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F1: Australian GP Qualifying Postponed Due to Rain; Rosberg Paces Q1

The 2013 Rolex Australian Grand Prix is off to a rainy start, with Q2 and Q3 postponed for the morning of Sunday because of heavy rain in Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit. The race is still scheduled to start at 5 pm Australian time on Sunday. Lewis Hamilton was actually pacing the field sometime during Q1, but the Mercedes AMG Petronas newcomer had to settle for P10 and a shot at a better grid position for Q2. Teammate Nico Rosberg quickly leapfrogged Hamilton before the Brit spun off the wet track and damaged the rear wing of his F1 W04. Good thing he was still able to come back to the… Continue Reading »

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F1: Rain Strikes During Free Practice in Melbourne

There’s less than half an hour to go before the first qualifying session in the 2013 Formula One season. With the third practice earlier hit by some rain, there’s still practically no easy way to predict just who will come out on top at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. The Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team struggled as they came out onto the rained-upon circuit, with Nico Rosberg clocking 1:28.486, good for eleventh-best in Practice 3, and Lewis Hamilton farther down at 1:47.246. The previous two practice sessions saw the Mercedes team combining for 89 laps, focusing on some of their more basic setups as well as getting a feel for… Continue Reading »

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F1: Damon Hill Believes Lewis Hamilton Can Lead Mercedes

Damon Hill, the British former F1 world champion, thinks that compatriot Lewis Hamilton can turn the fortunes of Mercedes AMG Petronas around. In an interview with SunSport, Hill said that, with the addition of Hamilton, himself a former world champion, is instrumental in how Mercedes is showing its true potential. Hill added that the Silver Arrows team has been performing well leading up to the season opener at Australia, reinforcing the thinking that Mercedes decided to concentrate on this season when all appeared lost last year. The arrival of Hamilton could not have been timed more perfectly, and based on the mileage and lap times shown by the team, they… Continue Reading »

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F1 2013 Preview: Mercedes Gets Set for Australian Grand Prix

It feels like it’s been such a long time, but Formula One fans need not wait too long anymore. The 2013 F1 season is set to start next week with the Australian Grand Prix. We will finally see the new-look Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team led by newcomer Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, who is looking to build on a solid performance last year. Building an Identity “The first Grand Prix is where everyone finds out where they really are,” said Rosberg. “The weather in Melbourne looks very hot at the moment, which is going to be a tough challenge as we have no experience with the F1 W04 in… Continue Reading »

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F1: Hamilton Tops Day 3 in Laps and Best Time

Lewis Hamilton had good pace on his F1 Wo4 during his last day of preseason tests at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. He managed to top the best times of Day 3 with 1:20.558, and he also had a day-leading 117 laps for the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team. “It was great to have a dry track today for my final day of testing, and we were able to get through all the test items that we wanted to achieve by the end of my programme,” said Hamilton. He added that there’s still plenty of work ahead for the team, but so far, they’ve all been “doing a great… Continue Reading »

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F1: Hamilton Runs 113 Laps, Gets Second-Fastest Time in Barcelona Day 1

In the afternoon of day 1 of a new round of preseason Formula 1 testing in Barcelona, Lewis Hamilton of the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team managed 1:24:348, which might not be all that close to the top time set by Mark Webber (1:22.693) but was still good enough for second best during the day. That was just part of the day-leading 113 laps Hamilton completed on the F1 W04. Over the entire outing, Hamilton totaled 526 kilometers. The team focused on evaluating their tires for wet conditions during the morning, with further emphasis on getting a feel for the intermediate tires. For the afternoon runs, it was more of… Continue Reading »

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F1: Hamilton Completes 121 Laps in Barcelona Day 2

Preseason testing continued over at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, and Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 continued to stress-test the car it’s going to compete with for the 2013 Formula One season. Lewis Hamilton took over from Nico Rosberg in day 2, and he managed to complete 121 laps over a distance of 563 kilometers in the new F1 W04. The morning run was done mostly on the hard compound tires, with some focus put into comparing exhaust configurations. Hamilton then ran on medium compound tires for most of the afternoon. “We had a good day today and it was nice to get so many laps in,” Hamilton said…. Continue Reading »

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