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Romain Grosjean Q&A: Lotus the perfect place to be

It would have been a crying shame had Romain Grosjean not been given the chance to show his true colours again after his disappointing first Formula One stint back in 2009. On Sunday in Spain the young Frenchman and his on-form Lotus will start from th… Läs mer

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Q&A with McLaren’s Jenson Button

Saturday in Barcelona was not Jenson Button’s day. Oversteer, and then understeer, ruined his running in qualifying and the best Button could muster was 11th on the grid. Although team mate Lewis Hamilton’s penalty promotes him up to tenth, the Briton … Läs mer

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Hamilton excluded from qualifying; Maldonado on pole

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton has lost his pole position for Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix after the stewards found his car did not have sufficient fuel onboard to comply with the rules on its return to parc ferme.

As a result of the decision, Williams’ Pas… Läs mer

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FIA post-qualifying press conference – Spain

Drivers: 1 – Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 2 – Pastor Maldonado (Williams), 3 – Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)

Q: Lewis, McLaren’s 150th Formula One pole position today. You really had to manage to the process though, parti Läs mer

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Qualifying – selected team and driver quotes

Bruno Senna on spinning and beaching his Williams in the gravel; Charles Pic on a speedy Q1 run which saw him outpace his team mate Timo Glock for a second race in succession; McLaren’s Jenson Button and Red Bull’s Mark Webber on failing to make it thr… Läs mer

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Qualifying – Hamilton on pole from Maldonado

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton grabbed a sensational pole position here in Barcelona on Saturday afternoon, pushing surprise frontrunner Pastor Maldonado one place down the Spanish grid.

Maldonado had been very quick for Williams in Q2 and had just snatched… Läs mer

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Final practice – Vettel moves ahead in Spain

Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time in a very tight final practice session in Barcelona on Saturday morning, but it would have been a very close-run thing had McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton not been blocked at the end of a very fast lap by traffic.

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Friday analysis – a tale of two tyres (and testing)

The biggest task on a Friday of perfect weather was for teams to bridge the two-compound gap between Pirelli’s chosen hard and soft tyres, something that had many of them scratching their heads. The other priority was to see how the updates tried in Mu… Läs mer

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FIA Friday press conference – Spain

Team representatives – Pierre Wache (Sauber), Paul Hembery (Pirelli), Mark Smith (Caterham), Giorgio Ascanelli (Toro Rosso), Adrian Newey (Red Bull), Sam Michael (McLaren).

Q: Pierre, welcome, you’re Head of Vehicle Performance at Sauber. First of all… Läs mer

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Lewis Hamilton Q&A: Tyre management could decide title

Lewis Hamilton was one of the few top drivers absent from last week’s Mugello test. And while Jenson Button’s Friday pace in Spain showed that McLaren’s test drivers no doubt did their job in Italy, Hamilton was not quite so happy with his MP4-27. He i… Läs mer

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