Articles by: Mike F1

  • Pastor Maldonado WINS the Spanish Grand Prix!

    Pastor Maldonado WINS the Spanish Grand Prix!

    News, Top Stories 13/05/2012 13:50

    An exciting Spanish Grand Prix with Venezuela’s Pastor Maldonado claiming his first F1 Grand Prix win. Maldonado began from pole and transformed it into a great race win, and a fantastic result for Williams F1 Team who score their 114rd win and first since 2004 This also means that every race this year [...]

     
  • Spain 2012 Qualifying – McLaren: “This is such a disappointment”

    Spain 2012 Qualifying – McLaren: “This is such a disappointment”

    News, Reaction 13/05/2012 09:52

    After making the perfect lap for taking the pole in Montmelo the McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton saw his result stripped away by the stewards because they failed to return the car to the paddock. The McLaren duo had all the reasons to go into the qualifying session with their hopes [...]

     
  • Spain 2012 Qualifying – Sauber: “We are very happy with this result”

    Spain 2012 Qualifying – Sauber: “We are very happy with this result”

    News, Reaction 12/05/2012 22:14

    For the second time this year both the Sauber F1 Team drivers have made it into the final  qualifying session. While Sergio Pérez was able to secure his best qualifying result in Formula One so far with sixth in Q3, his team mate Kamui Kobayashi only could witness what was [...]

     
  • Spain 2012 Qualifying – Lotus: “Today went relatively smoothly for us…”

    Spain 2012 Qualifying – Lotus: “Today went relatively smoothly for us…”

    News, Reaction 12/05/2012 20:19

    Romain Grosjean qualified in P4 whilst Kimi Räikkönen set the fifth fastest time under blue skies and light clouds in qualifying for tomorrow’s Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya. Kimi Räikkönen:  “I think we had a chance to be in the top three but we’ve been fighting with [...]

     
  • Spain 2012 Qualifying – Ferrari: “The best performance of the season”

    Spain 2012 Qualifying – Ferrari: “The best performance of the season”

    News, Reaction 12/05/2012 19:01

    There were two sides to qualifying for Scuderia Ferrari, as Fernando Alonso was third fastest, while Felipe Massa ended Q2 only in seventeenth place. The Spanish driver’s position is the best result since Saturday at Silverstone in 2011. Both drivers were on identical tyre usage programmes during the first two [...]

     
  • Spain 2012 Qualifying – Williams F1: “Pastor’s qualifying performance was stunning today”

    Spain 2012 Qualifying – Williams F1: “Pastor’s qualifying performance was stunning today”

    News, Reaction 12/05/2012 18:42

    Pastor Maldonado claimed his first front row grid position today in qualifying for tomorrow’s Spanish GP. After topping the times in Q2, Pastor drove a great lap on soft tyres to post a time of 1:22.285 putting him second overall behind Hamilton’s McLaren and following the investigation made by the [...]

     
  • An unexpected qualifying line-up

    An unexpected qualifying line-up

    Chit Chat, Top Stories 12/05/2012 16:54

    Pole Position for Lewis Hamilton who was absolutely flying around the Montmelo circuit and a surprise P2 for Pastor Maldonado while Alonso made happy the home crowd with well deserved P3. Within the Scuderia Ferrari, everyone had expected that the much talked about aero updates introduced in Barcelona would see [...]

     
  • Spanish Grand Prix 2012 Qualifying – Results

    Spanish Grand Prix 2012 Qualifying – Results

    Results, Top Stories 12/05/2012 13:35

    Yet another unpredictable qualifying session with Lewis Hamilton securing the pole and followed closely by two unlikely candidates: Pastor Maldonado for Williams and Fernando Alonso for Scuderia Ferrari.

     
  • Red Bull and McLaren want pole, Lotus hunts victory

    Red Bull and McLaren want pole, Lotus hunts victory

    Chit Chat 12/05/2012 11:46

    With all three practice sessions done it is now clear that its impossible to predict who is going to take pole position or a victory in Spain tomorrow. After Friday practice session’s 1 and 2 were over it was more than obvious that nobody has a fast enough car to [...]

     
  • Spanish Grand Prix 2012 Practice 3 – Results

    Spanish Grand Prix 2012 Practice 3 – Results

    Results, Top Stories 12/05/2012 10:28

    Free Practice 3 results for the Spanish Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel leads.

     
  • Spanish Grand Prix 2012 Practice 2 – Results

    Spanish Grand Prix 2012 Practice 2 – Results

    Results, Top Stories 11/05/2012 13:52

    Pos. Drivers Teams Time Laps 01. Jenson Button Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1:23.399 38 02. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:23.563 38 03. Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG Petronas 1:23.771 41 04. Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1:23.909 32 05. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus F1 1:23.918 32 06. Romain Grosjean Lotus F1 1:23.964 37 [...]

     
  • Spanish Grand Prix 2012 Practice 1 – Results

    Spanish Grand Prix 2012 Practice 1 – Results

    Results, Top Stories 11/05/2012 10:02

    Pos. Drivers Teams Time Laps 01. Fernando Alonso Scuderia Ferrari 1:24.430 20 02. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:24.808 18 03. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber F1 1:24.912 28 04. Jenson Button Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1:24.996 24 05. Valtteri Bottas Williams F1 1:25.120 24 06. Michael Schumacher Mercedes AMG Petronas 1:25.187 15 07. [...]