Mercedes AMG driver Nico Rosberg took a fantastic maiden victory at today's Chinese GrandPrix in Shanghai. The German started from pole position just ahead of team-mate Michael Schumacher and made a lightening start. The team took their first win since their return to the sport.
Kimi Raikkonen had a fantastic start and was on a two stop strategy for the race. towards the end of the race he lost 10 laps and eventually finished down the order in 14th place while team-mate Romain Grosjean finished in 6th place.
It was a great race for the McLaren team who finished second and third allowing the team to extend their lead over RedBull in Contructor's Championship.
The Williams team had a great race as both their driver's finished in the points for the first time since Korea 2010.
The race was fantastic apart the strategy call that Lotus made with Kimi but the next race is only one week away in Bahrain so hopefully Lotus will be able to continue their form. The Lotus team have increased their points total to 24 to lie in 6th place only two points behind Mercedes AMG.
Sunday, 15 April 2012
Saturday, 14 April 2012
Rosberg takes maiden F1 pole
Mercedes AMG driver secured his first ever pole position for tomorrow's Chinese GrandPrix in Shanghai. Rosberg finished just ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton who has a 5 place grid penalty for the race. That move's Michael Schumacher up to 2nd on the grid giving Mercedes their first front row lock out since their return to F1 in 2010.
Meanwhile Kimi Raikkonen secured his best qualifying position since his comeback he start's from 4th on the grid, team-mate Romain Grosjean will start 10th.
It was a very difficult day for RedBull particularly for reigning champion Sebastian Vettel who will start the race from 11th on the grid. Mark Webber starts sixth. Lewis Hamilton will start 7th.
Following a fantastic result in Malaysia three week's ago Sergio Perez will the race in 8th while team mate Kamui Kobayashi will start 3rd on the grid and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso will start from 9th place.
I think that if Lotus give Kimi a good strategy he could very well end the race tomorrow on the podium.
Jenson Button will start from 5th on the grid so we shall see what happens tomorrow.
Meanwhile Kimi Raikkonen secured his best qualifying position since his comeback he start's from 4th on the grid, team-mate Romain Grosjean will start 10th.
It was a very difficult day for RedBull particularly for reigning champion Sebastian Vettel who will start the race from 11th on the grid. Mark Webber starts sixth. Lewis Hamilton will start 7th.
Following a fantastic result in Malaysia three week's ago Sergio Perez will the race in 8th while team mate Kamui Kobayashi will start 3rd on the grid and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso will start from 9th place.
I think that if Lotus give Kimi a good strategy he could very well end the race tomorrow on the podium.
Jenson Button will start from 5th on the grid so we shall see what happens tomorrow.
Friday, 13 April 2012
Bahrain will go ahead
The FIA announced today that next weekend's Bahrain GrandPrix WILL go ahead despite the continued unrest in the kingdom state. There was no Bahrain GrandPrix last year due to the unrest in the country.
Despite fears over the security situation in the country all the team's, the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone met today in China where it was decided that the race will go ahead. I believe it is extremely stupid that Formula One is travelling to Bahrain. Not only are the sport putting all the team's at risk but they are also potentially putting spectators and all the media attending the race at risk as F1 is putting a massive target on their back's.
I believe that the sport is going to lose an awful lot of support by travelling to Bahrain.
Despite fears over the security situation in the country all the team's, the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone met today in China where it was decided that the race will go ahead. I believe it is extremely stupid that Formula One is travelling to Bahrain. Not only are the sport putting all the team's at risk but they are also potentially putting spectators and all the media attending the race at risk as F1 is putting a massive target on their back's.
I believe that the sport is going to lose an awful lot of support by travelling to Bahrain.
Thursday, 12 April 2012
Hamilton handed grid penalty for Chinese GrandPrix
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton's chance's of winning a second successive Chinese GrandPrix were dealt a major blow today as the team announced that they had to change his gearbox, as a result the 2008 Championship has been given a 5 place grid penalty for Sunday's race.
Hamilton has finished on the podium in the first two race's of the season with two third place finishes. Meanwhile team mate Jenson Button has one win and from the two race's. So the fact that Lewis has a penalty Jenson has the possibility to capitalize this weekend.
In other F1 news, the Lotus F1 have not ended their sponsorship agreement with Group Lotus the deal has just been restructured. Group Lotus have said that they are committed to the sport until at least 2017.
Meanwhile the Formula One team's are due to meet Bernie Ecclestone over the Chinese GrandPrix weekend to discuss the Bahrain GrandPrix. The F1 commercial right's holder has insisted that the race will go ahead next weekend,
Hamilton has finished on the podium in the first two race's of the season with two third place finishes. Meanwhile team mate Jenson Button has one win and from the two race's. So the fact that Lewis has a penalty Jenson has the possibility to capitalize this weekend.
In other F1 news, the Lotus F1 have not ended their sponsorship agreement with Group Lotus the deal has just been restructured. Group Lotus have said that they are committed to the sport until at least 2017.
Meanwhile the Formula One team's are due to meet Bernie Ecclestone over the Chinese GrandPrix weekend to discuss the Bahrain GrandPrix. The F1 commercial right's holder has insisted that the race will go ahead next weekend,
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Susie Wolff joins Williams
DTM driver Susie Wolff has signed a deal with Williams Renault to become the team's development driver. Susie is the wife of Williams shareholder Tot Wolff and has been racing in the DTM series is just about to start her seventh DTM campaign.
Wolff will work with the Williams simulator and it's technicians and will take part in the in season F1 test in May. Wolff becomes the second female driver to sign for a F1 team this season as Marie Villote was signed to the Marussia young driver programme and will take part in the young driver test session in Abu Dhabi later this season.
Wolff will work with the Williams simulator and it's technicians and will take part in the in season F1 test in May. Wolff becomes the second female driver to sign for a F1 team this season as Marie Villote was signed to the Marussia young driver programme and will take part in the young driver test session in Abu Dhabi later this season.
Lotus angered by leak of confidential information
the Lotus F1 team were said to be extremely angered today by the news that information that a group of team members had gathered in Bahrain last week about the safety of the race was leaked to the media. It has been reported that the information that the team gathered was attributed to the FIA, however this is completely untrue as Lotus travelled to the Gulf state on behalf of the teams.
The document was then due to be passed on to all the other team's so that they could form their own opinions on the current situation in Bahrain.
In a separate development, the Formula One Team's Association (FOTA) has said that the final decision on whether the Bahrain GrandPrix goes ahead rests firmly with the FIA as the team's race in the FIA Formula One World Championship.
It has been revealed that if the team's were to boycott the race they would face severe financial sanctions from Bernie Ecclestone as the team's are obliged to race in all the races on the calendar. I believe that the team's should be allowed to decide themselves if they want to travel to the race as they don't want to send their employee's to the Gulf state if their safety cannot be guarnteed.
In a statement a number of week's ago Jean Todt, president of the FIA said that the race will go ahead and that they have no fears what so ever regarding the safety of the Bahrain GrandPrix. Everyday the situation in Bahrain change's so we shall see what happens.
The team's are set to hold a meeting about the Bahrain GrandPrix in China this weekend.
The document was then due to be passed on to all the other team's so that they could form their own opinions on the current situation in Bahrain.
In a separate development, the Formula One Team's Association (FOTA) has said that the final decision on whether the Bahrain GrandPrix goes ahead rests firmly with the FIA as the team's race in the FIA Formula One World Championship.
It has been revealed that if the team's were to boycott the race they would face severe financial sanctions from Bernie Ecclestone as the team's are obliged to race in all the races on the calendar. I believe that the team's should be allowed to decide themselves if they want to travel to the race as they don't want to send their employee's to the Gulf state if their safety cannot be guarnteed.
In a statement a number of week's ago Jean Todt, president of the FIA said that the race will go ahead and that they have no fears what so ever regarding the safety of the Bahrain GrandPrix. Everyday the situation in Bahrain change's so we shall see what happens.
The team's are set to hold a meeting about the Bahrain GrandPrix in China this weekend.
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Sauber to retire
As I reported yesterday Peter Sauber is to retire from his position of team principal however he confirmed today that he will retire from the team earlier then expected. Sauber will retire from the team towards the end of this season. The Swiss man set up the Sauber team in 1993 and was responsible for bringing Kimi Raikkonen to Formula One in 2001.
In 2006, Sauber joined forces with German car manufacturer BMW who went on to buy the team outright in 2007 and renamed the team BMW. However in 2008 the team reinstated the Sauber name so it became BMW Sauber. The team took their first and only win at the 2008 Canadian GrandPrix with Robert Kubica behind the wheel.
At the end of the 2009 season BMW announced that they were pulling out of Formula One and put the team up for sale. Throughout BMW's involvement with the team Peter Sauber remained as team principal. In 2010 Sauber bought back the team somewhat reluctantly and the team was funded by BMW for the 2010 season infact the team was known as the BMW Sauber Ferrari team. However in 2011 the team struggled financially.
I am delighted that the team are still involved in the sport as they along with McLaren and Williams are the only team's who are not involved or owned by billionaire businessmen. In 1995 Sauber were the first team to be sponsored by energy drinks firm RedBull.
In 2006, Sauber joined forces with German car manufacturer BMW who went on to buy the team outright in 2007 and renamed the team BMW. However in 2008 the team reinstated the Sauber name so it became BMW Sauber. The team took their first and only win at the 2008 Canadian GrandPrix with Robert Kubica behind the wheel.
At the end of the 2009 season BMW announced that they were pulling out of Formula One and put the team up for sale. Throughout BMW's involvement with the team Peter Sauber remained as team principal. In 2010 Sauber bought back the team somewhat reluctantly and the team was funded by BMW for the 2010 season infact the team was known as the BMW Sauber Ferrari team. However in 2011 the team struggled financially.
I am delighted that the team are still involved in the sport as they along with McLaren and Williams are the only team's who are not involved or owned by billionaire businessmen. In 1995 Sauber were the first team to be sponsored by energy drinks firm RedBull.
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