Entries Tagged ‘vettel’:

Why Pirelli Needs to Calm Down

If there is one phrase I wish banished to the fiery pits of hell, it is “Sorry sir, we can’t serve you another drink, you’ve had too much.” In a close second, though, is “You need to look after your tyres”. In terms of the bigger picture, 2012 seems to be building up to be one of [...]

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Maldonado Screws Up Weekend In 2 Minutes of Madness

UPDATE: Multiple sources are confirming that Pastor Maldonado has been handed a 10 place grid penalty for the race. All weekend we’ve been going on about how we expect Pastor Maldonado to have a very good Monaco Grand Prix. He’s a noted beast around the circuit, has a race winning car under him and is [...]

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Pedro de la Rosa Perfectly Sums Up Why The 2012 Monaco Grand Prix Will Be Epic

There are many things which Pedro de la Rosa is famous for. Being a philosopher is not one of them, however his comments about this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix so perfectly summed up why the race around the streets of Monte Carlo are so revered. Talking to Autosport about HRT’s new relocation, de la Rosa [...]

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Tracking F1′s Speed

As we all know, F1 really is the ultimate driving experience and has been for quite some time. Nothing can compare to driving an F1 car, and its this reason why many people find it so hard to leave. They are the pinacle of engineering. Or at least in general that’s the theory. F1 isn’t [...]

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Vettel: Drivers Could Strike Over Rear Wings

Sebastian Vettel is a lot of things; the best hot lap driver in F1 today, the youngest World Champion in history, a German with a sense of humour and somebody who brings in web traffic whenever you mention his name. However, unfortunately Seb hasn’t quite gotten the politics side of F1 down quite yet. In [...]

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Vettel Signs Up With Red Bull; Hamilton Signs Up To Be A Pop Star

Two big contracts have been signed in the last few hours in F1. The first sees reigning World Champion Sebastian Vettel ink a deal that will see him stay with Red Bull Racing until at least the end of the 2014 campaign, while the second sees Lewis Hamilton sign up to be a pop star [...]

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11 for ’11: Red Bull Racing and their Bug Problem

Since entering F1, Red Bull Racing haven’t exactly been a picture of consistency. Whether it be reliability problems or driver problems, it hasn’t been clean sailing for the outfit. Although this is a big ol’ problem for RBR, make no mistakes about it – we’re very fortunate that RBR drop the ball so often. The [...]

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Proven By Science: Driving a Red Bull is bad for your health!

Throughout 2010 the RBR cars of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel had two speeds: Very Fast and Very Crashy. There wasn’t a single race where you could turn around and say “Yup, that was a solid 5th place effort right there”, they were either up the business end of the grid or upside down in [...]

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Christian Horner Calls Mark Webber Fat

Oh Christian Horner, you silly little man. First of all you royally piss Mark Webber off by taking parts off his car and putting them on Vettel’s in a clear act of showing him who is boss, and then you call him fat. Seriously. Well alright, not completely seriously, but check out this quote : [...]

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Serious Stuff: “Not Bad For A Number Two Driver”

In Serious Stuff, we attempt real proper journalism rather than cheap gags and pictures of grid girls. Today, we look at whether or not Mark Webber was right to actually believe that he would ever be considered Vettel’s equal in RBR. After the Monaco Grand Prix, it seemed as if Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber [...]

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