Canadian GP: Driver Preview Quotes - Red Bull

First preview quotes for the Canadian GP come from the Infiniti Red Bull Racing team.

Sebastian Vettel - "Canada is a very demanding high-speed racing track, which is surrounded by rails and concrete walls. There is definitely a high risk potential, especially in Turn 15, where you will soon get to know the notorious 'Wall of Fame' should you be driving a few centimetres too far to the right. The first danger zone is already at the start. In the very narrow right-left passage, it's all about avoiding contact with the other cars, otherwise there will be a crash. It is not uncommon for the safety car to make an appearance at the Canadian Grand Prix. Before the Grand Prix, I'm travelling to Toronto to spend a day with Infiniti and their guests on Wednesday for an Infiniti driving day, which will be fun. I'll be performing a few Hot Laps with David Coulthard and some Infiniti guests."

Daniel Ricciardo - "I doubt anyone on the grid lacks motivation, but there's definitely a little extra edge to it at some circuits. They tend to be the ones that demand the most from you and hold real consequences from getting it wrong. Montreal definitely falls into that category. Each of the chicanes, the hairpin too, is an opportunity to make up, or lose, time but the crucial corner is probably the last one: you arrive at top speed so there's a lot to be gained in braking if you get that just right, and then the way you go over the kerbs is worth more time. The flip side is that it's very easy to get wrong and if you do then there's that big wall waiting. It's a clear choice: some guys will play it safe and sacrifice half a tenth to get through there cleanly, others who will take a risk and go flat out trying to find a little bit. The nearer you are, the faster you'll go. Give the wall a kiss and you feel pretty good, kiss it too hard and that's it!"

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Monaco GP: Driver Preview Quotes - Red Bull

More quotes and these ones are from Redbull!

Sebastian Vettel - "Monaco is one of my favourite tracks, it's an absolute challenge. You cannot afford to make one single mistake, because you would easily crash into the railings. Overtaking is only possible with taking an extreme risk. The best place to overtake is before the harbour chicane when we exit the narrow tunnel at 300kph and race towards the first gear chicane. Other than that, it's all about patience in Monaco and hoping for complete reliability as the suspension and drive are massively in demand around this extreme, uneven rollercoaster of a circuit - it's immense. In the perfect situation, you would have had a good quali and start from the front. Monaco offers some really great memories with the team, especially when everyone ended up jumping in the pool and one year Mark and I even ended up in the harbour. It's very special in Monaco and it's the race where we have our Energy Station with its larger outside area floating in the harbour, it's a great, great event."

Daniel Ricciardo - "

In Monte Carlo it's impossible to do that calm, detached racing driver thing. Every year I'm determined I'm going to approach the weekend in a coldly logical way, and every year I end up bouncing up and down and getting excited. It's just amazing. The atmosphere in town and down at the harbour, the history of the race, the massive crowd, it's a real buzz. The track is properly old-school. Driving an F1 car anywhere is special, the speed, the power and the acceleration just blows you away. But here it's... cool. I know there's that quote about racing at Monaco being like riding a bicycle around your bathroom - well when I was a kid I used to love riding my little bike around inside the house. It was more fun, there were more obstacles and a bit more danger. That really is what this is like. Experience definitely helps: the driver can make a big difference if he knows the tricks that a fast lap demands."

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Spanish GP: Driver Preview Quotes - Redbull

First preview quotes for the Spanish GP come from Redbull!

Sebastian Vettel - “Formula One returns to Europe with the Spanish GP. A nice side aspect of that is that we are back in the Energy Station, which provides a lot of space for us and the team - it will become a little bit like home over the next few weeks! The Circuit de Catalunya is varied with 180 degree bends, fast, sweeping corners and elevation changes. There isn’t much opportunity to overtake, so getting a good start position in qualifying will be crucial. The long, fast curves of Montmelo mean that it will suit a car with highly efficient aerodynamics. The track is very challenging on the tyres because of the same very fast corners, so lots of pit stops are likely in the race.”

Daniel Ricciardo - “I’ve always enjoyed the Circuit de Catalunya and think it’s a great track. It’s a ‘bit of everything’ circuit - which is why it’s proved so popular as a testing venue. The first sector is really nice, with the corners all flowing together and the second sector, while a bit more technical, is also really interesting. The final sector is less good but you can understand why they changed it; I assume the old layout was more exciting. It’s a good track to defend on, but one that demands a lot of concentration and the right set-up. The trade-off is that you need fairly low downforce on the long main straight but that compromises the rest of your lap and makes the car difficult to control. Finding the right balance isn’t simple.”

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Chinese GP: Driver Preview Quotes - Redbull

Next preview quotes are from Redbull.

Sebastian Vettel -"The Grand Prix in China is still something special for me, because I won my first race there with Red Bull Racing in 2009. Due to its size, the circuit is unique. The wide stretches mean there are many possible places and opportunities to overtake. Also, the large run-off areas ensure the highest standard of safety. Even the usually narrow pit complex offers plenty of space in Shanghai. As far as the city of Shanghai goes, if I have time to go into the city I like to go to the Bund."

Daniel Ricciardo - "Shanghai is a very open, very wide circuit but it does flow nicely and the middle sector is a lot of fun. The back straight provides a good overtaking opportunity into the hairpin but it is quite long; I always think back to when I came here as a kid in Formula BMW – massive hair and lots of enthusiasm – and trust me, then, it was the sort of straight where I’d have definitely been reaching for a book if I’d had one! It’s a bit different driving it in an F1 car. The circuit has a decent mix of low- and high-speed corners and one of the key things is to have a set-up that gives you good traction out of the two tight ‘snail’ corners."

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In-Season Test #1 - Bahrain / Day 1 Line-Up

The F1 2014 has in-season testing and the first one takes place at the Bahrain International Circuit, where our last GP was just held. There is a total of 2 days for this test and this is the line up:

Redbull: Daniel Ricciardo
Ferrari: Fernando Alonso
Mercedes: Nico Rosberg
Lotus: Pastor Maldonado
McLaren: Kevin Magnussen
Force India: Nico Hulkenberg
Sauber: Sergey Sirotkin
Toro Rosso: Jean-Eric Vergne
Williams: Valtteri Bottas
Caterham: Robin Frijns
Marussia: Max Chilton

I will be posting a follow-up article after the session of testing is over!

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Appeal for Red Bull will be heard in April

After the Australian GP, Daniel Ricciardo was disqualified and stripped from his Second-Place-Podium-Finish when it was found out that he been running with the cars Fuel exceeding the maximum amount allowed. Red Bull racing have appealed the case, saying that the fuel level was 'Legal' and that Ricciardo was not driving with an illegal amount of fuel.

The appeal will be heard in Paris, France on April 14th.

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Australian GP: Race - Results

The first race of the year has come, but it has not gone, as it has stirred up some deep controversy and drama. With teams uncertain how the V6 Turbos would perform in the first race, everyone was on edge and cautioned with how things would go.

The first lap called for a safety car, when Kamui Kobayashi's brakes failed and his car launched over the Williams of Felipe Massa, sending them both out of the race. Esteban Gutierrez in the Sauber made contact with the Force India of Sergio Perez and gave Perez a puncture, causing him to have to pit within the first 5 laps. More drama followed when the Mercedes team radioed to Hamilton that they needed to retire his car. He was then prompted to keep going by the team, and confusion ensued. He was then called to Box and when he did so, they retired the car, saying they needed to save the engine. Sebastian Vettel, who is currently a 4-Time-World-Champion in consecutive wins, also was called to retire as something had gone wrong with his car as well.

 The Marussia of Jules Bianchi had an issue, which they fixed and then released him back out to gain information on the vehicle, even though he was no longer in contention for getting points. With Hamilton out of the race, Rosberg quickly took the lead, with Daniel Ricciardo right behind him.

21-Year-Old Kevin Magnussen was keen to show what he could do with the Mp4-29 and quickly leapt into Third, batteling to get past Ricciardo proved hard, but the young Dane was trying his hardest. His dad, Jan Magnussen watch watching the race in Florida.

Marcus Ericsson was then retired when he had an Oil Pressure issue. It was an unfortunate day for the Caterham-Renault team. Also unfortunate day for the Lotus team, when both drivers, Pastor Maldonado and Romain Grosjean, both had ERS problems and retired from the race.

Nico Rosberg went on to take the win, something his father did so many year ago. This also marks Nico's first win in Australia. Other Nico, Hulkenberg marked his first Australian GP Finish, after having problems in previous races in Australia.

Daniel Ricciardo came in second and became the first Australian driver to stand on the Australian podium and Kevin Magnussen stood happily in Third, greatful for everything he had just accomplished. Daniil Kvyat broke Sebastian Vettel's record for Youngest Driver To Score A Point In A GP. There was much to be celebrated, until later that day.

Things came in like a hurricane for Daniel Ricciardo when he and the Redbull Racing team were called to the FIA after an investigation of Ricciardo's car showed that he had been racing with more fuel than allowed. I, like many other people, stayed awake until a brutal 8:30 AM to find out the end-result, and the result was that Daniel had been stripped of his Second place finish, his trophy and his points. He had been, in other words, completely disqualified from the Australian GP.

This changed things for many other drivers, everyone who had finished behind Ricciardo, moved up a spot, putting Magnussen in Second and promoting Jenson Button to Third, making that a Double-Podium for McLaren, something they'd missed out on last year with the Mp4-28 and its multiple problems. Sergio Perez, who'd finished in 11th was promoted to 10th and received the last Championship Point, and his Team-Mate, Nico Hulkenberg moved up to 6th and got 8 points, putting Force India in 5th for the Constructors Championship. Redbull is currently in 11th, with no points and having it stand as neither driver finished the race after Ricciardo's disqualification.

Here are the standings after the inccident involving Daniel Ricciardo.

Results:

1. Nico Rosberg / Mercedes / Germany - 25 Points
2. Kevin Magnussen / McLaren / Denmark - 18 Points
3. Jenson Button / McLaren / Great Britain - 15 Points
4. Fernando Alonso / Ferrari / Spain - 12 Points
5. Valtteri Bottas / Williams / Finland - 10 Points 
6. Nico Hulkenberg / Force India / Germany - 8 Points
7. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari / Finland - 6 Points
8. Jean-Eric Vergne / Toro Rosso / France - 4 Points
9. Daniil Kvyat / Toro Rosso / Russia - 2 Points
10. Sergio Perez / Force India / Mexico - 1 Point
11. Adrian Sutil / Sauber / Germany - 0 Points
12. Esteban Gutierrez / Sauber / Mexico - 0 Points
13 Max Chilton / Marussia / Great Britain - 0 Points
Not Classified /  Jules Bianchi / Marussia / France - 0 Points
Did Not Finish / Romain Grosjean / Lotus / France - 0 Points 
Did Not Finish / Pastor Maldonado / Lotus / Venezuela - 0 Points
Did Not Finish / Marcus Ericsson / Caterham / Sweden - 0 Points
Did Not Finish / Sebastian Vettel / Redbull / Germany - 0 Points
Did Not Finish / Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes / Great Britain - 0 Points
Did Not Finish / Felipe Massa / Williams / Brazil - 0 Points
Did Not Finish / Kamui Kobayashi / Caterham / Japan - 0 Points
Disqualified / Daniel Ricciardo / Redbull / Australia - 0 Points

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Feature: Sebastian Vettel - German Wonder.

 If there's one name that's really been talked about this year, it's Sebastian Vettel, the 26-Year-Old Redbull Racing driver from Heppenheim, Germany. Vettel was young when he began Karting. At the age of 11 he found himsellf accepted into 'The Redbull Junior Team'. After racing for other various series & teams, BMW Sauber let him have his first race when Robert Kubica was unable to race in The United States Grand Prix, after an accident during the Canadian Grand Prix.

    Later on he moved on to become a driver for Toro Rosso, in place of Scott Speed, who did not even comlete the full season due to issues he had with the team. Vettel did okay during what was left of the 2007 Season. His best result was 4th. One of his most noted races during that season was the Japanese GP, which was held in Fuji. He crashed into Mark Webber and both of them had to retired from the race. Before that crash, he'd been holding 3rd. His punishment was a 10-Place-Grid-Penalt for the Chinese Grand Prix which took place the following weekend.

    His 2008 Season with Toro Rosso stared out terribly when he retired from the first 4 races on the Calander. He finished 17th in the Turkish Grand Prix and then scored points in Monaco, finishing in 5th. Vettel then retired during the British GP and the Hungarian Grand Prix. Finally, in Italy, Vettel won his first Formula1 Grand Prix and also broke a record for youngest driver to win an F1 race, at 21 Years/74 Days. He continued to get consitant finishes for the rest of the season.

    In 2009, Vettel took David Coulthard's seat at Redbull Racing. The first two races he had to retire. He then won in China. He didn't win again until the British Grand Prix. The same results were done in Japan and Abu Dhabi. It wasn't a bad season for him and Redbull was impressed.

     Redbull kept Vettel in 2010. He got Pole Positon in the first race of the Season, but finished in 4th. He went on to retire in the Australian Grand Prix, then win in Malaysia. He got Podium in both Spain and Monaco, before retiring again in Turkey. He didn't win again until the European Grand Prix. He won 3 more races that year including; Japan. Brazil and Abu Dhabi. In result, he won his first F1 Drivers Championship and became the youngest to ever do so.

    He continued to race for Redbull in the 2011 Season. Winning the first two races felt incredible to him and the team. Even more incredible, after finishing Second in China, he then won Turkey, Spain and Monaco Back-To-Back, finished Second in Canada and then won again in Europe. In the rest of the season, he ended up winning 5 more races including; Belgium, Italy, Singapore, Korea and India. He once again won The Drivers Championship, making it 2 years in a row.

  Still sticking with Redbull in 2012, Vettel didn't have as good as a year as in 2011. He only won 5 races out of the 20 on the calander. His overall results were consistant though and he only retired from 2 races. Despite the struggles, he got his Third Drivers Championship win in a row. He beat the late Ayrton Senna's record for it as well, as youngest Triple-World-Champion.

 Vettel ended up staying with Redbull last year in 2013 and acheived a huge goal with winning a 4th Drivers Championship in a row. The only race he retired from was the British GP with a tire blow-out and his lowest points finish of the year was only 4th. That's some incredible consistancy and impecible driving from the young German.

 Vettel continues to stay with Redbull for this year and is looking forward to the start of the F1 season. So, now Let's just go over some of his stats.

World Championships: 4
Races Won: 39.
Podiums: 62.
Fastest Laps: 22.
Pole Positions: 45
Total Points Tally: 1,451.

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Updated Driver Line-Up 2014. (Updated DECEMBER 31ST.)

I am doing this article instead of updating the last Driver Line-Up that I had up, because so many things have changed and a lot of things are now official. 

Redbull: Sebastian Vettel & Daniel Ricciardo.
This is official and can't change. Both drivers have contracts and are already preparing.

Mercedes: Nico Rosberg & Lewis Hamilton.
Also official.

Lotus: Romain Grosjean & Pastor Maldonado.
This has been made official by Lotus recently. Hmm.. Should be interesting to watch.

Ferrari: Fernando Alonso & Kimi Raikkonen.
Official.

McLaren: Jenson Button & Kevin Magnussen.
Official.

Force India: Nico Hulkenberg & Sergio Perez.
This was complete a few weeks ago. This is a wonderfully strong pairing.

Sauber: Adrian Sutil & Esteban Gutierrez.
Made official by The SauberF1 team a few weeks ago. Sergey will be their New Test Driver.

Williams: Felipe Massa & Valtteri Bottas.
Official.

Toro Rosso: Jean-Eric Vergne & Danill Kvyat.
Official.

Caterham: To Be Announced & To Be Announced.
I have no idea who'll be on this team next year, though I have heard rumours that Charles Pic will not return.

Marussia: Jules Bianchi & To Be Announced.
With Jules confirmed officially by the team, everyone is waiting to find out his team-mate and it could be another week or two before anything is announced.

More to come soon.

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Daniel Ricciardo will replace Mark Webber in 2014

Earlier this year it was announced that Mark Webber would retire from Formula 1 at the end of 2013 and go to race for Le Mans. While most of the commotion was filled sadness about Mark no longer driving for Red Bull... There was also 1 other thing on peoples minds: Who would get his seat in 2014?

Within the first few days of the announcement, the most rumoured about replacement was Lotus-Renault driver, Kimi Raikkonen. There was also a list of other drivers who seemed they'd be in contention for replacing Webber. Those mentioned, included: Daniel Ricciardo, Jenson Button, Nico Hulkenberg, Paul Di Resta, Fernando Alonso, Jean-Eric Vergne and Pastor Maldonado. Of course, most people stuck with Kimi Raikkonen as the main choice.

Daniel Ricciardo, from Toro Rosso was also very highly talked about for the seat, People were very anxious for any confirmed announcements regarding this situation. Most assumed there would be a choice made over the Summer break and rumours broke out that Red Bull would announce their new driver sometimes during the Belgian GP weekend.. But that weekend came and went without any word about the situation and people went right back to taking anxious guesses.

Finally after two more weeks, Christian Horner and the Red Bull team announced publicly that Daniel Ricciardo would officially be taking Mark Webber's place in 2014. Daniel later also confirmed this on twitter, very happily.



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2014 To See Austrian GP

News this morning announced the come back of the Austrian GP, held in Spielburg at the Red Bull Ring. So far it was said the race will be held July 6th 2014. The last race was held in 2003, when the circuit was still called the A1 Ring. It's currently holding races for DTM. 

With 22 races now planned (So far.) on the 2014 schedule, racers and teams are unsure about it. Most agree there should be no more than 20 races during the racing season. But what's 2 more? We could possibly be seeing 21 if Korea's GP is to fall from the schedule. If not we will see 22, the new races being Austria, Russia and of course the highley talked about New Jersey GP. 

So far, there is no official draft calendar from the FIA. Things will be more clear towards the end of this race season.

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Young Drivers Testing Re-Cap

Day 1 was a good day for Kevin Magnussen who set fasest time in the McLaren, topping Force India's Paul Di Resta, who was just barely slower than him! A lot of people are asking if any of these youngsters are fighting for a real drive in F1, and the answer is never easy. Mark Webber's Red Bull seat will likely be given to Daniel Ricciardo from Toro Rosso. And if that happens, it's then the question "Well, who gets Daniel's old seat?"

Formula 1 is unpredictable, and there's a lot more drivers than just Ricciardo who are interested in replacing Webber. Lotus indeed wants to keep Raikkonen, who most people thought would instantly be 2014's new Red Bull driver, partnering Sebastian Vettel. But it looks more likely we could have an underdog or rookie replacing the Australian Driver.

Day 1 Times:

1. Kevin Magnussen - 1:33.602 / McLaren
2. Paul Di Resta - 1:33.774 / Force India
3. Antonio Felix Da Costa - 1:33.821 / Red Bull
4. James Calado - 1:33.986 / Force India
5. Daniel Juncadella - 1:34.098 / Williams
6. Johnny Cecotto - 1:34.193 / Toro Rosso
7. Robin Frijns - 1:34.236 / Sauber
8. Nicolas Prost - 1:34.810 / Lotus
9. Davide Rigon - 1:34.874 / Ferrari
10. Alexander Rossi - 1:35.651 / Caterham
11. Tio Ellinas - 1:36.676 / Marussia
12. Max Chilton - 1:38.347 / Marussia


Day 2 Times: 

1. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:32.972 / Toro Rosso
2. Carlos Sainz Jr. - 1:33.016 / Toro Rosso
3. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:33.187 / Redbull
4. Davide Valsecchi - 1:33.554 / Lotus
5. Oliver Turvey - 1:33.864 / McLaren
6. James Calado - 1:33.957 / Force India
7. Antonio Felix Da Costa - 1:33.958 / Red Bull
8. Davide Rigon - 1:34.053 / Ferarri
9. Pastor Maldonado - 1:34.116 / Williams
10. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:34.224 / Sauber
11. Daniel Juncadella - 1:34.631 / Williams
12. Robin Frijns - 1:34.731 / Sauber
13. Will Stevens - 1:36.082 / Caterham
14. Paul Di Resta - 1:36.356 / Force India
15. Rodolfo Gonzalez - 1:37.949 / Marussia


Day 3 Times:

1. Sebastian Vettel - 1:32.894 / Red Bull
2. Adrian Sutil - 1:33.242 / Force India
3. Nicolas Prost - 1:33.256 / Lotus
4. Carlos Sainz Jr. - 1:33.546 / Red Bull
5. Davide Rigon - 1:33.592 / Ferrari
6. Felipe Massa - 1:33.624 / Ferrari 
7. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:33.647 / Toro Rosso
8. Gary Paffett - 1:34.924 / McLaren
9. Susie Wolff - 1:35.093 / Williams
10. Giedo Van Der Garde - 1:35.155 / Caterham
11. Daniil Kvyat - 1:35.281 - Toro Rosso
12. Charles Pic - 1:35.576 / Caterham
13. Kimiya Sato - 1:35.642 / Sauber
14. Rodolfo Gonzalez - 1:36.339 / Marussia
15. James Calado - 1:36.451 / Force India
16. Jules Bianchi - 1:36.744 / Marussia


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Young driver Test Line-Up.

The three days of the Young Drivers Test are among us, and of course we have the new "Tyre testing" going on during it. This was not meant to happen, until of course all the tyre explosions happened. So, it was agreed Pirelli could hold testing during the 3 days of YDT.

Each team picked at least 2-3 people who would be driving for the tests. Most teams opted not to use their own current drivers, while some did. 

LINE-UP:

EDIT: Kimi Raikkonen and Mark Webber will no longer be driving due to test rules and regulations. Red Bull EDIT: Da Costa drove all day yesterday instead, and will drive again this morning (Thursday.) Ricciardo will drive in the afternoon. Friday will see Sainz Jr. In the morning and Vettel in the afternoon.

Redbull:

Wednesday: Antonio Felix da Costa = All Day
Thursday: Antonio Felix da Costa = Morning / Daniel Ricciardo = Afternoon.
Friday: Carlos Sainz Jr. = Morning. / Sebastian Vettel = Afternoon.

Ferarri:

Wednesday: Davide Rigon = All Day.
Thursday: Davide Rigon = All Day.
Friday: Felipe Massa = Morning / Davide Rigon = Afternoon.

Lotus:

Wednesday: Nicolas Prost = All Day.
Thursday: Davide Valsecchi = All Day.
Friday: TBA.

McLaren:

Wednesday: Kevin Magnussen = All Day.
Thursday: Oliver Turvey = All Day.
Friday: Gary Paffett = All Day.

Force India:

Wednesday: TBA.
Thursday: TBA.
Friday: TBA.

Torro Rosso:

Wednesday: Johnny Cecotto = All Day.
Thursday: Carlos Sainz Jr. = Morning / Daniel Ricciardo = Afternoon.
Friday: Jean-Eric Vergne = Morning / Daniil Kvyat = Afternoon.

Sauber:

Wednesday: Robin Frijns = All Day.
Thursday: Robin Frijns = Morning / Nico Hulkenberg = Afternoon.
Friday: Kimiya Sato = All Day.

Williams:

Wednesday: Daniel Juncadella = All Day.
Thursday: Pastor Maldonado = All Day.
Friday: Susie Wolff = All Day.

Marussia: 

Wednesday: Tio Ellinas = Morning. / Max Chilton = Afternoon.
Thursday: Rodolfo Gonzalez = All Day.
Friday: Rodolfo Gonzalez = Morning / Jules Bianchi = Afternoon.

Caterham:

Wednesday: Alexander Rossi = All Day.
Thursday: Will Stevens = All Day.
Friday: Giedo Van Der Garde = TBA / Charles Pic = TBA.

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Cameraman Paul Allen in hospital from tyre accident.

During Sunday's German GP, Mark Webber had an unsafe release in the pit lane. Basically what happened is that his right rear tyre was not completely fastened to his car. Unkowningly, the crew in the front lowered his car for release and Mark quickly began to leave the pit lane. The wheel detached from the car and flew through the Mercedes pit crew, before hitting Paul Allen who is a FOM Cameraman.

He is currently being held in a hospital in Koblens and is conscious, but pretty badly injured. Allen has suffered 2 broken ribs, a broken collar bone and cuncussion.

We hope he recovers soon and that he is feeling better. Thoughts are with him and his family.

As for Mark Webber - He was not given a penalty, although Redbull Racing was for "Unsafe Release in the pit lane".


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