY
Second generation driver Nico Rosberg has completed a textbook lights-to-flag victory to take his maiden win in Formula One. The win also marked Mercedes' first win as a constructor since Juan Manuel Fangio's victory at the 1955 Italian Grand Prix. Rosberg backed up his stunning qualifying lap with a flawless start, ensuring his second-placed teammate Michael Schumacher had no chance to challenge for the lead. 'Unbelievable feeling. Very cool, very happy, very excited,' said a joyous Rosberg. 'It's been a long time coming for me and for the team.' The first-time winner also paid tribute to his Mercedes team. 'Big thanks to the whole team, because all of the engineers have been working very, very hard on improving the set-up. It's very nice to see how quickly we are progressing." Rosberg controlled the gap between the front and the myriad of drivers that filled second place over the course of the 56 laps. Initially it was his Mercedes teammate Michael Schumacher, who followed Rosberg to his first stop on lap 13. However, a pit stop error during the seven times World Champion's pitstop forced him to stop on track with a loose front right wheel. Jenson Button did well to improve from his fifth-place grid slot to finish the race on the second step of the podium.
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...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 [...]
Continue reading...ON THE BUTTON IN HUNGARY
Monday, August 1, 2011
Jenson Button has commemorated his 200th Grand Prix start with a scintillating win of strategy in Hungary overnight. The Briton, who won his first Grand Prix at the Hungaroring in 2006, came from negotiated a green circuit and two rain sessions to take his 12th career victory and second of the season. 'For some reason I like these conditions, don't ask me why', said Button after the race. 'All round, an amazing weekend'. 'A great call by the team to put me on the prime tyres when they did.' 'I think we're going into the break on nice high.' He led home championship leader Sebastian Vettel who, despite not taking victory for the past four rounds, has extended his championship lead to 85 points over teammate Webber. 'I couldn't push as hard as I would like to', commented Vettel. 'Second today was an important step. Nevertheless, I think the win was in reach today and we didn't get it'. 'It's clear now that they [McLaren] have done a step forward and we need to make sure we come back.' Fernando Alonso completed the podium with a strong third place finish, confirming Ferrari's return to form is able to persist through all conditions.
Continue reading...VETTEL VICTORIOUS IN VALENCIA
Monday, June 27, 2011
Sebastian Vettel led home the longest field in Formula One history to claim his sixth victory of the season in a largely uninspiring European Grand Prix. The German, now well accustomed to the sensation, dominated from pole to flag in flawless style as Red Bull's closest rivals in McLaren and Ferrari failed to make in impression on the leader. 'I tell you I enjoyed it so much,' he said. 'When it's just between you and the car... for some reason I enjoy this track.' 'We managed to put everything together for a faultless weekend. 'From beginning to the end, fantastic.' The most Vettel had to battle with was traffic as he set about lapping a full-length field, with all 24 cars finishing to make it the greatest number of drivers to complete a race. Fernando Alonso did well, however, to prove Ferrari's progress thus far this season to finish a confident second after a number of position changes with Australian Mark Webber, who managed third. 'It was an interesting race, for the fans and for the people watching on the TV, to see the fight with Webber all the way through,' reflected the home crowd favourite. 'The teams did a very good strategy by keeping the car out a few laps longer on the soft tyre. 'In the end I think the second place is the maximum we can have.' Webber held on to second place on the first lap after a spritely start from Felipe Massa, but eventually succumbed to a combination of KERS problems and Alonso's pace on the soft tyre. His gearbox would prevent him from challenging the Spaniard later in the race. 'I think we should have [been able to score a Red Bull one-two], but in the end we didn't,' conceded Webber. The fight between the two culminated in the final pit stop, which saw Webber gamble on an early switch to the prime compound. His pace on the opening few laps saw Alonso maintain his place after his stop, while a gearbox fault saw any chance of a fight back neutralised. 'It was my fault to miss second today. It was not really known how the medium tyre would perform on the out lap. '[But] I think it was my best race of the year, to be honest.'
Continue reading...MELBOURNE: The more things change…
Saturday, March 26, 2011
They are running less downforce and new tyres but despite the best intent of the World's Governing body to slow the cars down, Sebastian Vettel will start tomorrow's Australian Grand Prix from pole with a time faster than last year. With a stunning lap of 1:23:539 Vettel again proved his superiority over team-mate Mark Webber and the rest of the F1 field. Even more impressive when one considers that he didn't even use the added boost of his KERS button. Vettel said that he was surprised at just how well the car ran and how well the new Pirelli tyres performed. "We have made the first step and starting the season this way with a pole position is a good sign for the team." siad Vettel. "We’ve been working very hard to get the RB7 to where it is now – it’s thanks to all those in the factory and those here, down under, for preparing the car. If you look at the points we still have zero like everyone else, so we need to see what happens tomorrow.”
Continue reading...MELBOURNE GRAND PRIX: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Thursday, February 24, 2011
The Australian Grand Prix Corporation is fighting back in it's attempts to keep the race in Melbourne. In the wake of criticism of the event by Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle and local Parliamentary member Michael Danby, the AGP Corporation has issued a media release featuring the world's best drivers singing praise to the Albert Park race. Sebastian Vettel, Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso, and Red Bull's team boss Christian Horner join Mark Webber in extolling the virtues of the race which cost Victorian taxpayers $50 Million last year. “Albert Park holds a phenomenal event each year,” said Webber. “I, along with other competitors, the media and team personnel, have enjoyed coming to the Australian GP over the last 30 years – we should be proud to have this event in Australia, on a world stage.” Webber asked how many events put Melbourne at the centre of the world’s attention? "Each year there are two: our tennis Grand Slam, the Australian Open, and the Australian Grand Prix." Webber said that for people living in Melbourne "perhaps it’s easy to see things through the small end of the telescope instead of taking a broader international view."
Continue reading...ANOTHER AUSSIE ON THE WAY TO F1 ?
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Australian race fans might soon have two locals to cheer on in Formula One after the stunning performance this week of Daniel Ricciardo. The Western Australian dominated both days of the 2010 young driver test at the Yas Marina circuit taking his Red Bull RB6 to a quickest time of 1:38.102, .700 faster than Renault driver Jerome D'Ambosio and over a second faster than Sam Bird in the McLaren. Ricciardo's time would have been fast enough to have put the Australian on pole for the series final race. The time was set however on light tanks, soft tyres and after four days of F1 rubber on the track. Red Bull head of race engineering Ian Morgan said that the team was delighted with Ricciardo's performance.
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