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Keith Collantine wrote a new post, Vettel: ‘I’m to blame’ for missing out on pole 12 minutes ago

Sebastian Vettel believes he could have been on pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix.

The Red Bull driver was fastest in Q2 and headed the times after the drivers had done their first runs in Q3.

But he […]

Keith Collantine wrote a new post, Mercedes “moderately optimistic” of victory chances 18 minutes ago

Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn is hopeful they will finally score their first win of the year in today’s race.

The team has started the last three races in a row from pole position but hasn’t won any of […]

Keith Collantine wrote a new post, Alonso focused on beating Vettel and Raikkonen 32 minutes ago

Fernando Alonso says his priority is beating his closest championship rivals as he doubts his victory chances in the Monaco Grand Prix.

The Ferrari driver starts tomorrow’s race from sixth on the grid and said […]

Keith Collantine wrote a new post, 2013 Monaco Grand Prix qualifying report 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

Mercedes’ domination of qualifying extended to four races in a row in Monaco. Nico Rosberg claimed pole position for the third race in a row and Lewis Hamilton will join him on the front row after a rain-hit […]

Keith Collantine wrote a new post, 2013 Monaco Grand Prix grid 1 hour, 43 minutes ago

Row 11. Nico Rosberg 1’13.876Mercedes
2. Lewis Hamilton 1’13.967Mercedes
Row 23. Sebastian Vettel 1’13.98Red Bull
4. Mark Webber 1’14.181Red Bull
Row 35. Kimi Raikkonen 1’14.822Lotus
6. Fernando Alonso […]

Keith Collantine commented on the post, Three-in-a-row for Rosberg in crash-strewn session 3 hours, 13 minutes ago

Looks like the rain has wrecked the chances of this happening. Ah well!

Keith Collantine commented on the post, Three-in-a-row for Rosberg in crash-strewn session 3 hours, 47 minutes ago

Last year the fastest time in Q3 (1’14.301 by Michael Schumacher) was eight-tenths of a second faster than the best time in FP3 (1’15.159 by Nico Rosberg).

This year the fastest time in FP3 was Rosberg’s […]

Keith Collantine commented on the post, Three-in-a-row for Rosberg in crash-strewn session 3 hours, 52 minutes ago

@joshua-mesh According to who?

Keith Collantine wrote a new post, Three-in-a-row for Rosberg in crash-strewn session 4 hours, 32 minutes ago

Nico Rosberg made it three out of three in practice for the Monaco Grand Prix as he remained the driver to beat on the streets of the principality.

Rosberg found a clear lap late in the session to set a […]

Keith Collantine wrote a new post, Williams tipped for Mercedes engine deal 17 hours, 44 minutes ago

In the round-up: Williams tipped to switch to Mercedes engines in 2014.

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Keith Collantine wrote a new post, Top ten closest F1 race finishes 18 hours, 21 minutes ago

I happened across a list of the ten closest Indy Racing League finishes on the official website recently and it got me wondering what the closest finishes in F1 history are.

Here’s the ten closest finishes […]

Keith Collantine commented on the post, Chevrolet bid to claim Honda’s Indy 500 crown 21 hours, 17 minutes ago

@spawinte If you’ve drawn the conclusion that drivers of the calibre of Dario Franchitti or Scott Dixon or are “accidents waiting to happen” then I don’t believe you “really truly honestly” have given it a chance. […]

Keith Collantine commented on the post, Chevrolet bid to claim Honda’s Indy 500 crown 22 hours, 1 minute ago

@spawinte I don’t get why people scoff at IndyCar like this. They have some excellent drivers and great racing. They don’t have DRS and every race doesn’t end with a row about whether the tyres were too soft. And […]

Keith Collantine commented on the post, Pirelli criticise “ludicrous” wait for 2014 tyre decision 1 day ago

There were simply asked to have a hard compound at each race that could not go further than half race distance & a soft compound at each race that could not do more than 25-30% race distance with about 8 tenth […]

Keith Collantine wrote a new post, Chevrolet bid to claim Honda’s Indy 500 crown 1 day, 2 hours ago

For fans of open-wheel racing this Sunday has to be one of the best days of the year. The blue riband races of the Formula One world championship and the IndyCar series fall on the same day.