May 23, 2013

Formula 1: Bahrain says thwarted attacks, found petrol bombs before F1 race

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(Reuters) – Bahrain security forces thwarted attacks and found caches of weapons including 1,000 petrol bombs in the run-up to last weekend’s Formula One race, state media said as protests and sectarian tensions continued to simmer in the island kingdom. Bahrain did not see a repeat of the mass demonstrations that overshadowed last year’s race [...]

Formula 1: Ferrari’s Alonso wins F1 Chinese GP

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SHANGHAI (AP) — Fernando Alonso’s win at the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday announced the Ferrari driver as a strong contender for the Formula One championship after a comfortable victory in which he claimed to have plenty to spare. Alonso took the lead for good with 13 laps to go and won by 10 seconds [...]

Formula 1: Red Bull have a clear number one, says Hamilton

Mercedes F1 driver Lewis Hamilton sprays champaine at winner Red Bull F1 driver Sebastian Vettel during the victory ceremony of the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix

(Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton has turned his fire on Formula One rivals Red Bull for suggesting after a controversial Malaysian Grand Prix that he has joined Mercedes as their clear number one. The race at Sepang was dominated by controversial team orders issued by champions Red Bull and Mercedes but Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko [...]

Formula 1: Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel should be suspended – John Watson

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(PhatzRadio / BBC Sports) — Red Bull should suspend Sebastian Vettel for one race as punishment for disobeying team orders in Malaysia, says former McLaren driver John Watson. Vettel ignored a call to stay behind team-mate Mark Webber and overtook him with 13 laps left to win the race. “The only purposeful way to bring [...]

Formula 1: Vettel seals controversial Malaysia win

Red Bull Formula One driver Vettel, teammmate Webber and Mercedes Formula One driver Hamilton celebrate after the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix at Sepang International Circuit outside Kuala Lumpur

(Reuters) – Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel won a controversial Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday after defying orders to back off and let Red Bull team mate Mark Webber take the checkered flag ahead of him. The German’s 27th victory, from pole and equaling the tally of triple champion Jackie Stewart in the all-time [...]

Racing: Fernando Alonso fastest on day three of second pre-season test

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(PhatzRadio / BBC Sports) — Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso set the pace in Barcelona on the penultimate day of the second pre-season testing event. At the Circuit de Catalunya, the Spanish double world champion posted one minute 21.875 seconds – 0.285 secs quicker than Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg. Lotus’s Romain Grosjean was third, 0.313 secs behind Alonso [...]

Formula1: Vettel wary of world domination with new RB9

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(Reuters) – Sebastian Vettel distanced himself from a suggestion that he was planning world domination as Formula One champions Red Bull unveiled the car that could carry him to a fourth successive title this season. “World domination? I’m German, but I didn’t say that,” said the startled 25-year-old at the launch of the RB9, revealed [...]

Formula 1: Ferrari prefer Vettel to Hamilton

Red Bull Formula One driver Vettel of Germany drives his car in Graz

(Reuters) – Triple Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel would be Ferrari’s first choice should they ever need to replace Fernando Alonso, president Luca di Montezemolo has said. The Red Bull driver has been repeatedly linked to Ferrari this season, with talk of a pre-contract for 2014, although the 25-year-old German and his team have [...]

Formula 1: Chilton to race for Marussia F1 team

Marussia Formula One test driver Chilton drives during the first practice session of the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit on Yas Island

(Reuters) – Max Chilton will be Britain’s fourth man on the Formula One starting grid next season after back-markers Marussia said on Tuesday the 21-year-old would make his race debut with them in Australia in March. Chilton, the reserve driver this year, will partner Germany’s Timo Glock at the Russian-licensed former Virgin Racing team who [...]

Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel wins his third F1 world championship for Red Bull

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(PhatzRadio / BBC Sports) — Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel won a third consecutive world drivers’ title by three points in the Brazilian GP. In an incident-packed, rain-affected race, Vettel fought back to finish sixth after dropping to last on lap one following a collision. His rival Fernando Alonso of Ferrari finished second, meaning he needed [...]