Monaco 2016: Ricciardo’s Missed Opportunity
Daniel Ricciardo could’ve taken the Monaco win. How did it all go wrong for the Australian driver?
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F1 2017 Winter Testing: Day 4 Report
The final day of the first pre-season Winter Test for the 2017 Formula One season at the Catalunya circuit saw the teams get in some wet running as Pirelli dampened the track. Read our report from day four of the first pre-season test. || >> READ THE DAY ONE REPORT << || >> READ THE DAY
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F1 2017 Winter Testing: Day 3 Report
On Day Three of Winter Testing for the 2017 Formula One season at the Catalunya circuit, Williams and McLaren were hoping for changes in fortune, while Mercedes were hoping to better the 168 laps they completed on Tuesday. Read our report from day three of the first pre-season test. >> READ THE DAY ONE REPORT <<
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F1 2017 Winter Testing: Day 2 Report
Winter Testing for the 2017 Formula One season continued today at the Catalunya circuit. Mercedes set the pace on the opening day, while McLaren and Red Bull had ground to make up from car issues on the first day. Read our report from day two of the pre-season test. >> READ THE DAY ONE REPORT <<
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F1 2017 Winter Testing: Day 1 Report
Formula One’s annual Winter Testing period began today. The first of two four day tests takes place from 27th February to 2nd March. Who impressed on the opening day, and who has homework to do? Read our report as the ten teams took their cars to the track for the first time in 2017. The
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Vote For Your Three Favourite F1 Drivers!
Who are your top three current F1 drivers? We want to know which of the three drivers on the current grid are your favourites. Vote below, and let us know why you’ve voted for them on Twitter: @LightsOutF1Blog! [socialpoll id=”2478475″]
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2017 Australian Grand Prix: Race Report
There was a sense of the ‘back to school’ feeling as the drivers headed out together ahead of the race on Sunday for their annual photo call. Overnight, mechanics changed Daniel Ricciardo’s gear box incurring him a five-place grid penalty. As the pit-lane opened and the cars made their way around to the grid, Ricciardo
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2017 Russian Grand Prix: Saturday Report
A rapid Ferrari performance on Friday set Saturday up to be the closest qualifying day of the season so far. Here’s our report from Saturday at the 2017 Russian Grand Prix! Third Practice The sun beamed down upon the Sochi Autodrom as Mercedes looked to extend their run of eighteen races on pole and Ferrari
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2017 Spanish Grand Prix: Saturday Report
Saturday in Barcelona saw early problems for Valtteri Bottas and a close fight between Mercedes and Ferrari for pole. Read about all the action from Qualifying day at Catalunya in our Saturday Report! Practice Three Ahead of Saturday’s action, the FIA announced that the DRS zone would be extended by 100 metres to aid overtaking
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2017 Spanish Grand Prix: Friday Report
Friday in Spain saw Mercedes head the field by a significant margin, while McLaren’s woes continued and Fernando Alonso played a spot of tennis. Read about all the action from the Practice Sessions in Lights Out’s Friday Report! Practice One Sergey Sirotkin deputised for Jolyon Palmer at Renault, completing ten laps during the session. While
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2017 Chinese Grand Prix: Friday Report
A washed out day on Friday saw very little running for the teams in a heavily interrupted First Practice session, while the Second Practice session was ultimately abandoned due to the weather. Here’s our Friday Practice report! First Practice Six minutes into the session, the Red Flag came out. The reasoning for the stoppage was that
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2017 Monaco Grand Prix: Thursday Report
As has become the tradition in Monaco, Friday Practice takes place on a Thursday. Mercedes struggled in the afternoon session while Sebastian Vettel set an impressive place. There were also multiple scrapes with the barriers and a few surprise names mixing with the front-runners. Read about all of the action in Lights Out’s Thursday Report!
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2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix: Friday Report
There were plenty of meetings with the wall and a mixed up result on Friday in Baku. Read all about it in Lights Out’s Practice Report! Practice One It was certainly a warm start to the day in the unique city of Baku, as F1 cars returned to the city streets. Lance Stroll’s FW40 had
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2017 Chinese GP Preview: Welcome To Shanghai
Formula One is in China for the second round of the 2017 season and the fourteenth running of the Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit. Lights Out takes a look at the stories to look out for over the weekend. The rain poured in Shanghai on Thursday as the teams and drivers reconvened
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The Stories to Watch in Singapore
There’s always something special about the Singapore Grand Prix weekend. The beginning of the fly-away season sees the usual rumours about drivers’ futures as the title battle steps up a gear. With just seven race weekends remaining in 2017, the gap between Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel could be cut down as Ferrari look to
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2017 Spanish Grand Prix Preview: Welcome to Barcelona
Formula One heads back to Europe for the start of the European season at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. It’s a circuit the drivers know very well as a result of the miles upon miles of Winter Testing which takes place here every year. Torrential rain hit the circuit during the media day on
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2017 Monaco Grand Prix Preview: Welcome to Monte Carlo
Round Six of the 2017 Formula One season takes place on the streets of unmistakable Monaco. Steeped in history at every turn, the Monaco Grand Prix is always one of the highlights of the year. Even if it doesn’t always produce the best racing, it is a spectacle to behold. We take a look at
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VOTE: The Lewis Hamilton ‘Best Fans’ Sweepstake
Lewis Hamilton picked up a new catchphrase last year, as he seemed to say the fans at every track F1 visited were the ‘best fans’. So, our question to you is… at how many races in 2018 will the four-time World Champion pull out the ‘best fans’ speech? It can be at any point of
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