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Music fans attending September’s 2012 Formula 1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix will be able to relive some of the greatest hits of the 1980s at a series of free concerts featuring three of the era’s most celebrated performers. Bananarama, Pretenders and The Proclaimers have been added to the entertainment line-up for Formula One racing’s only night time event, joining the already-confirmed Katy Perry, Maroon 5 and Jay Chou on the bill at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. Bananarama have clocked up a cool 30 million record sales during an illustrious 33-year career, and have even surpassed The Supremes as the [...]

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Bahrain – (F1/Newsfeed) — Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel leapt back into the limelight – and the lead of the world championship – with victory in Sunday’s 2012 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix. The world champion took the lead from the start and immediately out-paced McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and team mate Mark Webber. But it did not take long for the strength of the Lotus team threat to make itself felt. First it was Romain Grosjean who came thrusting up to pass Hamilton’s McLaren on the seventh lap. Then team mate Kimi Raikkonen, who started 11th, moved up to [...]

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Williams’ Bruno Senna and Pastor Maldonado on their double DNF; McLaren’s Jenson Button on his late retirement; Ferrari’s Felipe Massa on scoring his first points of 2012; and Sebastian Vettel on climbing back on to the top step of the podium. All 24 drivers and senior team personnel report back on Sunday… Red BullSebastian Vettel (1st)“It was an incredible race, extremely tough. A good start was crucial and I was able to pull away from the pack, which was a big advantage as we always had to go on scrubbed tyres due to the fact we had used almost all [...]

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Reproduced with kind permission of the FIA Drivers: 1 – Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 2 – Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus), 3 – Romain Grosjean (Lotus). Q: Congratulations Sebastian. As defending champion it’s always nice to get your first win of the season, even if it is at the fourth time of asking.Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, I think it was an incredible race. Extremely tough. Sometimes we had a decent gap but still even from the start we had a very good start, which was crucial. I was able to pull away immediately and pull away from the pack. That turned out to [...]

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Reproduced with kind permission of the FIA Drivers: 1 – Nico Rosberg (Mercedes); 2 – Lewis Hamilton (McLaren); 3 – Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) Q: Nico, sensational lap how do you feel about your first F1 pole?Nico Rosberg: Fantastic, yeah, thank you. It went really well, it’s a very special feeling definitely. Now obviously looking forward to starting first tomorrow. Q: Where did you find the time?NR: The track was cooling off a little bit, the temperatures were coming down slightly and so the rear tyres started to work a little bit better. Changed the setup of the car slightly before [...]

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Reproduced with kind permission of the FIA Drivers: 1 – Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 2 – Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) 3 – Mark Webber (Red Bull) Q: Sebastian, four races into the 2012 season and your first pole position of the season? I take it it’s good to be back?Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, it obviously feels great and I think this one I completely owe it to the team, to the guys. It wasn’t the easiest start to the season for us. Surely, a lot of expectations, but I think more than anything it’s what we expect from ourselves, and we didn’t [...]

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Reproduced with kind permission of the FIA Team Representatives – Bob Fernley (Force India), Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari), Eric Boullier (Lotus), Martin Whitmarsh (McLaren), Norbert Haug (Mercedes), Christian Horner (Red Bull). Q: Gentlemen a subject we can’t escape, unfortunately: This Grand Prix is definitely one of the best organised, the drivers all say that. We’ve had a lot speculation from both angles, negative and positive, but I’d like to your views regarding the security situation. Are you comfortable with how things are evolving?Martin Whitmarsh: There have undoubtedly been difficult times here but from a pure team perspective, we’ve been comfortable with [...]

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How ironic was it that in a race that depended on tyre wear and strategy, it should all come right for Mercedes and Nico Rosberg as the young German scored his maiden Grand Prix victory by 20.6s as a fantastic war raged a long way behind him? Rosberg was in charge all the way, proving convincingly that Mercedes have solved their tyre degradation issues. It was their first ‘works’ victory since Juan Manuel Fangio won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza back in 1955, prior to their withdrawal from the sport. To begin with Rosberg was chased off the grid [...]

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