It wasn’t the most thrilling race of the season, but one man who won’t be complaining about the result is Fernando Alonso. The Spaniard took what was in the end a very comfortable victory in his home grand prix and was joined on the podium by his team-mate Felipe Massa in third and Lotus’s Kimi … Continue reading
Bad behaviour in Bahrain?
I’ve already written about last weekend’s Bahrain grand prix, won by Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel, but looking back again, I thought it was worth returning again to something I covered only briefly in last week’s article: the fight between the two McLaren team-mates. As mentioned in my last blog post, Sergio Perez eventually got … Continue reading
Serene Seb storms to victory in Sakhir
Well, with Sebastian Vettel’s second victory of the season in Sakhir, we now know that there will be no repeat of 2012, with eight different race winners in the first eight races of the season. In Bahrain, at least, though, we did have a carbon copy of the 2012 top three, with Vettel being joined … Continue reading
Awesome Alonso surges to victory in Shanghai
The 2013 Chinese grand prix certainly kept us entertained. With differing tyre and pit stop strategies, cars coming through the field and a variety of different teams and drivers in the mix, the result was far from certain throughout most of the race. When 56 laps had been completed and the chequered flag had been … Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: McLaren’s new title sponsor revealed
As we all know, McLaren and Vodafone announced that their six-year title sponsorship agreement would not be renewed at the end of the season. McLaren have already revealed that a new title sponsor has been signed up, but they have not revealed who that sponsor will be. They have set 2 December 2013 as the … Continue reading
Team tactics cause consternation in Sepang
If you hadn’t watched the Malaysian grand prix and just taken a quick look at the results, you could be forgiven for thinking that it was probably a pretty dull race. A win from pole from Sebastian Vettel with his team-mate Mark Webber following him home; what could be more straightforward? In reality, though, things … Continue reading