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The news that Daniil Kvyat will race for Toro Rosso in 2014 came as a surprise, as many expected Antonio Felix da Costa to replace Red Bull bound Daniel Ricciardo, with Kvyat stepping up to Formula Renault 3.5. Instead, Kvyat will make the leap into Formula 1, racing alongside current driver Jean-Eric Vergne for the Faenza based team. So just who is Daniil Kvyat? Kvyat was born in Ufa, Russia, in April 1994 but he and his family moved to Italy early on in his […]
Giedo van der Garde says he had 'nowhere to go' after his Japanese Grand Prix ended at the corner. The Dutch driver was involved in a collision with Jules Bianchi and subsequently suffered a heavy impact into the barriers. "My start was okay but going into turn one I was squeezed between both the Marussia cars and had nowhere to go," he said. "I lost my front wing in contact with Bianchi and then the car went straight off and into the wall. It was […]
Sebastian Vettel led a Red Bull one-two during second practice for the Japanese Grand Prix. Vettel was almost two-tenths of a second faster than team-mate Mark Webber. Nico Rosberg was third, with Kimi Raikkonen in fourth. The Finn's day ended prematurely when he spun off the circuit at the Esses and beached the Lotus E21 in the gravel with 25 minutes of the session remaining. Romain Grosjean was fifth, while Lewis Hamilton, who was fastest in first practice, ran wide on his hot lap and […]
Daniel Ricciardo says Toro Rosso achieved a very good result after both cars made it through to Q3 in Italy. Ricciardo will start from seventh place, with team-mate Jean-Eric Vergne in tenth "It’s nice to be back in Q3. Maybe at the end, a top five finish might have been on the cards. However, we missed a little something in Q3, doing a two lap run, and with hindsight, maybe a one lap run with a lighter fuel load would have been better, but I […]
Sebastian Vettel secures his 40th career pole position - and Red Bull's 50th - as Nico Hulkenberg stars for Sauber during qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix
Observations from the final practice session at Monza
Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time during second practice for the Italian Grand Prix. Vettel's time of 1:24.453 was over six tenths of a second clear of the time set by Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber. Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean were third and fourth, having set identical times in their Lotus E21s. Fernando Alonso was fifth, while first practice pacesetter Lewis Hamilton was sixth. His Mercedes team-mate, Nico Rosberg, was seventh with Felipe Massa in eighth. Massa lost out on his long run due […]
Lewis Hamilton set the early pace as track action got underway at Monza for the Italian Grand Prix. Hamilton's time of 1:25.565 was 0.035s quicker than Ferrari's Fernando Alonso. Nico Rosberg was third, with Sebastian Vettel in fourth and the longer wheelbase Lotus of Kimi Raikkonen in fifth. The opening half an hour was fairly quiet, with only Marussia reserve driver Rodolfo Gonzalez circulating at a comparatively sedate pace. He was later joined by more esteemed rivals as the temperature crept towards 30 degrees on […]
Penalties for exceeding track limits ruin racing. Rather than sanctioning the driver, solve the initial problem
Fernando Alonso set the fastest time during a first practice session affected by wet weather. His team-mate, Felipe Massa, was second, with Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne in third. The session started with drivers requiring to use full wet tyres. This was bad news for most teams, who are desperate to test their large update packages ahead of the race. Romain Grosjean suffered a minor spin under braking at Turn 10 in his Lotus, while a few other drivers struggled while turning into the chicane. The […]
Former Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica claimed sixth place on his second gravel outing for Citroen. The Pole had led the event during the early stages but backed off when heavy fog hit the Portuguese stages. Kubica had slipped to sixth place when he suffered a double roll in his Citroen DS3. The incident dropped him to ninth, but he recovered to finish sixth in the round of the European Rally Championship. Kubica also confirmed that he has been using Mercedes's Formula 1 simulator at […]
Fernando Alonso thinks his 2013 title challenge is still on track, despite a difficult start to the new season. After a podium in Australia, the Spaniard's campaign hit the gravel in Malaysia recently when he made contact with eventual winner Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull on the first lap. Instead of pitting, Alonso gambled on staying out but retired when the damaged wing broke underneath his car. "In any case, the race simulations state that if I would have stopped to change the nose, I would […]