Wheels and Goals

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Jolyon Palmer lands Lotus F1 role

The 2014 GP2 champion, Jolyon Palmer, has been confirmed as the Lotus F1 Team’s third driver for the upcoming season. The 24-year-old will take part in a number of free … Continue reading

January 21, 2015 · Leave a comment

POLL: Sports Personality of the Year 2014

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year award ceremony takes place tonight for an astonishing 60th time. Voting is currently underway for one of the most prestigious awards a British … Continue reading

December 14, 2014 · Leave a comment

End of the road for Marussia Formula One Team

The Marussia Formula One team have officially ceased trading today after the British-based team were unable to find new owners. The team had missed last weekend’s US Grand Prix and … Continue reading

November 7, 2014 · Leave a comment

Lewis Hamilton On Pole for Inaugural Russian Grand Prix in Sochi

It may be a brand new track but it was the same old story in qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton put his Mercedes on pole position. … Continue reading

October 11, 2014 · Leave a comment

Keep Fighting Jules Bianchi and Get Well Soon

At today’s Japanese Grand Prix Marussia driver, Jules Bianchi, was involved in a horrific collision with a JCB recovery vehicle and is now under-going head surgery. The recovery team where … Continue reading

October 5, 2014 · 1 Comment

Daniel Ricciardo is a future Formula One World Champion

The Italian Grand Prix gave yet more evidence to prove that Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo will become a multiple-time World Champion in the future. The Australian produced some great overtaking as he … Continue reading

September 8, 2014 · 1 Comment

Rosberg beginning to crack as Hamilton cuts championship lead

At this past weekend’s Formula One Italian Grand Prix we saw an interesting change in the fight for the drivers championship. Lewis Hamilton recovered from a shocking start to win the race, … Continue reading

September 8, 2014 · 3 Comments

Hamilton and Rosberg clash blown out of proportion

It has been one of the most controversial weeks ever in the world of Formula One after everything that happened at the Belgian Grand Prix. Mercedes teammates, and championship contenders, … Continue reading

August 27, 2014 · 1 Comment

Felipe Massa is the unluckiest man in Formula One part one

At this past weekend’s F1 German Grand Prix we were given yet more evidence that Felipe Massa is the unluckiest man in the sport. Massa’s race didn’t even last one … Continue reading

July 22, 2014 · Leave a comment

Rosberg on pole in Germany as Hamilton crashes out

Lewis Hamilton will need another race-day miracle after crashing out of qualifying for the German Grand Prix, with his teammate and championship rival, Nico Rosberg, taking pole position. The Brit … Continue reading

July 19, 2014 · Leave a comment

British GP: Nico Rosberg on pole after crazy qualifying session

Nico Rosberg will start tomorrow’s British Grand Prix from pole position after a dramatic finish to this afternoon’s qualifying session. Championship rival, Lewis Hamilton, was all set for his second successive … Continue reading

July 5, 2014 · Leave a comment

Felipe Massa on pole for the Formula One Austrian Grand Prix

Felipe Massa stormed to his first pole position since 2008 as Williams managed to beat the Mercedes team in qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix. Massa’s teammate, Valtori Bottas, will … Continue reading

June 21, 2014 · Leave a comment

A look back at the 2014 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won the Bahrain Grand Prix for the first time ever yesterday ahead of his teammate Nico Rosberg in what has to be thee most exciting race in years. … Continue reading

April 7, 2014 · Leave a comment

Lewis Hamilton wins the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won the second race of the 2014 F1 season this morning after starting from pole position. Hamilton led the race from start-to-finish without anybody really challenging him as he achieved … Continue reading

March 30, 2014 · Leave a comment

Lewis Hamilton on pole for Mayasian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton will start tomorrow’s Malaysian Grand Prix from pole after mastering the wet conditions in qualifying. Hamilton’s pole position means that he has equalled the British record for the … Continue reading

March 29, 2014 · 2 Comments

Nico Rosberg storms to victory at the Formula One Australian Grand Prix

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg has won the opening race of the 2014 Formula One season, in what was an entertaining event. The German led comfortably from start-to-finish ahead of Daniel … Continue reading

March 16, 2014 · 1 Comment

Lewis Hamilton on pole for Australian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton will start tomorrow’s opening Formula One race from pole position after an exciting qualifying session. The session, which was rain-affected , was full of surprises with the drivers … Continue reading

March 15, 2014 · Leave a comment

POLL: The best looking 2014 Formula One Car

Testing for the 2014 Formula One season is now underway and all of the teams, apart from Marussia, have unveiled their brand new cars. There have been huge changes in … Continue reading

January 31, 2014 · 1 Comment

Mercedes show off their 2014 F1 car

Mercedes have become the latest Formula One team to take the wraps off their 2014 challenger. Named the W05, this is the car that many expect will challenge for the … Continue reading

January 29, 2014 · 2 Comments

Formula One 2013 Season Review – Part Two

Welcome to the second part of my 2013 Formula One season review. In part one I talked about how Sebastian Vettel destroyed the rest of the field and simply cruised to the … Continue reading

December 8, 2013 · 1 Comment

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