Lewis Hamilton was delighted after he claimed pole position for Mercedes in China and now has his sights set on his first win for the team.   His final Q3 lap was over two tenth faster than closest rivals Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso and Hamilton was ‘ecstatic’ with the result.
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  Kimi Räikkönen talks through his first impressions of the E21, what the 2013 season holds and explains why he’s stayed with Lotus F1 Team.
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The world’s best Formula One racing drivers have come together to donate their race kits to spinal cord injury charity Wings for Life to raise money at this year’s Bonhams Automobilia Auction on 3rd December.
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Round Eight and a trip back to Spain for the European Grand Prix in Valencia.   Valencia's tight street circuit draws parallels with that of Monaco, and similar to the principality, it is not traditionally a track suited for over-taking.
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Lotus boss Eric Boullier has defended the recent form of Kimi Raikkonen, with the Finnish driver appearing frustrated at times in his first season back in Formula One.
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Race seven of the 2012 Formula One season, and the racing world's attentions turned to Canada and the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.   The scene of the longest race in F1 history last year, the 2012 Canadian Grand Prix was quite sedate in comparison. However, this year's offering was exciting in a different way.
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See David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen talk about the allure of the Monaco Grand Prix, and discuss their work with Laureus.
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  Lotus F1 believe they can still threaten McLaren and Red Bull at the front of the grid, despite enduring two troubled races so far this season.
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This weekend's Formula One circus stopped in Malaysia, where hot and humid conditions were soon blown away by torrential rain and red flags.   After Saturday's qualification, McLaren threatened dominance with Lewis Hamilton once again displaying the sort of blistering one-lap speed which fast gained him a reputation as a qualification specialist.
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*Did any of you catch the Nicolas Hamilton TV documentary last night on the BBC? *   I made a point of watching what turned out to be a beautifully observed film chronicling the first year of racing in the life of Nicolas Hamilton, younger brother of F1 star Lewis.
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By Ian Stafford

*This year the Formula One grid will be represented by no fewer than six world champions, making it, arguably, the strongest field to ever start a season. Sebastian Vettel will be defending his crown as a double world champion, a feat only equalled by Fernando Alonso and bettered by Michael Schumacher.
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After Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has criticised Lewis Hamilton’s decision to switch to a show-business focused management team, Hamilton has insisted the new set-up won’t be a distraction.
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Group Lotus CEO Dany Bahar has admitted that bringing Kimi Räikkönen back into Formula 1 after a two-year break is not without its risks. Räikkönen left F1 for the World Rally Championship and NASCAR in 2010 and 2011 after being replaced at Ferrari by Fernando Alonso.
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Lotus Renault boss Eris Boullier has admitted that the relationship between the team and injured driver Robert Kubica is at an all time low.
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Former Formula One World Champion Kimi Raikkonen will return to the sport with Lotus Renault, two years after hanging up his gloves. The 32 year-old Finn, who won the drivers' title in 2007 with Ferrari, has signed a two year deal with the Oxford based outfit.
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