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Flat-12: Top Ten c2013
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014. With the start of 2014 pre-season testing, here's the Flat-12 Top Ten for the 2013 F1 World Championship and some thoughts on the year ahead. Better late than never? 2013 was a difficult year for F1. Pirelli, acting on direction from the sport, delivered compounds so delicate that drivers were left skittering for grip and engineers scratching their heads. Purists cried that F1 had become artificial and drivers lamented that their focus was no longer strictly on racing. Politics...
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Flat-12: May 2012
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012. A Proper World Championship. Five races. Three continents. Five winners, four nationalities. Five constructors . . . three engine manufacturers of three separate countries . . . a virtually elusive grid featuring drivers of three other nationalities and teams from another two who almost certain will also taste victory . . . and we are only one quarter of the way into the season. Although evident from the outset in Melbourne, Spain clearly reinforced Pirelli's ante in determining wh...
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Flat-12: November 2012
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Friday, November 23, 2012. I'm going to miss Michael Schumacher. His decision to retire for good is not all together a surprise . . . but I'd hoped he was to find a seat at Sauber and give it one more go. It would prove, however, a few years later before I attended my very first Grand Prix: Imola 2004. Schumi on his way to another uncontested victory at Imola in the V-10 F2004. 2004 was indeed a banner year for Michael and Ferrari. Together they absolutely demolished the field, and I remember like ye...
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Flat-12: August 2012
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012. The long, hot silence. I find little use for summer's miserable discomfort unless seated poolside, and I can't remember the last time I could enjoy such hedonistic pleasure on anything remotely resembling frequent basis. However, with the Rolex Historics, Concorso Italiano, and the relief of 68 degrees Fahrenheit on the Monterey Peninsula, I came a step closer to kissing these dreadful days goodbye. Cheers. Go Kimi. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Fantastic links . . .
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Flat-12: ALMS Monterey
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013. Originally published in the July, 2013 issue of DrivenWorld. May 15, 2013. It's hard to ignore the dynamic spirit of life on the Monterey Peninsula. Carved around a dry lake bed on Ft. Ord’s artillery target range, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Is a proud centerpiece of the region and one of North America's iconic motor racing circuits. Laguna Seca's corkscrew: renown for it's ten story drop. Laguna Seca is one of only a handful of circuits to have hosted the ALMS each year of th...
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The story of Roberto Guerrero and why to keep every faith in Bianchi’s recovery |
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The story of Roberto Guerrero and why to keep every faith in Bianchi’s recovery. October 8, 2014. Once it was confirmed yesterday that Jules Bianchi had suffered a diffuse axonal injury as a result of his horrific crash at the Japanese Grand Prix, all sorts of facts and statistics began to be perpetuated by some sections of the media. What the 90% statistic quoted by various sources refers to is patients with severe. The truth is that no one knows the extent of the DAI that Jules Bianchi has suffered....
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Why Sochi flatters to deceive, and how it could be improved as a Grand Prix venue |
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Why Sochi flatters to deceive, and how it could be improved as a Grand Prix venue. October 13, 2014. New track. Same old story. Sochi with the majority of February’s Winter Olympic venues still standing in all their glory may have provided an intriguing backdrop to Sunday’s inaugural Russian Grand Prix, but as with so many of the newer circuits to have graced the Formula One calendar over the years, in the end it flattered only in its deceptiveness. The issue that this new, 21. But for the country to ful...
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Hamilton takes Nurburgring pole |
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Hamilton takes Nurburgring pole. July 6, 2013. Lewis Hamilton will start on pole for the second race running as he pipped Sebastian Vettel to the top spot in qualifying for tomorrow’s German Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver had been off the pace in the morning’s practice session, but found the sweet spot in his car when it mattered to beat Vettel’s Red Bull by just 0.103 seconds. And with an uphill struggle to fight for the podium tomorrow. Williams celebrates its 600. Grand Prix this weekend, but the tea...
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Recriminations can wait. Bianchi’s health is the only thing that matters. |
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Recriminations can wait. Bianchi’s health is the only thing that matters. October 5, 2014. The ambulance carrying Jules Bianchi had barely left Suzuka before the questions started being asked. Should the event have been called at the point where conditions started to deteriorate in the latter part of the race? Why was a crane allowed on the track to recover Adrian Sutil’s stricken Sauber without the aid of a safety car? Similarly, once the heavens began to open in the closing stages, though many felt the...
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Championship Standings |
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1) Nico Rosberg (GER). 2) Lewis Hamilton (GBR). 3) Kimi Raikkonen (FIN). 4) Daniel Ricciardo (AUS). 5) Sebastian Vettel (GER). 6) Felipe Massa (BRA). 7) Romain Grosjean (FRA). 8) Daniil Kvyat (RUS). 9) Valtteri Bottas (FIN). 10) Max Verstappen (NED). 11) Fernando Alonso (ESP). 12) Nico Hulkenberg (GER). 13) Kevin Magnussen (DEN). 14) Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP). 15) Sergio Perez (MEX). 16) Jenson Button (GBR). 17) Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL). 18) Jolyon Palmer (GBR). 19) Marcus Ericsson (SWE). 21) Felipe Nasr (BRA).
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