Nico Rosberg seals 2016 F1 championship

Nico Rosberg clinched his maiden Formula 1 world championship by holding off Sebastian Vettel to finish second in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as rival Lewis Hamilton won the race. Rosberg only had to finish third to clinch the championship, as the pair entered their second title showdown in three seasons. In winning the title,

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Baku qualifying 2016

Here was Hamilton’s chance to really turn the screw, to hammer home the impression that all the momentum in the title race had taken a decisive shift. Instead his mistakes meant Rosberg, under pressure after Montreal and Monaco and under the cosh all weekend in Baku, could enjoy an easy passage to pole position. Even

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Rosberg in seven heaven

From pole position, Rosberg led Bottas and Raikkonen through the Turn 1 sweeper. Raikkonen grabbed second at Turn 2, but it all kicked off behind him as an out-of-control Kvyat hit Vettel into the second Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo. Behind them, Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg went out at Turn 2 for the second time

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Ayrton Senna – a life as a race

22 years from Senna’s death. Is there any death? “In the end, there is no end. Only love remain.” After I watched the movie “Beyond the Sound of Speed”, dedicated to the life of Ayrton Senna, I had a feeling of irritation. Something important had not come out. I did not know what. I remembered

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China Q: Rosberg beats Ricciardo to pole

Rosberg’s Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, who had a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change, will start from the back of the grid after being hit by ERS problems during the opening qualifying segment. Rosberg was second quickest until the dying seconds, when he set a blistering lap to grab pole with a best time of

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Ferrari turned the tables in FP2 China

aa Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:36.896 35 2 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:37.005 +0.109 33 3 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:37.133 +0.237 33 4 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:37.329 +0.433 33 5 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing 1:38.143 +1.247 31 6 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso 1:38.268 +1.372 28 7 Nico Hulkenberg Force

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