Brazilian GP: as it happened

Posted by TopGear.com at 4:39 pm on Sunday November 27, 2011 49 Comments

17.38 Hope you enjoyed today’s race, people – we certainly did. Plenty of action out there despite the fact that the rains never came, and in the end the right man won it. That’s it from us – we’re off to throw a massive piece of meat in a sizzling hot pan, snap open a [...]

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Brazilian GP qualifying: record-breaking Vettel does it again

Posted by TopGear.com at 6:42 pm on Saturday November 26, 2011 42 Comments

Another week another record – 15 pole positions in a season makes Sebastian Vettel the most dominant qualifier in the history of Formula One.

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Brazilian GP preview: time please, gentlemen

Posted by TopGear.com at 2:56 pm on Friday November 25, 2011 12 Comments

We’ll be honest – we’ve been more excited about F1 curtain-closers. Last year’s climactic three-way shootout in Abu Dhabi, for example – though ultimately a fairly dull race – brought with it the sort of nerve-shredding suspense that makes Alfred Hitchcock look like whatever idiot it was who directed the Smurfs movie. 

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Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: as it happened

Posted by TopGear.com at 1:42 pm on Sunday November 13, 2011 170 Comments

14.41 ‘Superbly controlled race, start to finish’ says Lewis’ engineer and we couldn’t have put it better ourselves. He dedicates his win to his mum, who’ll surely have a tear in her eye. And if we’re being honest – we’re welling up a little bit ourselves. Tremendous drive in what the man himself has called [...]

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Abu Dhabi GP qualifying: Vettel picks Hamilton’s pocket

Posted by TopGear.com at 3:24 pm on Saturday November 12, 2011 22 Comments

A dramatic qualifying session for tomorrow’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix saw Sebastian Vettel pick up his 14th pole position of the season, narrowly pipping Lewis Hamilton – who provoked a second run from the world champion after setting the initial pace in Q3 – to the front of the grid.

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Exclusive: TG.com live from Wales Rally GB

Posted by Matthew Jones at 1:27 pm on Thursday November 10, 2011 8 Comments

Over the next few days, TopGear.com’s getting the closest it’s ever been to the moist, sideways world of the World Rally Championship. Team Citroen has courageously agreed to let TopGear.com wordsmith and rally virgin, Matthew Jones (that’s me. Hello) behind the scenes as a Junior Beverage Fabricator at this year’s WRC finale – the Wales [...]

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Indian GP: as it happened

Posted by TopGear.com at 10:09 am on Sunday October 30, 2011 115 Comments

11.02am And that’s it – another absolute motor racing master class from the man who’s smashing F1 records left, right and centre. He’s now led more laps of an F1 season than anyone else, ever. He’s been on pole 13 times and won 11 races this year – including the first ever Indian Grand Prix. [...]

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Indian GP qualifying: Vettel nabs another

Posted by TopGear.com at 12:05 pm on Saturday October 29, 2011 26 Comments

There were no surprises in this morning’s Indian Grand Prix qualifying, with Sebastian Vettel enjoying an untroubled run to take his 13th pole position of the year.

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