The Year of Mercedes It was an interesting season in Formula 1. The Mercedes was dominant from the beginning until the end. But fortunately, the management of the team let the two drivers (Hamilton and Rosberg) battle for the title. So, speaking on behalf of all F1 fans - I believe - I would like to thank the German manufacturer which didn't give team orders as Ferrari used to do in the Schumacher era. In the following graph you can see how close the battle was... Apart from the drivers of the silver arrows, Ricciardo made a great season. He was the only one to win a Grand Prix, besides Hamilton and Rosberg. The smiling guy from Australia, won 3 times and finished third in the drivers' championship. Another good young driver, Bottas, shined this year. The Finn finished 6 times on the podium and claimed fourth place in the championship. Vettel was 5th overall, but the bad thing for him is that he didn't win any races. The last time that a champion couldn...

HAMILTON world champion for the 2nd time It was a bad race all the way for Rosberg. Although he had pole position, he didn't start good enough and Hamilton passed him. Then, a mechanical problem kept him from pushing the car to the limits and eventually finished without scoring any points. Race Results Pos Driver Team 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Massa Williams 3 Bottas Williams 4 Ricciardo Red Bull 5 Button McLaren 6 Hulkenberg Force India 7 Perez Force India 8 Vettel Red Bull 9 Alonso Ferrari 10 Raikkonen Ferrari Fastest men FP1 Hamilton FP2 Hamilton FP3 Rosberg QP Rosberg Race Ricciardo Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 384 2 Rosberg 317 3 Ricciardo 238 4 Bottas 186 5 Vettel 167 6 Alonso 161 7 Massa 134 8 Button 126 9 Hulkenberg 96 10 Perez 59 11 Magnussen 55 12 Raikkonen 55 1...

Rosberg is back After the winning spree of Hamilton, Rosberg made a solid performance this weekend and won almost everything. The German claimed his first victory since the German GP, back in July. Hamilton had to settle with second place (who also set the fastest lap of the race), but that's not too bad because he has 17 points more than Rosberg. So, if he finishes second at Abu Dhabi, he will be Champion. Race Results 1 Rosberg Mercedes 2 Hamilton Mercedes 3 Massa Williams 4 Button McLaren 5 Vettel Red Bull 6 Alonso Ferrari 7 Raikkonen Ferrari 8 Hulkenberg Force India 9 Magnussen McLaren 10 Bottas Williams Fastest men FP1 Rosberg FP2 Rosberg FP3 Rosberg QP Rosberg Race Hamilton Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 334 2 Rosberg 317 3 Ricciardo 214 4 Vettel 159 5 Alonso 157 6 Bottas 156 7 Butt...

One race closer to the title After his tenth victory this year, Hamilton has gained a 24 point lead over Rosberg. That means he can finish second in the last two races and win the championship. Best of the rest was Ricciardo and the two Williams had another great result. Race Results 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Rosberg Mercedes 3 Ricciardo Red Bull 4 Massa Williams 5 Bottas Williams 6 Alonso Ferrari 7 Vettel Red Bull 8 Magnussen McLaren 9 Vergne Toro Rosso 10 Maldonado Lotus Fastest men FP1 Hamilton FP2 Hamilton FP3 Hamilton QP Rosberg Race Vettel Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 316 2 Rosberg 292 3 Ricciardo 214 4 Bottas 155 5 Vettel 149 6 Alonso 149 7 Button 94 8 Massa 83 9 Hulkenberg 76 10 Magnussen 53 11 Perez 47 12 Raikkonen 47 13 Vergne 23 14 Grosjean 8 15 Kvyat 8 16 Bianc...

1st Constructors' Championship for Mercedes! Fourth victory in a row for Hamilton, at the very first GP of Russia. Rosberg, despite being forced to pit early and drive almost the whole race with the same set of tyres, finished second. That was the ninth 1-2 for Mercedes this year, which secured the 1st ever Constructors' Championship for the "Silver Arrows" Race Results 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Rosberg Mercedes 3 Bottas Williams 4 Button McLaren 5 Magnussen McLaren 6 Alonso Ferrari 7 Ricciardo Red Bull 8 Vettel Red Bull 9 Raikkonen Ferrari 10 Perez Force India Fastest men FP1 Rosberg FP2 Hamilton FP3 Hamilton QP Hamilton Race Bottas Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 291 2 Rosberg 274 3 Ricciardo 199 4 Bottas 145 5 Vettel 143 6 Alonso 141 7 Button 94 8 Hulkenberg 76 9 Massa 71...

Dangerous race The race of Japan ended earlier, because of a horrible accident. Bianchi lost the control of his Marussia and crashed into a crane which was removing Sutil's car (who also had lost the control and crashed into the barriers). Unfortunately Bianchi was hurt so they had to take him to the hospital. At the time these lines were written no announcements were made about his health... Race Results 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Rosberg Mercedes 3 Vettel Red Bull 4 Ricciardo Red Bull 5 Button McLaren 6 Bottas Williams 7 Massa Williams 8 Hulkenberg Force India 9 Vergne Toro Rosso 10 Perez Force India Fastest men FP1 Rosberg FP2 Hamilton FP3 Rosberg QP Rosberg Race Hamilton Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 266 2 Rosberg 256 3 Ricciardo 193 4 Vettel 139 5 Alonso 133 6 Bottas 130 7 Button 82 8 ...

50% success That was Hamilton's 7th victory, out of 14 races so far and that put him on top of the standings. Of course he took advantage of his team mate's DNF! Red Bull made a strong appearance with both cars finishing on the podium. Alonso, as always, got the best out of a bad car. On the other hand, Button failed to finish and Magnussen was just 10th and now McLaren has dropped behind Force India at the Constructors' Championship. Race Results 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Vettel Red Bull 3 Ricciardo Red Bull 4 Alonso Ferrari 5 Massa Williams 6 Vergne Toro Rosso 7 Perez Force India 8 Raikkonen Ferrari 9 Hulkenberg Force India 10 Magnussen McLaren Fastest men FP1 Alonso FP2 Hamilton FP3 Alonso QP Hamilton Race Hamilton Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 241 2 Rosberg 238 3 Ricciardo 181 4 ...

Mercedes POWER Hamilton won the italian grand prix despite his awful start. Rosberg finished second, but that is good enough for him, as he is still leading the championship by 22 points over Hamilton. We knew that Ferrari has a bad car this year, but their home race was the worst. Alonso retired in the middle of the race and Raikkonen was just ninth. On the contrary, the drivers of Williams did a great job, finishing 3rd and 4th and now the team stands in 3rd place at the Constructors' Championship, over Ferrari. Ricciardo shined again, when he brilliantly passed Perez and Vettel to claim 5th position. Kvyat made the move of the day, when he didn't brake for the first turn and drove sideways on the grass in order to control the car and to return to track. The drivers McLaren fought again with Force India's Perez for 7th place. Magnussen was given another penalty and Button failed to pass the Mexican. Hence, the two teams are now separated by 1 point (110 for McLare...

Apart from Mercedes, only Ricciardo Ricciardo won the 2nd race in a row. That was the Australian's third victory this year, while Vettel is struggling just to get on the podium. Rosberg hit Hamilton on the first lap, while trying to gain the first place he lost to his team mate. That resulted a damaged front wing for the German and a flat tyre for the Briton. Hamilton was forced to drive several kilometers with that puncture, until he reached the pits. After that, he was outpaced and finally retired a few laps before the end. That was not the only problem of Rosberg. At some point, a strange ribbon got stuck on his car, right in front of his face. But despite that, he managed to claim 2nd place. PS: Magnussen was given a 20 second penalty because of unfair driving. At the last stage of the race, the Danish was 5th and he was holding back 3 champions: Alonso, Button and Vettel. The Spaniard tried to pass him several times without success. But in one attempt, he w...

He who smiles last, smiles best! Daniel Ricciardo won the second GP of his career in front of Alonso and Hamilton. That was an eventful race. Hamilton despite having started from the pit lane, took advantage of the safety car and finished third. On the contrary, Rosberg started from pole and lost time at the first period of the safety car. After that and because of the pit stops, the German fell behind Hamilton but was faster than the Briton, who was ordered to let the championship leader to pass. The former champion didn't obey, which ruined Rosberg's race. The award of the best choreography goes to Vettel, who had a 360 degree spin at the long straight, touched the pit wall, but was able to carry on, of course a few places down. The surprise of the race was Raikkonen. The Finn started from far behind and finished sixth, which is his best result this year. Race Results 1 Ricciardo Red Bull 2 Alonso Ferrari 3 Hamilton Mercedes 4 Rosberg ...

Victory on home soil, part 2 Rosberg took his revenge, by winning the German GP. His rival, Hamilton, after starting from 20th place because of an accident during Qualifying, finished third (!), minimizing the "damage". The Germans must be the most happy fans: World Championship in Football, a German driving a Mercedes, won the German GP and is leading the championship, by 14 points. Bottas's Williams, who finished second, is also powered by Mercedes! Race Results 1 Rosberg Mercedes 2 Bottas Williams 3 Hamilton Mercedes 4 Vettel Red Bull 5 Alonso Ferrari 6 Ricciardo Red Bull 7 Hulkenberg Force India 8 Button McLaren 9 Magnussen McLaren 10 Perez Force India Fastest men FP1 Rosberg FP2 Hamilton FP3 Rosberg QP Rosberg Race Hamilton Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Rosberg 190 2 Hamilton 176 3 R...

Victory on home soil Hamilton won the British grand prix and closed the gap between him and Rosberg to just 4 points, despite having started from 6th place. The German driver had his first DNF of this season, due to a gearbox failure. The race stopped for about an hour, because Raikkonen lost control of his car on the first lap and hit the barrier, which had to be replaced. When the race restarted behind the pace car, Hamilton passed quite easily the two McLarens in front of him and started chasing his team mate. But he wasn't fast enough to catch up with him. Luck turned its back to Rosberg for the first time this year and the championship leader parked his single seater beside the track. Great performance by Bottas, who started from far behind (14th) and finished second, after passing several drivers. On the contrary, the other driver of Williams, Massa, was forced to retire after hitting the uncontrolled Ferrari of Raikkonen. Alonso, with the other Ferrari, managed...

Back to reality After a short break, Mercedes celebrated another 1-2 finish. Williams made a big surprise, when its drivers set the fastest laps at Qualifying. Race Results 1 Rosberg Mercedes 2 Hamilton Mercedes 3 Bottas Williams 4 Massa Williams 5 Alonso Ferrari 6 Perez Force India 7 Magnussen McLaren 8 Ricciardo Red Bull 9 Hulkenberg Force India 10 Raikkonen Ferrari Fastest men FP1 Rosberg FP2 Hamilton FP3 Bottas QP Massa Race Perez Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Rosberg 165 2 Hamilton 136 3 Ricciardo 83 4 Alonso 79 5 Vettel 60 6 Hulkenberg 59 7 Bottas 55 8 Button 43 9 Massa 30 10 Magnussen 29 11 Perez 28 12 Raikkonen 19 13 Grosjean 8 14 Vergne 8 15 Kvyat 4 16 Bianchi 2 17 Maldonado 0 18 Sutil 0 19 Gutierez 0 20 Chilton 0 21 Kobayashi 0 22 Ericsson 0 ...

Finally some change Due to mechanical problems, Hamilton was forced to retire, Rosberg was out of pace and Ricciardo took advantage of that, winning his first ever grand prix in Formula 1! Hamilton started better than Rosberg, but the German managed to stay first. The two drivers were fighting on the limit when a mechanical problem occurred on both Mercedes. Hamilton eventually retired and Rosberg kept going, but was a bit slower. That's why Perez, Ricciardo, Vettel and storming Massa (who set the fastest lap of the race) caught up with him. Perez also had a problem (with brakes) and Ricciardo got past him. The Mexican lost another place to Vettel, while the Australian was already leading the race over Rosberg. And then some drama took place. At the first corner of the last lap, Massa didn't estimate correctly that Perez was braking earlier and hit him at full speed. Both cars end up on the wall, but fortunately no one was hurt. Close call for Vettel, who was lucky ...

Just Mercedes Another 1-2 victory for Mercedes, even at the GP of Monaco. It is very boring indeed! Fortunately there are no team orders, so we will have to wait to find out which driver will become champion. Magnificent result for Marussia. Bianchi scored the first two points for the team, since it started competing back in 2010. Bad news for Fernandes, the team manager or Caterham, who hasn't scored any points at all since 2010. The Malaysian is thinking to sell his team.... Race Results Pos Driver Team 1 Rosberg Mercedes 2 Hamilton Mercedes 3 Ricciardo Red Bull 4 Alonso Ferrari 5 Hulkenberg Force India 6 Button McLaren 7 Massa Williams 8 Grosjean Lotus 9 Bianchi Marussia 10 Magnussen McLaren Fastest men FP1 Hamilton FP2 Alonso FP3 Hamilton QP Rosberg Race Raikkonen Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Rosberg 122 2 ...

100% for the title Fourth consecutive victory for Hamilton. Mercedes celebrated another double victory and has twice as much points as Red Bull. The Austrian team is getting better, with Ricciardo on the podium and Vettel setting the fastest lap of the race, and now is in second place. On the other hand, McLaren failed again to score any points, so now the Britons are in ... sixth place! Race Results Pos Driver Team 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Rosberg Mercedes 3 Alonso Ferrari 4 Ricciardo Red Bull 5 Vettel Red Bull 6 Hulkenberg Force India 7 Bottas Williams 8 Raikkonen Ferrari 9 Perez Force India 10 Kvyat Toro Rosso Fastest men FP1 Hamilton FP2 Hamilton FP3 Rosberg QP Hamilton Race Vettel Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 100 2 Rosberg 97 3 Alonso 49 4 Vettel 45 5 Ricciardo 39 6 Hulkenberg 37 7 Bottas 34 ...

It's been 20 years since the day a legend died. May 1st 1994, Ayrton Senna, one of the best drivers in F1 of his time (and of all times), lost his life when he drove straight into the wall, at the Grand Prix of San Marino, under unexplained conditions. Unfortunately during that weekend, he was not the only one to lose his life. Just one day earlier, the Austrian driver Ronald Ratzenberger also died in a car accident at the very same track... The death of the Brazilian 3 times champion caused sadness throughout the world. The football players of the national team of Brazil dedicated the world cup they won that summer to him. Since that day a lot has changed in Formula 1. The regulations have been altered many times and although modern cars are faster than those of the past, they are also safer. The driver is “hidden” in the cockpit, whereas 20 years ago he was exposed. Helmets now come with the HANS (Head And Neck Support) system. The crash tests are more strict. New tr...

4x4 Fourth victory in a row and third double victory in a row. We all ready know the champions, but the question is which driver of Mercedes will conquer the title. Rosberg is still on top of the table with only one win and 3 second places. Hamilton, despite having won 3 races, is still in 2 nd because of the DNF in Australia. The first podium finish of Alonso helped his team climb to fourth place. Red Bull is also improving and Force India has constantly good results. On the other hand, McLaren made a great start but now they haven't scored any points for the last two races. Race Results Pos Driver Team 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Rosberg Mercedes 3 Alonso Ferrari 4 Ricciardo Red Bull 5 Vettel Red Bull 6 Hulkenberg Force India 7 Bottas Williams 8 Raikkonen Ferrari 9 Perez Force India 10 Kvyat Toro Rosso Fastest men FP1 Alonso FP2 Hamilton FP3 Ricciardo QP Hamilton Race Rosberg Standings...

Uber alle The drivers of Mercedes were again the fastest in each session this weekend. So they claimed easily another double victory for the German manufacturer. Who could imagine that after 3 races, Force India would be standing in second place! McLaren is now third (they didn't score any points at this GP) and the champions are only 4 th ... Pos Driver Team 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Rosberg Mercedes 3 Perez Force India 4 Ricciardo Red Bull 5 Hulkenberg Force India 6 Vettel Red Bull 7 Massa Williams 8 Bottas Williams 9 Alonso Ferrari 10 Raikkonen Ferrari Fastest men FP1 Hamilton FP2 Hamilton FP3 Hamilton QP Rosberg Race Rosberg Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Rosberg 61 2 Hamilton 50 3 Hulkenberg 28 4 Alonso 26 5 Button 23 6 Vettel 23 7 Magnussen 20 8 Bottas 18 9 Perez 16 10 Massa 12...

First 1-2 for Mercedes The team of Mercedes dominated the Malaysian GP. The drivers of the "silver arrows" were the fastest men in each session! Vettel finished third, proving that Red Bull have solved most of the problems of winter testing. As for the rest, all teams powered by Mercedes have an advantage over their rivals! Race Results Pos Driver Team 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Rosberg Mercedes 3 Vettel Red Bull 4 Alonso Ferrari 5 Hulkenberg Force India 6 Button McLaren 7 Massa Williams 8 Bottas Williams 9 Magnussen McLaren 10 Kvyat Toro Rosso Fastest men FP1 Hamilton FP2 Rosberg FP3 Rosberg QP Hamilton Race Hamilton Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Rosberg 43 2 Hamilton 25 3 Alonso 24 4 Button 23 5 Magnussen 20 6 Hulkenberg 18 7 Vettel 15 8 Bottas 14 9 Raikkonen 6 10 Massa 6 11 Vergne 4 ...

Strong Mercedes Due to a fuel regulation breach, Daniel Ricciardo was disqualified. Race Results Pos Driver Team 1 Rosberg Mercedes 2 Magnussen McLaren 3 Button McLaren 4 Alonso Ferrari 5 Bottas Williams 6 Hulkenberg Force India 7 Raikkonen Ferrari 8 Vergne Toro Rosso 9 Kvyat Toro Rosso 10 Perez Force India Fastest men FP1 Alonso FP2 Hamilton FP3 Rosberg QP Hamilton Race Rosberg Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Rosberg 25 2 Magnussen 18 3 Button 15 4 Alonso 12 5 Bottas 10 6 Hulkenberg 8 7 Raikkonen 6 8 Vergne 4 9 Kvyat 2 10 Perez 1 Constructors' Championship Pos Team Points 1 McLaren 33 2 Mercedes 25 3 Ferrari 18 4 Williams 10 5 Force India 9 6 Toro Rosso 6 Engines' Table Pos Make Points 1 Mercedes 77 2 Ferr...

Date Country Track 16 Mar Australia Albert Park 30 Mar Malaysia Sepang 6 Apr Bahrain Sakhir 20 Apr China Shanghai 11 May Spain Circuit de Catalunya 25 May Monaco Monte Carlo 8 Jun Canada Montreal 22 Jun Austria Red Bull Ring 6 Jul Great Britain Silverstone Circuit 20 Jul Germany Hockenheim 27 Jul Hungary Hungaroring 24 Aug Belgium Spa-Francorchamps 7 Sep Italy Monza 21 Sep Singapore Singapore 5 Oct Japan Suzuka 12 Oct Russia Sochi 2 Nov United States Circuit of the Americas 9 Nov Brazil Interlagos 23 Nov Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi

This year the regulations on engines changed and cars will be powered by 1,6lt turbo charged V6 units. So, we say bye bye to the legendary Cosworth V8. Only 3 factories will be producing the power-plants for all teams. Team Engine 1st driver 2nd driver Red Bull Renault Vettel Ricciardo Mercedes Mercedes Hamilton Rosberg Ferrari Ferrari Alonso Raikkonen Lotus Renault Grosjean Maldonado McLaren Mercedes Button Magnussen Force India Mercedes Perez Hulkenberg Sauber Ferrari Gutierez Sutil Toro Rosso Renault Vergne Kvyat Williams Mercedes Massa Bottas Marussia Ferrari Chilton Bianchi Caterham Renault Ericsson Kobayashi Renault and Mercedes will supply 4 teams each and Ferrari 3. Make Teams Renault Red Bull, Lotus, Toro Rosso, Caterham Mercedes Mercedes, McLaren, Force India, Williams Ferrari Ferrari, Sauber, Marussia

This year, each driver has chosen his number and he will be using it for the rest of his F1 career. So the list is strangely sorted. Drivers of the same team are not necessarily in order. Nonetheless, there are 2 teams which drivers chose consecutive numbers, Caterham and Toro Rosso (and almost Red Bull). Maldonado's choice is very interesting, because he will be racing with #13 on his car. No Name NAT Team 1 Vettel GER Red Bull 3 Ricciardo AUS Red Bull 4 Chilton GBR Marussia 6 Rosberg GER Mercedes 7 Raikkonen FIN Ferrari 8 Grosjean FRA Lotus 9 Ericsson SWE Caterham 10 Kobayashi JAP Caterham 11 Perez MEX Force India 13 Maldonado VEN Lotus 14 Alonso ESP Ferrari 17 Bianchi FRA Marussia 19 Massa BRA Williams 20 Magnussen DEN McLaren 21 Gutierez MEX Sauber 22 Button GBR McLaren 25 Vergne FRA Toro Rosso 26 Kvyat RUS Toro Rosso 27 Hulkenberg GER Force India 44 Hamilton ...

When Greeks start watching F1 there are several ways to choose which team or driver they prefer. Usually the choice depends on their favorite football club. Each football club in Greece has its “favorite number”, which is usually the number of the gate that the most dedicated fans of the team prefer when going to the stadium. There are 2 major football and basketball teams in Greece, Panathinaikos (which is my favorite) and Olympiakos (which has also participated in Superleague Formula). The jerseys of Panathinaikos are green and the “favorite number” of its fans is 13, whereas the players of Olympiakos wear red and the “favorite number” is 7. Because of the colors, most fans of Olympiakos support Ferrari in Formula 1, while the green fans usually prefer McLaren. But there are many exceptions, for example, some fans of Olympiakos are in favor of McLaren because the British team used to have red and white livery during the 80’s and early 90’s (just like their favorite football te...

Constructors' Championship If we could exclude Red Bull from the game, we would have enjoyed a nice battle between Mercedes, Ferrari and Lotus. Unfortunately the Austrian team was far too good (they won 13 races, all with Vettel), so the rest of the grid fought for the second place. At the end, Mercedes claimed second place after changing places with Ferrari for a few times. The German team won 3 GP's, the last of them was at Hungary, before Vettel started his winning spree! The Scuderia only managed to win 2 races, while Lotus claimed victory at the first GP of the season. So if we take into account the victories each team scored, the final standings would be the same (at least for these 4 teams)! Fair result!