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Hamilton Starts 20th For German GP

After reports that Lewis Hamilton would start from the pit-lane, it is now confirmed that he will start the race from the grid, but down in 20th place. After a right front brake failure, the Mercedes driver speared towards the tyre barrier at turn 12 during Saturday’s qualifying 1 session and suffered a damaged gearbox, […]

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Hamilton Set To Start From Pit-Lane

Lewis Hamilton may be forced to start tomorrow’s German GP from the pit-lane, after it emerged that his team, Mercedes, are going to change his brakes after a right front failure during Saturday qualifying. The failure sent Hamilton spiralling towards to the wall and suffered a 30G impact force. The Brit is reported to be […]

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Massa Happy With Williams Qualifying

Felipe Massa is content with how qualifying went for Williams after a tough Friday. Massa qualified third whilst team-mate Valterri Bottas joined Nico Rosberg on the front row with a strong second place. After Lewis Hamilton suffered a heavy crash in Q1, this gave a chance for both Williams drivers to seize the initiative to […]

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Hamilton "In Pain" After Heavy Crash In German GP Qualifying

Lewis Hamilton was the victim of a reported right front brake failure during Saturday’s qualifying session for the German GP. The man who is second in the championship, was going through the stadium section when he hit the brakes and spun off into the barrier. Hamilton reported that he was okay but was taken to […]

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Ricciardo Doubts He Can Improve On Good Pace

Daniel Ricciardo has said that he doubts he can improve the pace of his Red Bull during the rest of this weekend’s German GP. The Australian, in his debut season with Red Bull finished third in second practice, just 0.102 off pace-setter Lewis Hamilton. He raised the point that he believes that Red Bull may […]

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Hamilton Leads Rosberg In German GP Second Practice – FP2 Report

Lewis Hamilton led team-mate Nico Rosberg during second practice for this weekend’s German GP. In FP1, it was Rosberg who held the advantage but it was a role reversal in the afternoon session. Daniel Ricciardo put in a strong session for Red Bull, just 0.102 off the pace set by Hamilton. Kimi Raikkonen also put […]

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Hamilton Not Hurrying Mercedes Contract Decision

Lewis Hamilton has made it adamant that he is ‘very happy’ at Mercedes but it is no rush to sign a new contract, days after team-mate, Nico Rosberg, signed a new deal. Rosberg signed a ‘multi-year’ deal on Wednesday and it is not known how long the contract length is exactly, but is thought to […]

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FIFA Thwart Rosberg's World Cup Tribute Helmet

Nico Rosberg has had his tribute helmet to the Germany national football team blocked by football’s governing body, FIFA. The design featured the colours of the German flag, and also the World Cup trophy, as a tribute to their recent World Cup victory. But, FIFA, have asked Rosberg to take it off, as it violates […]

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Raikkonen 100% After Crash – Ferrari

Ferrari have confirmed that driver, Kimi Raikkonen, has full recovered after his heavy first lap shunt, last time out at Silverstone. The Finn who won his only world title with the Scuderia back in 2007, lost control of his car on the opening lap after running wide onto the Wellington Straight and slammed into the […]

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Wolff Downplays Hamilton's Comments On Rosberg

Toto Wolff of Mercedes has downplayed Lewis Hamilton’s recent comments saying that his team-mate, Nico Rosberg, is ‘not German.’ Hamilton made his comments in regards to the next race in Hockenheim, Germany, and whether he felt Rosberg would feel the advantage of a home crowd boost, like Hamilton did at Silverstone where he won last […]

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Caterham Cut Over 40 Jobs As New Owners Save On Costs

The new owners of the Caterham Formula 1 team have been trying to cut costs, as they laid off over 40 members of staff. Caterham refused to comment on the news, and also about the radical developments that will be undertook by the struggling team, to try and get them back fighting with rivals Marussia. […]

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Can Ferrari Conquer Germany Once Again?

 Perhaps one of the most controversial races of the 21st century. The 2010 German GP saw Fernando Alonso gifted victory after team-mate Felipe Massa was told to let the Spaniard through into the lead, to help with the championship battle. Alonso went on to win the race, but it was all in vain come Abu […]