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Johnny Aiwone

Johnny Aiwone

Sports Journalist · 139 articles

F1 News

Hamilton still "hunting" for the championship lead

Lewis Hamilton expressed his thoughts and believes he still has to do some “hunting” despite taking his seventh win of the season and the championship lead by three points. Hamilton reigned supreme for the seventh race weekend of the year despite having to overtake Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel for the race lead due to having […]

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Hamilton "relieved" to have snatched pole

Lewis Hamilton commented on the relief he felt after grabbing pole position from team-mate and championship rival Nico Rosberg. The Briton seemed to be on the back foot as he began his final qualifying run, having been tipped to the top of the timesheet by Rosberg in Q2 and squandered his first run in Q3 […]

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Vettel reckons pole was a possibility

Sebastian Vettel reckoned that he left enough time on the table to grab pole position from Mercedes at Singapore. The reigning world champion’s best Q3 lap was only sufficient for fourth on the grid and was reported to have been frustrated on the team radio at the end of qualifying, implying he could’ve qualified further […]

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Ecclestone confirms the possibility of three-car teams in 2015

Formula 1 commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed that teams can run with three cars next year should there be eight teams remaining on the grid. Rumours of having three cars per team have risen from various teams down the grid having widely-known financial hardships. Including the likes of Marussia and Caterham, who occasionally struggle […]

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Hamilton ends Friday Practice on top ahead of Alonso – FP2 Report

Lewis Hamilton ensured normal service resumed for Mercedes as he rounded out Friday practice fastest of all. The Mercedes driver, despite not having the smoothest of sessions, set a benchmark of 1:47.490 on the super-softs to top the timesheets, just over a tenth ahead of afternoon pacesetter Fernando Alonso in second, with a similar separating […]

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Rumours "not helping Ferrari" – Alonso

Fernando Alonso has questioned further rumours linking him with a move away from Ferrari. Both Alonso and Vettel’s futures at their respective teams have been thrown into doubt multiple times this season, with Ferrari and Red Bull having strugged for outright performance against their rivals this season. The recent rumours coming from Italian press reporting […]

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Mercedes drivers support limited team radio

Mercedes duo Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton have shown their support for the FIA’s decision to limit radio communication which enhance the on-track performance of a driver. Last week saw the FIA rubber-stamp a set of technical directives that impose a ban on the relaying of radio messages that assist a driver’s performance during a […]

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Singapore Grand Prix Drivers Press Conference Lineup

Driver lineup for the 2014 FIA Press Conference ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix for the sport’s leading media journalists and publications to tackle are as follows:   Marcus Ericsson – Caterham-Renault Pastor Maldonado – Lotus-Renault Sergio Perez – Force India-Mercedes Kimi Raikkonen – Ferrari Adrian Sutil – Sauber-Ferrari Jean-Eric Vergne – Toro Rosso-Renault

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Vettel denies Ferrari-Red Bull switch with Alonso

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel has denied recent speculation of him jumping ship to Ferrari and Fernando Alonso going the other way. Both the reigning world champion and the former double world champion have had difficult campaigns for their respective teams. With Vettel bearing the brunt of most of the Red Bull’s reliability troubles and under […]

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Todt backs Ferrari to return to competitive ways

FIA president Jean Todt is backing his former team Ferrari to put behind another fruitless Formula 1 campaign and quickly move forward. 2014 has marked a year of struggle for raw performance for the Italian marque against their main rivals so far, with the team having scored only two podium finishes in the hands of […]

Formula 1

Wolff believes Hamilton and Rosberg compete like "enemies"

Mercedes Motorsport boss Toto Wolff has spoken of the relationship between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg now being one of “enemies”. The Mercedes title-challenging duo has experienced their good, close relationship with one another, stemming from being team-mates during their karting careers, turning into one that’s deteriorated & distant as the heat of their championship […]

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Prodromou returns to work with McLaren

Peter Prodromou has begun his second spell with McLaren in the assigned role of a Chief Engineer. Prodromou, who departed reigning world champions Red Bull on gardening leave terms, originally planned to begin working with McLaren next year along with fellow employee Dan Fallows but a legal disagreement between McLaren and Red Bull concerning Fallows […]