May 20, 2013

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 [...]

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 [...]

Formula 1: Vettel on pole for U.S. Grand Prix

Red Bull's Vettel and Webber and McLaren's Hamilton pose after the qualifying session of the U.S. F1 Grand Prix in Austin

(Reuters) – Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel roared to pole position at the U.S. Grand Prix on Saturday with the German perfectly placed to claim a third straight Formula One title in his milestone 100th race. Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, 10 points behind the championship leader with one round to come after Sunday, set only the ninth [...]

Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel takes title lead with Korea win

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(PhatzRadio / BBC Sports) — Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel took a dominant victory in the Korean Grand Prix to take the world championship lead from Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso. Vettel’s victory was his third in a row and it makes him the first driver to win four races this season. Team-mate Mark Webber was second ahead [...]

Forumla 1: Alonso spins out of Japanese Grand Prix

Ferrari Formula One driver Alonso loses control of his car in the first corner of the Japanese F1 Grand Prix at the Suzuka circuit

(Reuters) – Ferrari’s Formula One championship leader Fernando Alonso crashed out of the Japanese Grand Prix seconds after the start on Sunday. The Spaniard, who led Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel by 29 points with five races remaining after Suzuka, had started in sixth place and was sent spinning into the gravel at the first corner [...]

Forumla 1: Button on top in Abu Dhabi practice

McLaren Formula One driver Jenson Button of Britain watches the screen in the pit during the first practice session of the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix

(Reuters) – Jenson Button set the pace in first practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Friday as Sebastian Vettel made a quiet return to the circuit where he became Formula One’s youngest champion last year. Now a double title holder, Red Bull’s 24-year-old German Vettel lapped fourth fastest and nearly half a second [...]