2015 Malaysian F1 GP springs hot, humid surprises [spoilers]

Filed under: Motorsports , Ferrari , McLaren , Mercedes-Benz , Asia , Racing Autoblog recaps the action from a hot, humid, pass-happy, surprising Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix. Continue reading 2015 Malaysian F1 GP springs hot, humid surprises [spoilers] 2015 Malaysian F1 GP springs hot, humid surprises [spoilers] originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 29 Mar 2015 08:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds

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2015 Malaysian F1 GP springs hot, humid surprises [spoilers]

2015 Malaysian F1 GP springs hot, humid surprises [spoilers]

Filed under: Motorsports , Ferrari , McLaren , Mercedes-Benz , Asia , Racing Autoblog recaps the action from a hot, humid, pass-happy, surprising Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix. Continue reading 2015 Malaysian F1 GP springs hot, humid surprises [spoilers] 2015 Malaysian F1 GP springs hot, humid surprises [spoilers] originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 29 Mar 2015 08:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds

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2015 Australian Grand Prix all about grooves and trenches [spoilers]

Filed under: Motorsports , Ferrari , Honda , Mercedes-Benz , Renault , Australia , Racing Autoblog recaps the Australian Formula One Grand Prix, and we can’t remember the last time 90 percent of the action in Formula One had nothing to do with cars setting timed laps. Continue reading 2015 Australian Grand Prix all about grooves and trenches [spoilers] 2015 Australian Grand Prix all about grooves and trenches [spoilers] originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 15 Mar 2015 10:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .

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Race Recap: Belgian Grand Prix sings Waltzing Matilda

Filed under: Motorsports , Europe , Infiniti , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , Racing , McLaren Changeable.

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Race Recap: 2014 German Grand Prix is relapse and recovery

Filed under: Motorsports , Europe , Infiniti , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , Racing , McLaren The 2014 German Formula 1 Grand Prix is the hump-day race in the season and the penultimate chance for drivers and teams to rack up points before the summer break. Trying to stay on top after his first DNF of the year at the British Grand Prix , Mercedes AMG Petronas driver Nico Rosberg didn’t have to wait until the race for misfortune to find Lewis Hamilton ; his British teammate crashed out of the Q2 qualifying session due to a brake failure, then had to change his gearbox due of the crash, a calamity that left him starting 20th on the grid. Rosberg took pole ahead of the Williams duo of Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa , with Kevin Magnussen surprising everyone with a fourth place in his McLaren .

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Race Recap: 2014 Austrian Grand Prix is old-school front row, new-school racing

Filed under: Motorsports , Europe , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , Racing , McLaren The last time Formula One raced in Spielberg, Austria the track was called the A1 Ring, Juan Pablo Montoya and Ralf Schumacher were the pilots for Williams , the field contained other not-so-venerable names like Ralph Firman and Justin Wilson and V10 engines were bolted to the bulkheads – the only Mercedes units being in the backs of the two McLarens, one of which was driven by Kimi R

Why all of this year’s F1 noses are so ugly [w/video]

Filed under: Motorsports , Etc. , Lotus , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , Design/Style , Racing , McLaren If you’re a serious fan of Formula One , you already know all about The Great Nosecone Conundrum of 2014

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Race Recap: 2013 Indian Grand Prix mostly calm with chances of Championships

Filed under: Motorsports , Infiniti , Lotus , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , India , Racing , McLaren The smog around the Buddh International Circuit got so bad over the weekend that the FIA had to change the practice sessions. Then the soft tires that Pirelli brought to be the options were found to degrade so quickly that teams had to change their qualifying and race strategies

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Race Recap: Singapore Grand Prix is about a safety car and submission

Filed under: Motorsports , Infiniti , Lotus , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , Renault , Racing , McLaren The Singapore Formula One Grand Prix is the Monaco GP of the Orient – a weekend known more for its glamour and time-slot than on-track action, with a temporary circuit that punishes every mistake, usually terminally.

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Race Recap: 2013 Italian Grand Prix is mistakes, gremlins and metronomes [spoilers]

Filed under: Motorsports , Europe , Infiniti , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , Racing , McLaren The low-downforce, 5.793-kilometer circuit in Monza, Italy is known as the Temple of Speed, but only a few of the qualifying performances would have clued you into it. Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber in the Infiniti Red Bull Racing chassis’ lined up first and second, and it didn’t seem like Vettel had to work too hard to do so. Nico H

Race Recap: Belgian Grand Prix is new skirmishes, same war [spoilers]

Filed under: Motorsports , Europe , Infiniti , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , McLaren It’s been four weeks since we last saw a Formula One race, when Lewis Hamilton improbably put his Mercedes – AMG Petronas in P1 in Hungary .

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Race Recap: British Grand Prix is one part close racing, four parts blowout

Filed under: Motorsports , Europe , Infiniti , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , UK , Racing The British Formula One Grand Prix wasn’t things that go “bump” in the night, it was things that go “Pop!” on the track. Pirelli came into the sport with a mandate to spice things up, but now – unintentionally – the spice could be overpowering the flavor of the food

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Race Recap: Canadian F1 Grand Prix is one story with a thousand dramas

Filed under: Motorsports , Infiniti , Lotus , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , Canada , Racing There were rain and wind and sun, sometimes all at once. There was the Wall of Champions. There was nothing happening in first place and nothing happening back in sixth during the race, but everywhere else – from the time the weekend began – it was surprises, passes, spins, more passing, flying carbon fiber and finally a couple more last-minute surprises

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Race Recap: For the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix, NASCAR comes to the principality

Filed under: Motorsports , Europe , Infiniti , Lotus , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , Racing , McLaren Lots of contact, debris cautions, trips into the wall, full-course yellows and a red flag – these are the kinds of racing terms you unbox when you want to have a conversation about NASCAR … or the Formula One grand prix of Monaco.

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Recap: 2013 Spanish Grand Prix is Catalan for ‘Lottery’ and ‘More pit stops’

Filed under: Motorsports , Europe , Infiniti , Lotus , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , McLaren This year’s Formula One season might qualify as being just as crazy as last year’s, only it’s a different kind of crazy. Instead of a new winner every Sunday, how the winner actually manages to take the victory is the mystery, and just when we thought the season might have settled into a groove regarding team performance, here comes the Spanish Grand Prix to remind us that we don’t know anything until the race has been run. There were many similarities to past weekends to being this one: Mercedes -AMG Petronas showed awesome one-lap pace, Fernando Alonso did well enough in qualifying to get fifth on the grid but talked up the race pace of the Ferrari , Kimi R