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Jun232018 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Bottas on top of a rainy workout

Valtteri Bottas set the fastest time of the third free practice that passed in rainy weather. A few racers didn’t set the time like that at all. The training passed relatively calmly. The first few minutes the track was still dry and then the racers set their times. Then practically the entire training spent in the garage. Bottas set the fastest time of 1: 33.666 in the opening minutes, which is more than a second worse than the time set by his teammate Lewis Hamilton yesterday. After ten minutes of training, the entire track was already wet and slippery, so the teams called their racers to the garages. Only Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc managed to set the national team time. In addition to the two Williams racers, Fernando Alonso was one of the few racers who are

Dec12016 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Formula 1 returns to France after 10 years

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France's L'equipe reports that France is returning after a ten-year absence from the Formula One championship calendar. The French Grand Prix will be on the race calendar for the 2018 season, and the contract they signed is valid for five seasons. The race was last hosted by the French Magny Cours, and now the Grand Prix will be held on the super modern Paul Ricard track at the end of August 2018. The track has so far been mainly tested, and there is also a system for artificial irrigation of the track. The news will be officially confirmed at a news conference Monday.

Jul122014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

The memory of Albert and Antonio Ascari

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Alberto Ascari, the son of one of the greatest Italian racers in the period between the two world wars, became one of the most dominant and popular champions. He was renowned for his careful accuracy and very good view of what was going on, which made him one of the safest drivers in very dangerous times; but he was also notoriously superstitious, and did many things in delaying his fate. But his unexplained fatal accident - at virtually the same age as his father, on the same day of the month and in eeriely similar circumstances - remains one of the greatest mysteries in the history of Formula 1. Alberto Ascari, born July 13, 1918 in Milan, had only seven years after his father Antonio, the current European champion, died in an accident at the French Grand Prix in Montlhéry while leading the race. Until then, little Alb

October32013 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Ogier has already become a champion

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Sebastien Ogier has already won the title of world champion of this season after the first stage of the rally in France, as Dani Sordo was better than Thierry Neuville, who would have to collect maximum points in France, Spain and Britain to snatch the title from Ogier's hands. he should be left without points on the listed trials. The M-Sport racer was 0.7 seconds behind Sordo in Citroen, triggering a wave of joy at Volkswagen’s camp even before Ogier started his first test in France. The new champion reached the finish line as the third fastest. Sebastien Loeb, who is saying goodbye to the rally world in France, drove to the so-called power stage as the last and was the seventh fastest.