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Hamilton Pips Rosberg at Hungarian GP in a Mercedes 1-2 But Off-the-Field Tiffs Continue

 July 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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For the fifth time in his F1 career, Lewis Hamilton has emerged victorious in the Hungarian Grand Prix by easing out his Mercedes teammate and pole-winner Nico Rosberg. In the 11th meeting of this year’s F1 calendar on Sunday, Hamilton’s win has taken him on top of the drivers’ championships standings for the first time. […]

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Lewis Hamilton Wins Silverstone’s British F1 GP for Third Straight Year Rosberg Penalized

 July 12, 2016   R K Gupta

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World Champion British driver Lewis Hamilton delivered a stunning pole-to-flag winning performance in the 2016 Formula 1 British Grand Prix on Sunday. In a huge same-day success story for sports in Great Britain, what Hamilton began on Sunday afternoon was superbly complimented a few hours later by Andy Murray’s championship victory at the tennis mecca […]

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Lewis Hamilton Wins Controversy-Ridden Austrian GP Gets into another Tiff with Rosberg

 July 6, 2016   R K Gupta

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In a thrilling lap-last duel, Mercedes teammates and bitter rivals, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg made contact with each other. Until then, Rosberg had appeared a clean winner but the damaged front wing threw him down the order and despite being pushed wide, Hamilton finished winner. Rosberg was thoroughly peeved at the incident and blamed […]

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Force India’s Sergio Perez Takes Season’s 2nd Podium as Rosberg Wins European GP at Baku

 July 1, 2016   R K Gupta

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For the first time in history, the European Formula-1 GP was held in Azerbaijani capital Baku. After some setbacks earlier in the season, Mercedes’ championship leader Nico Rosberg returned to the winning ways. Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari was second but for Indian Motorsports fans, the reason for cheer in Baku’s inaugural race […]

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Hamilton Wins a Tension-Filled Canadian GP from Vettel on Pit-Stop Strategy

 June 17, 2016   R K Gupta

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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton won his fifth Canadian GP at Montreal in a tense battle with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. The two drivers adopted different tyre-change strategies and many critics felt that the extra pit-stop that Vettel took cost him the race. It was also the second straight victory for Hamilton at Montreal and after also winning […]

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Force India’s Perez Shares Podium with Hamilton, Who Wins Season’s First Race at Monaco

 May 31, 2016   R K Gupta

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In the Monaco F1 GP, reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain finally found the top podium finish for the first time this season. In an amazing turn of events, Force India driver Sergio Perez shared the podium with the celebrated Briton along with second-placed Australian Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull. It was Hamilton’s […]

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Max Verstappen

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen Becomes the Youngest Driver Ever to Win a Formula-1 Race

 May 18, 2016   R K Gupta

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Only 12 days ago, Max Verstappen was a member of the Toro Rosso team and drove the Toro Rosso in the Russian F1 Grand Prix at Sochi on May 01, 2016. Soon after Sochi, Red Bull management announced that Verstappen would replace Daniil Kvyat in the Red Bull team and Kvyat would come to Toro […]

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Nico Rosberg Wins Russian GP 2016

Nico Rosberg Wins Russian GP to Log Four-in-a-row in Current Season and 7 Times on Trot

 May 2, 2016   R K Gupta

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Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg looks unstoppable in the 2016 F-1 World Championship season. He won the Russian GP at Sochi as easily as he did at Shanghai a fortnight ago. Though his Mercedes teammate and defending world champion Lewis Hamilton finished second to make it 1-2 for Team Mercedes, there was no challenge that Rosberg […]

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Rosberg’s Winning Streak Continues Unabated as He Takes Top Podium in Chinese GP

 April 18, 2016   R K Gupta

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While another disappointment befell Lewis Hamilton, his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg finished on top in the season’s third race at Shanghai. While Hamilton’s race was compromised from start on account of multiple mishaps, the first lap drama involving the clash of the two Ferrari drivers effectively neutralized any challenge to Rosberg as he crossed the […]

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Nico Rosberg Wins Bahrain GP

Nico Rosberg Wins Bahrain GP Helped by a Hamilton Stutter

 April 6, 2016   R K Gupta

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Mercedes missed the 1-2 at the Gulf Air Bahrain GP, though both team drivers found the podium places. They can, however, derive solace from Nico Rosberg repeating his season-opening Australian GP’s winning performance at the Sakhir international circuit. 2015 champion and pole-winner Lewis Hamilton collided with Williams driver Valtteri Bottas at Turn 1 early in […]

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