Pushing The Limits

1.   Minttu Raikkonen Fitness freak and model Minttu virtanen is the wife of Kimi "Iceman" Raikkonen. Kimi and Minttu wed in a private ceremony only for family and friends on 8th August in Tuscany, Italy. The pair have a son called Robin Ace Raikkonen and a daughter called Rianna Angelia Milana. Minttu has an Instagram and so does Kimi ( I AM NOT JOKING).    2. Hanna Prater Long-time girlfriend of Sebastian Vettel, still continues to stay out of the public eye. She and Seb have been together since high school. They live in Switzerland with their two daughters Emily and Mathilda. Hanna rarely makes public appearences and prefers to stay out of the limelight. She  made a rare appearance at the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix. 3. Emilia Bottas Finnish Olympic swimmer Emilia is the wife of Williams driver Valtteri Bottas . She participated in the 2016 Rio Games. Emilia and Valtteri wed on September 12th in H...

The Australian Grand prix in classic Mercedes style with Lewis Hamilton setting a blistering qualifying lap to grab pole position. The race weekend wasn't particularly going well for Sebastian Vettel. For the most part, Kimi Raikkonen in the other Ferrari was faster and looked more comfortable with the car.  During the race he failed to make any kind of impact on Hamilton or Raikkonen. However, his lack of performance came to his advantage when Ferrari decided to keep him out for longer. A perfectly timed VSC paired with software glitch for Mercedes meant Vettel would take the lead. With overtaking so difficult in Melbourne, Vettel maintained a lead to secure his second successive win at Australia.  The new McLaren Renault combination seems to be heading in the right direction. Alonso's 5th place and Vandoorne's 9th place gave McLaren their sixth double points finish in two years. Alonso put on a stunning show, storming through the field from 11th to 5th. According...

The 2018 f1 season is approaching quickly . Few test/reserve drivers and almost all the main driver line ups have been confirmed. 1.     Scuderia Ferrari 5.Sebastian Vettel 7. Kimi Raikkonen Test Drivers: Danil Kvyat Antionia Giovinazzi 2.    Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport 44. Lewis Hamilton 77. Vlatteri Bottas Test Drivers: George Russell 3.    Aston Martin RedBull Racing 3. Daniel Ricciardo 33. Max Verstappen Test Drivers:   TBA 4.    Force India F1 team 11. Sergio Perez 31. Esteban Ocon   Test Drivers: Nicolas Latifi 5.    Williams Martini Racing 18. Lance Stroll 35. Sergey Sirotkin Test Drivers: Robert Kubica 6.    RedBull Toro Rosso Honda 10. Pierre Gasly 28. Bredon Hartley Test Drivers: TBA 7.    Renault Sport Formula One Team 27. Nico Hulkenberg 55. Carlos Sainz Jr ...

The 2017 f1 regulation change promised an end to Mercedes' dominance over the V6 turbo era. Redbull were choosen as Mercedes's closest competetiors. However, it was Ferrari who made the biggest step forward. With an encouraging winter testing pace, Ferrari arrived in Melbourne with high hopes. Ferrari silenced everyone who questioned them by defeating the until then, unchallenged Mercedes to take victory. At that moment f1 fans for the first time in a while felt that there was genuine championship fight.  Getty Ferrari and Vettel's win created an air of excitement in the paddock. Despite both Vettel and Hamilton's dominance in the modern era neither of them had ever gone head to head.  Since the Australian grand prix, the championship swung back and forth between the two (though Vettel maintained the lead in the points table).   Getty Baku was probably the most dramatic race of the season. The contraversial car chop by Vettel earned him a 10-sec...

Remember those ugly flip-flop shaped device you saw being tested on the cars ,the Halo protection device,well guess what ! FIA have announced that 2018 F1 cars will be fitted with the device.                                                OH FUN  In my opinion it feels like F1 is actually contradicting itself. The  whole point of the changes made to the cars this year was to make them look more aggressive with the wider tyres , wider rear wings, bigger diffusers etc and adding the halo device seems to be a step in the wrong direction. The halo device was actually supposed to be dropped this year in order to focus on development of the shield or the aeroscreen. But apparently FIA changed its mind.  To put it simply , the Halo ruins the aesthetics  of an F1 car.

  ©Getty Vettel’s win around the streets of Monte Carlo extended his championship lead over Lewis Hamilton to 25 points, but the way he jumped his teammate through the pit stops has led to suggestions Ferrari have already made the him their No. 1 driver.              ©Getty Four-time world champion Vettel was kept out five laps longer after Raikkonen came in for his only stop. This gave Vettel clear air to put in some fast times and ‘overcut’ Kimi, who was visibly unhappy after the race. Ferrari said Raikkonen's stop was pre-planned and that Vettel had been left out to avoid any danger form Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.                     ©Getty “The stony demeanour said it all for Kimi Raikkonen by the close of the Monaco Grand Prix and, while the Iceman is renowned for giving nothing away in public, that he was not happy at how hi...

Failing to pick up a single point this season, McLaren have so far had a frustrating start to 2017 with reliability problems and an under-powered Honda engine. Despite failing to score points in the Spanish GP, McLaren Honda looked fairly competitive-Fernando Alonso even managed to make it into Q3.  A combination of updates including a new front wing, rear wing , floor and bodywork aided Alonso's seventh place. Honda chief Yusuke Hasegawa hopes that unique characteristic of the circuit that makes it less reliant on outright power can provide McLaren a chance to attack for points. With Fernando Alonso skipping the Monaco GP to compete in the Indy500, McLaren have brought Jenson Button back for a one-off race return. Jenson too feels that new updates may be the key to McLaren's success this weekend. McLaren realising that this is probably their best shot at scoring good points, are keen to ensure a trouble-free weekend. Racing director Eric Boullier tol...