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Romain Grosjean Q&A: No rookie but still much to learn |
2012-02-06 18:23:00 |
| Back in 2009 Romain Grosjean made his Formula One debut as Fernando Alonso's Renault team mate over seven Grands Prix, after being drafted in to replace Nelson Piquet. Two years later, he's returning to the frontline at the same team (now Lotus) and ready to drive alongside another world champion - 2007 titleholder Kimi Raikkonen. The Frenchman discusses his hopes for the season ahead
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Alonso and Massa head to training camp ahead of Ferrari launch |
2012-01-26 01:35:00 |
| While Ferrari's engineers put the finishing touches to the Italian team's 2012 car ahead of its launch and test debut next month, drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa will be intensifying their own preparations at a pre-season training camp in the Canary Islands.
Alonso and Massa spent Tuesday at the Italian's team base in Maranello having seat fitting in the new Ferrari and meeting team principal Stefano Domenicali and other engineers to discuss the car's development. They will now jet off to the island of Lanzarote for a spot of physical training, alongside Ferrari young drivers Jules Bianchi and Davide Rigon.
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VIDEO: Alonso calls for Ferrari aggression |
2012-01-13 04:16:29 |
| Fernando Alonso calls on his Ferrari team to be more aggressive and have "a little bit more determination to get everything right" ahead of the 2012 season, having managed just one win in 2011 - the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
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Ferrari vow to bounce back in 2012 |
2012-01-13 01:45:00 |
| They have gathered in the Dolomites to meet and greet the media and sample some winter sports, but away from the slopes Ferrari are using their annual 'Wrooom' ski event to analyse their disappointing 2011 season and outline their strategy for this year's campaign.
The Italian team struggled to match both Red Bull and McLaren in 2011 and, although driver Fernando Alonso claimed a well-deserved victory at Silverstone, they eventually finished a distant third in the constructors' stakes. They are therefore determined to achieve much more in 2012.
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Alonso and Massa take to the slopes at Ferrari ski event |
2012-01-11 18:25:00 |
| Ferrari drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa have journeyed to the Madonna di Campiglio ski resort in Northern Italy for the Italian team's annual pre-season media gathering. Massa and Alonso arrived on Tuesday and enjoyed a spot of skiing in the Dolomites before the opening dinner.
Moto GP stars Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden, Ferrari team prinicpal Stefano Domenicali and Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo will also make appearances at the 'Wrooom' event. Over the coming days those in attendance will hit the slopes to participate in a number of winter sport activities and answer questions from the assembled media.
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Felipe Massa |
2012-01-04 06:27:33 |
| A profile of Ferrari's Brazilian driver, Felipe Massa, who played second-fiddle to Fernando Alonso in 2011.
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Ferrari drivers hard at work at training camp |
2012-01-01 01:25:00 |
| Over the last few days, Ferrari's driver line-up have been sweating away at a special fitness camp in the Canary Islands. Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa and Ferrari young drivers Jules Bianchi and Davide Rigon were all in attendance at the camp, which was held on the island of Lanzarote.
As well as working out at the gym, the four drivers tackled a variety of activities including mountain biking, football, tennis and canoeing.
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Alonso pleased with 'perfection' |
2011-11-28 06:02:43 |
| Fernando Alonso said that Ferrari "did everything to perfection" during the Brazilian Grand Prix and that his fourth place was down to the strong performance of other teams
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Practice One - Webber fastest for Red Bull at Interlagos |
2011-11-25 22:53:00 |
| Seven-tenths of a second separated the top six drivers after Friday morning's first practice session at Interlagos. Mark Webber set the pace for Red Bull with 1m 13.811s, but he was only 0.014s ahead of Jenson Button, who posted 1m 13.825s, and 0.150s ahead of Lewis Hamilton, who lapped in 1m 13.961s in the second McLaren. Hamilton aborted a final effort to go quicker.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel just failed to break into the 1m 13s with 1m 14.025s, leaving the top four just 0.214s apart, while the Ferraris had a mixed day. On his 100th appearance for them, Felipe Massa was fifth on 1m 14.507s, with Fernando Alonso sixth on 1m 14.541s. The Spaniard took a long while to get going, then stopped near the end after slowing in Turn One with similar engine troubles to those he experienced in India.
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Brazil preview - intense Interlagos hosts fight for final spoils |
2011-11-24 19:37:00 |
| Back in 2009 Red Bull's Mark Webber dominated the Brazilian Grand Prix and would dearly love to close out a winless 2011 season with a repeat victory, as he bids to overhaul McLaren's Jenson Button and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso for second overall.
Brazil is one of the best races of the year, the Australian says. It's a track which reminds me of Brands Hatch and the Formula Ford racing there because it's a like a bowl in terms of the atmosphere. The Brazilian people love their motorsport and are extremely passionate about it, obviously off the back of Piquet, Senna, Fittipaldi and Rubens Barrichello - they've had some really great drivers.
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Hamilton wins in Abu Dhabi |
2011-11-14 20:40:37 |
| McLaren's Lewis Hamilton wins the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso as Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel retires following a first-lap puncture.
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FIA post-race press conference - Abu Dhabi |
2011-11-14 02:59:00 |
| 1 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren); 2 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari); 3 - Jenson Button (McLaren)
Q: Lewis, describe your feelings after this win. It is one for you mum, hey?
Lewis Hamilton: Yeah, absolutely. It's my mum's birthday this weekend and it is great to be able to win while she's here. I feel fantastic. I think it was one of my best races. I said that to myself as I slowed down
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Race - Hamilton victorious after early Vettel exit |
2011-11-14 00:21:00 |
| All weekend there were signs that Lewis Hamilton's mojo was coming back, and a dominant victory in Abu Dhabi was just what the McLaren driver needed. In celebration, he dedicated it to his mother Carmen, whose birthday it was.
He was helped immeasurably as Sebastian Vettel spun into retirement in the second corner as his right-rear tyre came off the rim of his Red Bull, but it wasn't an easy run to the flag as Ferrari's Fernando Alonso grabbed second place from McLaren's Jenson Button on the opening lap and thereafter kept him honest.
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Abu Dhabi GP as it happened |
2011-11-13 20:30:21 |
| Lewis Hamilton wins the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with Fernando Alonso second and Jenson Button third as world champion Sebastian Vettel suffers a puncture on the first lap.
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Alonso kicking himself after crash |
2011-11-12 02:21:06 |
| Fernando Alonso took the blame for his spin during second practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and said he was annoyed with himself after losing out on valuable set-up time
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Practice Two - Hamilton top as floodlight follows sunlight |
2011-11-11 23:57:00 |
| McLaren ruled the roost in Abu Dhabi on Friday afternoon, as Formula One racing went into the twilight zone around 1700 hours local time. And both Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel fell foul of a slippery Turn One and touched the outer wall in their efforts to keep up.
Vettel and Webber set the initial pace for Red Bull before the sun began to slip from the sky, running the soft Pirellis as the McLarens clocked fast times on the mediums. Then after Alonso had a spell out front for Ferrari, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton took control with 1m 39.586s and team mate Jenson Button trimmed down to 1m 39.785s, 0.199s slower. Alonso's best was 1m 39.971s before he slid off backwards into the wall.
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Pre-Yas Marina analysis - drivers to revel in Abu Dhabi duel |
2011-11-11 15:39:00 |
| The drivers - not least Fernando Alonso - are hoping that the two DRS zones at Yas Marina Circuit will make a big difference when it comes to overtaking this year.
I think there will be good possibilities here to overtake, especially with DRS and it could make the race quite interesting, Virgin's Timo Glock says. Let's see, maybe we can overtake on the back of the field as well, the possibilities are much higher here
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Abu Dhabi preview - DRS to dial up electric Yas Marina |
2011-11-10 23:02:00 |
| Last year the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix saw Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel snatch the world championship crown from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and his own team mate Mark Webber, but the dearth of overtaking played a key role in the final outcome.
This year both the drivers' and constructors' titles are long settled, but the use of DRS could make for a much more exciting race...
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Alonso admits 2010 still hurts |
2011-11-09 23:48:43 |
| Fernando Alonso admits that he will still "be a bit uncomfortable" returning to the Yas Marina Circuit after his seventh place there cost him the 2010 championship
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Vitaly Petrov Q&A: I want to end the season on a high |
2011-11-07 20:46:00 |
| Renault's Vitaly Petrov found himself centre of attention during last year's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as he kept Fernando Alonso at bay for lap after lap, thus playing a critical role in the outcome of the 2010 championship.
This year, on the back of a tough weekend in India, he arrives at Yas Marina ninth in the drivers' table, determined to haul himself back into the points and to finish his second F1 season in style
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FIA post-race press conference - India |
2011-10-31 00:15:00 |
| 1 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull); 2 - Jenson Button (McLaren); 3 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari).
Q: Sebastian, pole, you led every lap and set the fastest lap. Was this your most perfect win of the season do you think?
Sebastian Vettel: Obviously it was a very good race for us. I enjoyed the time in the lead very much. I had a little bit of a fight with Jenson. It was always around four seconds and strangely he kept closing in
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Race - Vettel eases to inaugural Indian victory |
2011-10-30 20:42:00 |
| Sebastian Vettel won the 2011 Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix of India, but it might as well have been a replay of his victory in Korea a fortnight ago as he simply ran away and hid and left Jenson Button to chase him from a distance.
Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber were even further behind while yet another clash with Felipe Massa left a bitterly disappointed Lewis Hamilton to a seventh-place finish in the McLaren behind the Mercedes duo of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg.
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Vettel wins Indian Grand Prix |
2011-10-30 17:08:00 |
Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel wins first ever Indian Grand Prix, starting in pole position and never relinquishing first place. Jenson Button is second and Fernando Alonso is third.
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Live - Indian Grand Prix |
2011-10-30 17:00:49 |
| The inaugural Indian Grand Prix starts at 0930 GMT, with Sebastian Vettel on pole, Mark Webber second, Fernando Alonso third and Jenson Button fourth.
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Paddock Postcard from New Delhi |
2011-10-30 16:58:00 |
| Every new event on the calendar is an exciting prospect for the teams and drivers, but when the paddock arrives in a city as bustling and buzzing as Delhi then the collective excitement goes into overdrive. Sampling the delicious food and sightseeing seemed to dominate the days leading up to the race weekend for most, but some found time to meet the locals.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa was the guest of honour, along with a fiery red 458 Italia, at a dinner organised by Ferrari India at the Leela Palace Hotel. Team mate Fernando Alonso, meanwhile, in his role as a UNICEF ambassador, visited a paediatric hospital in the Indian capital, bringing gifts for the children who are being treated there, to celebrate the Diwali festival.
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Pole position not as important - Alonso |
2011-10-29 20:16:45 |
| Fernando Alonso says he is happy to be starting from third on the grid for Sunday's inaugural Indian Grand Prix because he does not see pole position as an advantage on the new Buddh circuit compared to other races
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Massa on top after frantic first day in India |
2011-10-28 19:55:43 |
| Felipe Massa ended an incident-packed first day of running on the new Buddh International Circuit on top of the time sheets, the Ferrari driver clocking a 1:25.706 to finish ahead of Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton
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Practice Two - Massa edges out Vettel in India |
2011-10-28 19:37:00 |
| Felipe Massa's recent upturn in speed continued on Friday afternoon as the Brazilian took his Ferrari to the fastest time of the day in the second practice session for the Indian Grand Prix.
He knocked more than a second off Lewis Hamilton's 1m 26.836s best for McLaren from the morning session, as his 1m 25.706s pipped Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel by 0.088s as the German lapped in 1m 25.794s. Fernando Alonso was third in the other Ferrari, with 1m 25.930s.
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Exclusive interview - Button on Lewis, Ferrari & life after F1 |
2011-10-28 00:17:00 |
| With the world championship gone, McLaren's Jenson Button isn't that bothered about P2 in the standings per se. But if it means he's beaten the likes of Alonso, Webber and Hamilton, he'll gratefully accept the runner's-up spot. His focus now is race wins and carrying strong form into 2012. Ahead of this weekend's 2011 Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix of India, Button chats to Formula1.com about his new McLaren contract, his future in F1, and what he plans to do when he finally quits the sport
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Race - Vettel win seals Red Bull title in Korea |
2011-10-16 17:17:00 |
| Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel brooked no argument as he dominated Sunday's Korean race, snatching the lead from Lewis Hamilton after the polesitter had led into the first corner and thereafter pulling away to a superb 10th seasonal triumph that left him 12s clear by the end.
While Vettel cleared off into the distance, Hamilton drove brilliantly in McLaren's 700th race to keep a faster Mark Webber for Red Bull at bay as McLaren's Jenson Button and a charging Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari made it a four-way fight for the runner-up slot.
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Final practice - McLaren dominate in the dry too |
2011-10-15 12:40:00 |
| McLaren continued to dominate proceedings in Korea on Saturday morning in the first dry session of the weekend. Jenson Button was fastest, three-tenths up on team mate Lewis Hamilton, with their nearest rival, Red Bull's Mark Webber, a further half a second adrift.
The Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa were fourth and fifth, followed by Mercedes' Michael Schumacher and Renault's Vitaly Petrov
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Friday times insignificant - Alonso |
2011-10-14 17:37:18 |
| Fernando Alonso believes the wet conditions during Friday practice for the Korean Grand Prix suited McLaren and is not reading too much into the advantage Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button held at the end of the afternoon session
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FIA Thursday press conference - Korea |
2011-10-13 19:09:00 |
| Drivers - Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso), Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), Pastor Maldonado (Williams), Sergio Perez (Sauber), Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
Q: Sergio, a good race last weekend, finishing eighth. Can we expect the same this weekend?
Sergio Perez: Well, it was a very special race for me. It was quite a good race, very good race, starting on P17. We had a hydraulic problem
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Alonso and Button seek more wins |
2011-10-09 21:08:27 |
| Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and McLaren's Jenson Button insists there is still plenty to race for in the remainder of this season despite Sebastian Vettel's world title victory.
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FIA post-race press conference - Japan |
2011-10-09 20:01:00 |
| Drivers: 1 - Jenson Button (McLaren); 2 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari); 3 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
Q: Jenson, coming into this weekend you said all you wanted from the rest of the season was to take another Grand Prix victory. Job done. Congratulations.
Jenson Button: Thank you very much. I think this circuit is very special to all of us. We love this place, so to get a victory here in front of such an amazing Japanese crowd really does mean a lot
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Race - Vettel crowned champion as Button wins in Japan |
2011-10-09 17:38:00 |
| McLaren's Jenson Button always wanted to win the Japanese race at Suzuka, and on Sunday afternoon he finally did so in dominant style after early leader Sebastian Vettel ran into tyre wear.
But third place for the 24 year-old German, separated from Button by Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, was sufficient to clinch him a second consecutive world championship...
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Button wins race, Vettel champion |
2011-10-09 14:36:00 |
Japanese GP: 1-Button, 2-Alonso, 3-Vettel, 4-Webber, 5-Hamilton, 6-Schumacher, 7-Massa, 8-Perez, 9-Petrov, 10-Rosberg.
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Practice Two - Button keeps McLaren ahead in Japan |
2011-10-07 15:54:00 |
| McLaren's Jenson Button continued to lead the field, after a change in track conditions towards the end rendered Friday afternoon's hour and a half-long second practice session at Suzuka somewhat inconclusive.
After the Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa had set the pace after displacing the McLarens before being overcome by Mark Webber's Red Bull, Button put on a set of soft-compound Pirellis and lapped in 1m 31.901s, which left him 0.174s faster than Alonso's similarly equipped best of 1m 32.075s and Sebastian Vettel's third-fastest 1m 32.095s.
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Live - Singapore Grand Prix |
2011-09-25 19:33:21 |
| Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, who could clinch his second successive world title, leads from Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso near the halfway mark of the Singapore Grand Prix.
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Qualifying analysis - who can ruin Vettel's party? |
2011-09-25 03:53:00 |
| Sebastian Vettel was understandably very pleased with his 11th pole position of the season for Red Bull. But while Vettel will start exactly where he wanted to, with team mate Mark Webber and the McLarens of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton and the Ferraris of Fernando Alonso right behind, it remains to be seen whether the young German will finish where he needs to in order to wrap up the title with five races to spare. We take a team-by-team look at how all the runners performed
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Final practice - Webber edges out Button |
2011-09-24 21:27:00 |
| Red Bull's Mark Webber took his turn at the top of the Singapore timesheets in the final practice session this evening, lapping the Marina Bay circuit in 1m 46.081s to head Jenson Button by 0.027s after the Englishman took his improved McLaren round in 1m 46.108s.
Sebastian Vettel, who had dominated the session on the soft Pirelli tyre, lost a little pace on the super-soft rubber and was third with 1m 46.345s just ahead of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso on 1m 46.396s
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Singapore GP: Free practice 3 |
2011-09-24 19:02:00 |
1-Mark Webber, 2-Jenson Button, 3-Sebastian Vettel, 4-Fernando Alonso, 5-Lewis Hamilton, 6-Nico Rosberg, 7-Michael Schumacher, 8-Felipe Massa, 9-Kamui Kobayashi, 10-Adrian Sutil.
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Practice Two - Red Bull ace Ferrari in Singapore |
2011-09-24 00:25:00 |
| Sebastian Vettel stamped his authority on proceedings in Friday night's second practice session in Singapore, lapping Marina Bay in 1m 46.374s in his Red Bull.
Last year's winner Fernando Alonso, however, was close behind on 1m 46.575s in the Ferrari, with Lewis Hamilton another half second shy on 1m 47.115s after damaging his McLaren's floor earlier on when he ran over an exit kerb. Felipe Massa was fourth, with 1m 47.120s in the second Ferrari, and Mark Webber fifth in the second Red Bull on 1m 47.265s.
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Singapore GP: Free practice 1 result |
2011-09-23 18:36:00 |
1-Lewis Hamilton, 2-Sebastian Vettel, 3-Mark Webber, 4-Fernando Alonso, 5-Jenson Button, 6-Felipe Massa, 7-Adrian Sutil, 8-Michael Schumacher, 9-Paul Di Resta, 10-Nico Rosberg.
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Singapore preview - the winner takes it all? |
2011-09-22 17:14:00 |
| As Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel heads to Singapore intent on winning again to avenge his defeat there by Ferrari's Fernando Alonso last year, even though just a third place finish could be sufficient to clinch his second consecutive world championship, Formula One racing's only night race is set to be a gripper.
We've had some good races in Singapore in the past, especially last year when we finished second, just behind Fernando, Vettel says. I love the track, it's very challenging; there are a lot of corners, it's very long, it's hot and it's a night race, so there are a lot of special things about Singapore. The car seems to be very competitive there, so I hope we can go back there this year and win - it would be very special.
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