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GP of Hungary

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 ...

GP of Germany

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...

GP of Great Britain

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...

GP of Austria

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 ...

GP of Canada

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 ...

GP of Monaco

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 ...

GP of Spain

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 ...