Grosjean and Maldonado need to rectify their "style" and stop wrecking others races

Sunday, September 2, 2012

The first corner carnage that happened on Sunday at Spa is a cruel reminder of the dangers involved in the powerful open-wheel circuit racing cars. It was triggered by Romain Grosjean, who moved over on Lewis Hamilton and was catapulted over Fernando Alonso and Sergio Perez causing the retirement of all four cars. Luckily they all walked away unscathed, while Alonso revealed the accident had left

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Grosjean handed one-race ban and Maldonado gets ten place grid penalty

Grosjean is catapulted into the air as he crashes at the first corner at the start of the Belgian Grand PrixLotus’s Romain Grosjean has been given a one-race ban after the stewards at Spa-Francorchamps judged him to be responsible for causing the first-corner accident at the start of Sunday’s 2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix.The ban means Grosjean will miss next weekend’s Italian event,

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Maldonado handed three place penalty in Belgium for impeding

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado dropped from third to sixth place on the Belgian Grand Prix starting grid on Saturday after Formula One stewards ruled he had impeded Force India's Nico Hulkenberg in qualifying.Stewards said the Williams driver had been warned by his team not to hold up Hulkenberg but clearly did so in the first phase of the session. Despite the incident, the German made the cut

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Maldonado crashes during 'Hero's Welcome' run (+Video)

Monday, August 13, 2012

A planned 'hero's homecoming' Formula 1 street demo for Williams driver Pastor Maldonado in the Venezuelan capital Caracas was cut short on Sunday [Aug 12] when he spun and damaged the car on only his second lap.Maldonado, visiting his home country for the first time since becoming Venezuela's first grand prix winner, was due to complete a 12-lap run on the Fuerte Tiunas military parade ground in

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British GP: Maldonado and Kobayashi receive fines

Monday, July 9, 2012

Maldonado says "Hi" to Perez in his usual style!Williams’ Pastor Maldonado and Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi both picked up post-race fines from the British Grand Prix stewards thanks to driving indiscretions during Sunday’s Silverstone race.Maldonado was adjudged to have caused his collision with Sergio Perez, which led to the Sauber driver’s retirement, and due to the seriousness of the incident

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'The driver with simplest and least-developed car will prevail this season': Reports

Monday, May 21, 2012

As F1′s topsy-turvy 2012 season continues, it may be the driver with the simplest and least-developed car that prevails. That is the claim of the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport.Who brought the fewest technical updates to the Spanish grand prix? Lotus and Williams. And who had the fastest cars? Lotus and Williams, the report claimed.Bizarrely for the world of formula one, racing ahead

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The bizarre situation in F1 where Pirelli rubber is King

Thursday, May 17, 2012

For the past few years, the energy drink owned team has enjoyed its dominance largely because of the airflow magic wrought by the Briton, Adrian Newey [pictured]. But in 2012, with reigning back to back world champion Sebastian Vettel just one of the five different winners so far, Pirelli rubber is king.“I doubt Williams really know why they were so strong,” team boss Christian Horner, referring

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Webber describes Maldonado's win at the Spanish GP as 'Unreal'

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Mark Webber has described Pastor Maldonado's victory in the Spanish Grand Prix as "an unreal result".While Red Bull dominated the 2011 championship, Maldonado's victory saw Williams become the fifth different winning team in the opening five races. Having only amassed five points in total during a dismal season last year it's a huge upturn in fortunes for Williams and Webber wrote in his BBC

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Video : Fire distrupts Williams' celebrations after the Spanish Grand Prix

Sunday, May 13, 2012

A serious fire broke out in the Williams garage after the Spanish Grand Prix.Statement from the FIAThe FIA can confirm that a fire broke out in the Williams garage after the conclusion of the Spanish Grand Prix. The flames were quickly brought under control through the combined intervention of staff from Williams, Caterham and Force India, supported by the circuit fire services.Thirty-one team

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Williams' celebrations short lived as fire engulfed team garage in an unfortunate incident

After a first win for Pastor Maldonado in F1 and the first for Williams since 2004, the celebrations were short lived as a couple of hours later something exploded in the British team’s garage, triggering a major fire.Team members and fire crews battled the blaze as paddock regulars scrambled away from the heavy smoke and police arrived on the scene.The Telegraph’s Tom Cary said on Twitter, that

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Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Maldonado's superb drive grants him maiden victory

With five different races completed so far, we have five different winners with five different constructors!Venezuela's Pastor Maldonado produced a sensational performance in this afternoon's Spanish Grand Prix to secure his maiden F1 victory and the first for Williams since 2004. The 27-year-old had to fight back from second place after losing the lead from pole position at the start, but

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Spanish Grand Prix - Maldonado handed pole, Hamilton handed penalty

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Hamilton's McLaren was pushed into the pits after qualifyingFIA stewards have stripped Lewis Hamilton of pole position and excluded him from qualifying. He starts Sunday's race right at the back of the grid. As a result, Pastor Maldonado will now start tomorrow's grand prix from pole, whose Williams had last been on pole at the 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix driven by Nico Hülkenberg.And what better

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