Year: 2017

Three things we learnt from the Singapore Grand Prix

SINGAPORE - Daniel Ricciardo of Australia driving the (3) Red Bull Racing Red Bull-TAG Heuer RB13 TAG Heuer on track during final practice for the Formula One Grand Prix of Singapore at Marina Bay Street Circuit on September 16, 2017 in Singapore. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images/Red Bull Content Pool)
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The first-ever rain-soaked night race was a maddening spectacle. Here's what we learnt post the Singapore GP. Lewis Hamilton won the recently concluded Singapore Grand Prix increasing his lead at the top of the championship table to 28 points after the championship rival Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari was left without a nose

Rowdy Racers: From Formula 1 to Formula E

Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen had "suck my balls" argument
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Motorsport drivers are a passionate lot but sometimes they get a bit too carried away Last weekend motorsport fans were spoilt for choice with a slew of races taking places: Formula 1 in Hungary, World Rally Championship in Finland and Formula E at Montreal; were just some of the top class

Pirelli’s longer lasting tyres are a bad idea

Pirelli's studded snow tyres
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For the 2017 season, Pirelli has introduced tyres that would last longer thus allowing for drivers to push harder. But I believe that's a bad idea. After moaning and bickering for larger part of 2016, the world breathed a collective sigh when it was announced that going into the 2017 season,

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Best April Fools’ Day pranks

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A look at this year's top 3 April Fools' jokes from the world of motorsports It seems like this year, the entire world was on the April Fool bandwagon this year. In fact, I'd say, it was a bit of an overkill when it came of Formula 1. Forums, Facebook groups and

Ferrari draws first blood in Australia

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Talking points from the Australian Grand Prix After all the hype surrounding the new season, the fans finally got a taste of the live action in the form of the Australian Grand Prix. While the first race of the season is always special, this year’s pre-season noise was at another decibel

What we learnt from the first pre-season test of 2017?

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After all the hype, drama and anticipation surrounding the new look of the 2017 cars, we've finally witnessed what they look like.  The first pre-season test at Spain's Circuit de Catalyuna has come to an end. Here's what we've come to learn so far: 1. The looks As expected, the new cars do

Dakar 2017 was CS Santosh’s coming of age

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A detailed analysis of CS Santosh's third Dakar outing Every year in January, a bunch of off-road enthusiasts – the world’s toughest ones, to be fair – packs their bags and heads to South America for an adventure known as the Dakar Rally. Covering almost 10000 km of the toughest