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SECOND SECTOR: THE FEATURES
40 BIG-TIME BOTTASWilliams rising star has bags of talent and is endorsed byMika Hkkinen. Find out why hes a champion in the making
48 TOP TEN BOTTAS MOMENTSOur selection of milestone moments that reveal the truegreatness of future world champion, Valtteri Bottas
54 DANS THEMANDespite an underperforming car and the pressures of hishome race, nothing can stop Daniel Ricciardo smiling
62 YOU ASK THE QUESTIONSMercedes boss Toto Wolff on intra-team rivalries,changing his name and having a wife in the same business
70 GO FIGUREA numerical view of the stats and facts behind Pirelli tyres
72 THE SECRET LIFE OF THE SUPER SUBReserve drivers have a tough job sitting out the season,and getting their chance to race only when disaster strikes
78 CATERHAM: GOING, GOING GONEWhen all attempts to save the team failed, the contents oftheir HQ were put up for auction. F1 Racing pays a final visit
84 MEET STEPHEN FITZPATRICKWe catch up with the entrepreneurial energy boss to learnwhat hes got planned for his newly acquired Manor F1 team
86 LUNCH WITH ALEX WURZThe endurance racer, driver coach, team advisor and head ofthe GPDA explains how he keeps all those plates spinning
96 A CHAT WITH SEBASTIAN VETTELThe four-time champion on his new lease of life with Ferrari
98 MONTJUC PARK REMEMBEREDFast, thrilling and ultimately treacherous, the former venueof the Spanish GP was the archetypal old-school F1 circuit
FIRST SECTOR: THE REGULARS
10 IGNITION REMEMBERING A VERY DIFFERENT SPANISH GP 12 PARADES THE VERY BEST FORMULA 1 PHOTOGRAPHY18 F1 INSIDER NEWS, OPINION AND ANALYSIS30 INSIDE TECH THE SCIENCE BEHIND PARC FERM32 PETER WINDSOR HOW NEW ENGINES HIGHLIGHT TALENT35 DAMON HILL WHY F1 IS SUCH A HUMAN SPORT 37 DIETER RENCKEN DOES FOM SEEK EU INTERVENTION?38 NOW THAT WAS A CAR THE SHADOW DN7106 SUBSCRIBE AND GET FREE BOLL SUNGLASSES
COVER STORIES
BOTTAS Hes racking up the podiums could this be the year of his first win?
RICCIARDO Red Bulls rising star is asoptimistic as ever back in Melbourne
TOTO WOLFF The head of MercedesMotorsport answers your questions
MONTJUC PARK This former F1 track was light on safety, heavy on speed
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THIRD SECTOR: FINISHING STRAIGHT
110 MALAYSIAN GP DEBRIEF FERRARIS FIRST WIN SINCE 2013114 CHINESE GP DEBRIEF A HAMILTON/ROSBERG ONE-TWO118 SPANISH GP PREVIEW RETURN TO A TESTING VENUE120 INBOX READERS SHARE THEIR OPINIONS122 MURRAY WALKER F1S NEVER SHORT ON SURPRISES
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his vision for F1
DAN RICCIARDO
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times with the
Renault power
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VALTTERI BOTTAS
A star in the
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WITH SEB VETTEL
Ferraris newest
race winner on his
future in scarlet
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F1 MastermindYour chosen specialised subject: the worlds greatest sport
Alonso returns, but
crash questions lingerThe McLaren racer challenges his teams version of his crash in
pre-season testing, insisting he remained conscious throughout
THE SPANISH
GRAND PRIX
Q1 How many different circuits
have hosted a world championship
Spanish Grand Prix?
Q2 In which year did the Spanish
Grand Prix rst run as part of the
championship?
Q3 Which Spanish GP venue
features corners named Fangio,
Farina and Ascari?
Q4 How many times did Jackie
Stewart win at Montjuc Park?
Q5 Name the Ligier driver who
claimed his second and nal
Formula 1 win at the 1979 Spanish
Grand Prix.
Q6 Who won the rst Spanish
Grand Prix to be held at the Circuit
de Catalunya in 1991?
Q7 How many times has Spanish
racer Fernando Alonso won the
Spanish Grand Prix?
Q8 Who was the designer of the
Jarama circuit?
Q9 Who has led the higher number
of laps at the Circuit de Barcelona-
Catalunya: Jenson Button or
Pastor Maldonado?
Q10 Why was Lewis Hamilton
excluded from qualifying after
taking pole position for the 2012
Spanish GP?
Q11 Michael Schumacher has six
Spanish Grand Prix victories to his
name. How many of those did he
win in a Benetton?
Q12 How many British drivers
have won a world championship
Spanish Grand Prix?
Q13 The top ve nishers at the
1981 Spanish GP were covered by
just 1.24 seconds. Who won it?
Q14 How many times has
the Spanish GP been a world
championship round?
Q15 Which sporting discipline was
held at the Circuit de Catalunya
during the 1992 Olympic Games?
Alonso says that statements made by his
team and management were not a help
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F1 Racing May 2015 21
Dean Stoneman is a 24-year-old from Southampton, who
will race for DAMS, with Red Bull backing, in this years
Formula Renault 3.5 Championship.
Who is he?A HGV-licence holding, title-winning former powerboat racer
who has recently been signed by Red Bulls young driver
programme after working his way up the junior single-seater
ladder for a second time.
Whats he been doing recently?Stoneman was on the cusp of F1 at the end of 2010, after
winning the now-defunct FIA Formula 2 Championship. That
earned him a test with Williams, and helped him secure a
top drive in Formula Renault 3.5 for 2011. But in January
that year he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, and
forced to stop racing to focus on his treatment. While
recuperating, Stoneman switched to powerboat racing,
winning the 2012 P1 Superstock UK title. He returned to
the circuits in 2013, winning races in the Porsche Carrera
Cup GB, before a late call-up to contest the final round of
the 2013 GP3 Series in Abu Dhabi. He took a podium in the
second race, which secured him a full-time 2014 GP3 drive.
How good is he?Good enough to impress Red Bulls talent spotters. He took
ve wins and nished second to Alex Lynn in GP3, despite
an enforced late-season team switch after Manor Marussia
collapsed. His performance against Lynn impressed Red Bull,
who snapped him up to their young driver squad, placing him
with DAMS in Formula Renault 3.5 for 2015.
Will we see him in F1?Stoneman has got where he is due to his skill and resilience.
And Red Bull backing will surely open doors in the future.
Finding the stars of tomorrow, today
Renault consider new
partnership as Red
Bull tensions simmerAs Red Bull let rip following their poor performance at the
Australian GP, Renault weigh up their future options in F1
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Weve got one of these in our ofce. When
I catch him in the act Ill
The issue at hand is not an inconvenience in your
ofce conveniences, but part of a package of
blue-sky ideas to improve the show, discussed
during a crunch meeting of team bosses called by
Bernie Ecclestone.
I see. So what functions have sprinklers to play
in the ongoing health of our favourite sport?
Wet races can often be exciting and
unpredictable. So why not host a grand prix
in articially wet conditions?
Surely what makes wet races so exciting is
the unpredictability? If the teams know whats
coming, theyll soon get their heads around it.
Quite so.
Any other great ideas?
Some events should take Grand Slam status and
at every race ten points should be awarded for
pole and ten for the win, but the polesitter would
start 12th. The rest of the grid would be random.
Ye Gods! Have they been at the gin again?
Thats almost as crazy as getting drivers to
pick their grid number out of a bowl.
They used to do that in the British Touring Car
Championship until one driver fessed up to
peeping and drawing pole position for himself.
Im not sure Ill survive this lunacy.
How about a separate women-only F1 support
series, to run on grand prix mornings?
Welcome to the 20th century, Bernie. Trouble is,
everyone else is in the 21st. What about women
competing on equal terms?
Michle Mouton, head of the FIAs Women and
Motor Sport Commission (and former World Rally
Championship event winner), agrees: We have to
promote the fact that motorsport is open to all,
with the same prospects and potential to succeed.
Well kick that idea into the long grass, then.
Dont trip over the hose if you go looking for it.
Do say: My Team-Mate Drew Pole Position And
All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt.
Dont say: Get the kettle on, luv.
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Adrian Sutil is still seeking a seat in F1, but has
won a temporary reprieve thanks to Williams
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THEDRIVERS WIFEIts the end of an era
Statement on behalf of Adriana Oliveira dos Santos:
Ms Oliveira wishes to state that with great regret and immediate
effect, she will no longer be sharing her wisdom in F1 Racing.
After a period of intense work, Ms Oliveira is suffering from
exhaustion. She is receiving the best medical care in her native
Brazil and her team of doctors have prescribed complete rest.
Ms Oliveira is concerned that her many millions of fans
worldwide might feel confused and abandoned as a result of
her sudden absence and she would like to express her profound
regret for any suffering she has caused and reassure them of her
eternal adoration. As soon as her health improves, Ms Oliveira
will be releasing a book of poetry to convey the full spectrum of
her devotion (Available in bookshops and on Kindle, Kobo and
iBooks from August 2015).
Ms Oliveira would like to take this opportunity to afrm that
she is passionately committed to her husband and their bond
is as strong as ever. Any and all speculation surrounding her
marriage is unfounded, hurtful and not helpful to her healing
process. The couple request privacy at this time and will make
no further comment.
Ms Oliveira would also like to state that recently published
paparazzi photos of her on the beach at her healing retreat
violated her privacy, and the stress has set her recovery back
by weeks. She was not cavorting but undergoing an intense, if
unconventional, physiotherapy session, and the photos showed
her therapist and not an international football star as claimed.
Ms Oliveira begs you to continue to read F1 Racing, but
sympathises that without her sprinkling of glamour, it will be
an altogether more ascetic experience.
I have been instructed by Ms Oliveira to send you besos.
You can follow Adrianas day-by-day recovery on Twitter and
Instagram. Keep an eye out for the full story to be released on
Netix: Adriana My Body, Your Body.
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The Scuderia have dropped their pursuit of Valtteri Bottas due
to 2007 world champion Kimi Rikknens improved performance
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impressive Rikknen
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F1 drivers will be permitted to use ve, rather
than four, engines this season before being
penalised. Manufacturers have agreed to the
compromise deal, yet to be rubber-stamped
by the FIA, after several manufacturers
struggled with early season reliability issues.
MERHIS FUTURE
Roberto Merhi could remain at Manor
Marussia for the full 2015 season after
impressing the team in early races. The
Spaniard signed a late deal for the opening
races of 2015, and claimed a solid nish on
his race debut in Malaysia. He will most likely
need to nd further funding to keep his seat.
NEWS
German GP off calendar
for first time since 1960Financial difculties mean the Nrburgring is unable to host its
contracted race this year and Hockenheim is unwilling to step in
28 F1 Racing May 2015
Hockenheim bosses declined to host this
years German GP, fearing signicant losses
MALAYSIA EXTENDS
The Sepang International Circuit will remain on
the F1 calendar for a further three years, after
circuit chiefs signed a deal that extends its
hosting rights until the end of 2017. The venue
has been on the calendar since 1999.
BELGIAN GP
Off the calendar: 2003, 2006
Spa was axed from the 2003
calendar due to a planned
Belgian ban on tobacco
advertising, but returned in
2004 when the country
postponed the law. The race
also skipped 2006 due to
nancial issues with investors.
Spa returned in 2007, following
substantial upgrade work.
THREE CLASSIC RACES THAT CAME BACK
CANADIAN GP
Off the calendar: 2008
Montral fell off the calendar
after circuit ofcials failed
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event returned for 2009, and has
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AUSTRIAN GP
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and 2004-2013
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post-1987 due to safety
concerns, but returned in 1997
as the shortened A1 Ring. It
was dropped again in 2004
due to tobacco advertising
issues. Red Bull later bought
it and revamped the facilities,
prompting F1 to return in 2014.
FORCE INDIA UPGRADE DELAYED
Force India wont launch a B-spec of their
2015 chassis at least until the Austrian GP in
late June. The teams 2015 car was delayed
after switching to Toyotas windtunnel
in Cologne, and deputy team principal
Bob Fernley had been aiming to launch
a signicant upgrade at Monaco in May.
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Chassis Aluminium monocoque
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Engine Matra V12
Engine capacity 2,993cc
Power output 500bhp @ 11,800rpm (est)
Gearbox 5-speed manual
Weight 612kg
Wheelbase 2,667mm
Tyres Goodyear
Notable drivers Jean Pierre Jarier,
Tom Pryce (test only)
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If theres one F1 driver
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the big time right now, its
Williams ace Valtteri Bottas. More than just another
ying Finn, those close
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WORDS JAMES ROBERTSPICTURES GLENN DUNBAR/LAT
Big-time
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on the brakes into Turn 13, that tricky
right-hander on Melbournes challenging
Albert Park street circuit, Valtteri Bottas
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Double world champion Mika
Hkkinen has been advising his
young compatriot since 2008 and,
as he tells F1 Racing, he knows
Bottas is the real deal
It takes many years of
development to become a world
champion and how this young man is
developing inside will be the dening
factor in how he succeeds. He has
the quality of being able to listen to
information and develop it in a way
that he can use. So absolutely he
has talent and intelligence he has
tremendous mental strength, in fact.
Everybody makes mistakes and
it does not mean when you make
mistakes that you are not strong
mentally. Mistakes happen because
you are taking risks, because you
want to show the world that you are
the fastest in the world. If you learn
from your mistakes you are on the
way to becoming one of the best.
Valtteri puts the car on the limit
and takes risks when the time is
right. Sometimes if you take a risk,
you end up on the wrong side of the
white line, but you learn from it and
come out stronger.
He has this inner condence
and even if he goes off, he doesnt
get depressed. He comes back and
says: I know what I did and it wont
happen again. He understands why
it happened.
You have to push to the limit, but
take risks in a calculated way. When
you fail, youve got to be strong
enough to face up to it. And
Valtteri is strong enough.
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