Category Archives: Sebastian Vettel

Alonso takes domiant home victory at Spanish Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso took his second victory of the season and at his home race by winning the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. The Ferrari man held off Lotus’ Kimi Raikkonen and made his 4-stop-strategy work as the tyres again dominated strategies. The 2 Mercedes started on the front row, however as many feared their challenge

Top 5 Stories of F1 2013 so far

As F1 prepares to return to it’s home in Europe with the Spanish Grand Prix, lets look at the top 5 stories to emerge from the opening 4 races across Asia and the Middle East. 5. Debut of Jules Bianchi The arrival of Jules Bianchi onto the F1 scene was quite a messy one, the

F1: This May Ruffle Some Feathers….

Yellow Flags, Rules And Responsibilities There seemed to have been a lot of dirt kicked up when a story circulated about Ferrari seeking clarification on Vettel’s pass on Jean-Eric Vergne under yellow flags made it’s rounds on the Internet.  This post is surely going to ruffle some feathers. Now that the dust has settled, I want

Top Moments of the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix

It was all set for another thrilling climax to an equally exciting season and Brazil yet again delivered another cracker! Vettel eventually got what he needed to clinch his third Drivers Championship in a row which makes him the youngest ever Triple World Champion. We’re still struggling to get our breathe back after the enthralling

The Championship Contenders – Stripped Down to Style

Red Bull vs Ferrari. Navy blue vs scarlet red. Sebastian Vettel vs Fernando Alonso. This weekend, after 8 grueling months with 19 races and 8 race winners, 1 man will not only be crowned the World Drivers’ Champion, but also earn the title of the youngest Formula 1 triple world champion. Currently, after the Austin

Mother Nature To Have A Hand In Brazilian F1 Finale

Unhappy with the recent results, Mother Nature has decided she wants to play a small part in the Formula One final round.  The Brazilian GP will play host to the “Winner Takes All” match between Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso. Currently, the weather forecast for Sao Paolo Brazil is looking fabulous for

Too much Hype not enough Caution

Everyone’s talking about the Austin Circuit. All the Journalists are asking Drivers: What are your impressions of the track? And the majority of drivers are responding as F1 politics dictates. It’s a daft question at the moment with the only driver to have turned a wheel on the completed track being Jerome D’Ambrosio. Some of

Pirelli Compound Chart Per Circuit And Race Winner Trend

Previously, I posted the chart ( below) on my personal blog before and after the Indian GP. I rarely ever post duplicate content, but I really wanted to share this with my readers on PureF1.com to give this some additional visibility.  The original post gained a lot of attention and thus far, the chart is

F1 Conspiracy: How Renault Have Influenced The 2012 F1 WDC

I’m certain the title caught your attention, indulge me for a moment and allow me to eloborate. I am not the first person to suggest that there is a certain coincidence between various events this season, Renault (Lotus/Red Bull) and Ferrari and their respective drivers. Simply as an exercise in futility and poking the fire

2012 – The Six Protagonists

As this year’s Formula One World Championship creeps towards its latter stages we are left with a group of six protagonists and each of them stands to achieve something remarkable in their own right. The victor will not only gain the coveted crown of Formula One World Champion for 2012, they will create their own

2012, Year of the Driver?

To my mind, as I reflect back over the past 11 races, 2012 has very much been a driver’s year.  I look at the standings, and this is what I see: Fernando Alonso – Ferrari – 164 Mark Webber – Red Bull – 124 Sebastian Vettel – Red Bull – 122 Lewis Hamilton – McLaren

Vettel & Alonso disagree over Hamilton

Reading the headline, who would you tend to immediately think is there one siding with McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton? Would it be Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel or Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso? One is the reigning F1 World Champion who has had very few incidents with Hamilton over the years and the other has been his former team-mate

Montreal… The Fans Verdict

Last year’s wet extravaganza  means that this year’s Canadian GP had a lot to live up to. The first hour of FP1 went past without anything to report just the usual set up and aero tests for each team however the curse of FP1 struck again for Heikki Kovalainen this time however it was a driver

Sebastian Vettel to visit New York

After the Canadian Grand Prix the majority of the F1 circus will be catching their planes on Sunday night to head back home to Europe. Sebastian Vettel won’t be joining them… The double world champion will, instead, be taking a slight detour and visiting the Big Apple instead. A man after my own heart… He

Monte Carlo … The Fans Verdict

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  The magic of Monaco dawned upon the F1 calendar and always the sun came out to showcase its incredible scenery and backdrop to what was a typical Monaco grand prix!     The tradition at Monaco is for FP1 and Fp2 to take place on the Thursday as the Friday is a national holiday

How will the 2012 Championship be won?

The answer to this could not be more simple. Consistency. So far this season we have seen 5 different race winners and all of these have been in different cars. To demonstrate why I believe this, I shall look at the drivers who have been victorious so far this season. Jenson Button JB won the

Further thoughts on the Spanish Grand Prix… (Part 1)

At the Spanish Grand Prix, the F1 pecking order was completely muddled up once again, with Pastor Maldonado taking the chequered flag in his Williams, giving us our fifth different winning driver and constructor in the first five races.   The transformation of Pastor Maldonado How much has he matured since last season? At times,

Further thoughts on the Spanish Grand Prix… (Part 2)

The struggles of Button, Schumacher and Senna It can be argued that Jenson Button was extremely unfortunate with strategy in Spain. Midway through the race, when running behind Rosberg, McLaren told Button they would be switching to ‘Plan B’. It appears that Plan B was to use the option tyres midway through the race in

Pepe Jeans Gets Your Ass A Free F1 Pass

STOP! Check out the video first:  THIS IS MY BUTT! You know there are several Jeans companies out there, but only PEPE JEANS can get your butt to an F1 race for FREE!  Easily one of the hottest names in Jeans for years has been Pepe Jeans for their uncompromised style and brand image.   As we

Further thoughts on the Bahrain Grand Prix (Part 1)

For the first time since the 1983 season, four different cars have won the first four races of the season. Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull now lead the drivers and constructors championships after the German held off Kimi Raikkonen to win in Bahrain. With ten points separating the top five in the Drivers Championship, we’re