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Posted on 16 September 2019. Tags: alex albon, alfa romeo, charles leclerc, f1, f1 2019, ferrari, Formula 1, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, marina bay circuit, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, pirelli, racing point, red bull, renault, sebastian vetel, singapore, singapore gp, toro rosso, Valtteri Bottas, williams
After the back-to-back stops in Belgium and Italy Formula 1 heads off for the fly-away races for which the first stop is the Far-East Asian city state of Singapore. The Marina Bay Circuit, first introduced in 2008, is famed for being the first night race on the F1 calendar. It hasn’t been without controversy with […]
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Posted on 09 September 2019. Tags: 2019 italian gp, alex albon, alfa romeo, antonio giovinazzi, charles leclerc, daniel ricciardo, f1, f1 2019, ferrari, Formula 1, kimi raikkonen, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, monza, pirelli, racing point, red bull, renault nico hulkenberg, seb vettel, toro rosso, Valtteri Bottas, wlliams
On lap 69 at the Red Bull Ring in Austria Max Verstappen sent his Red Bull up the inside of Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari, banged wheels, and snatched the lead of the race and ultimately the victory. This was a significant moment in Leclerc’s fledging F1 career. To that point he’d been refined, a bit too […]
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Posted on 02 September 2019. Tags: alex albon, alfa romeo, anthoine hubert, belgium, charles leclerc, f1, f1 2019, ferrari, Formula 1, kimi raikonen, lando norris, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, racing point, red bull, renault, seb vettel, sergio perez, spa, toro rosso, Valtteri Bottas, williams
After roughly a month long break the Formula 1 season commenced the second half of the season at Belgium’s Spa-Francorchamps circuit this weekend. Teams and drivers arrived in the paddock refreshed and raring to unleash their cars on the 7 km carousel that is the Spa circuit. In a brilliant display of superiority and skill […]
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Posted on 27 August 2019. Tags: alex albon, alfa romeo, belgium gp, dnaiel ricciardo, estaban o con, f1, f1 2019, ferrari, haas, kimi raikonnen, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, racing point, red bull, renault, seb vettel, spa, toro rosso, Valtteri Bottas, williams
The summer hiatus is over and Formula 1 returns in true style at Belgium’s legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit. In the interim between races F1 has carried on its merry way of making headlines. Relatively early on in the summer break the somewhat inevitable announcement was made that after a string of lackluster performances Pierre Gasly will […]
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Posted on 25 August 2019. Tags: alex albon, charles leclerc, f1, f1 2019, ferrari, Formula 1, george russell, kimi raikkonen, lando norris, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mercedes, pierre gasly, red bus, seb vettel
The summer break typically denotes the ‘halfway’ mark of a Formula 1 season. Though there is technically less than half a season remaining in 2019 it’s in this ‘cool down’ period where teams will assess their performance to date and begin to plot the way forward for what remains. Before moving forward however it is […]
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Posted on 05 August 2019. Tags: alfa romeo, carlos sainz, charles leclerc, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, haas, hungarian gp, hungaroring, kimi raikkonen, lando norris, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, pierre gasly, racing point, red bull, renault, sebastian vettel, toro rosso, Valtteri Bottas, williams
For the first time in his career Max Verstappen secured pole position for the Hungarian grand prix with a breathtaking lap on Saturday. Not only was P1 a new experience for the Dutchman but so would be leading a grand prix from the front. For nearly all of his previous seven race wins Verstappen has […]
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Posted on 29 July 2019. Tags: alex albon, alfa romeo, anile ricciardo, charles leclerc, daniil kvyat, f1, f1 2019, ferrari, Formula 1, germany, haas, hockenheim, kevin magnussen, kimi raikkonen, lance stroll, lando norris, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, nico hulkenberg, pierre gals, pirelli, racing point, red bull, renault, robert kubica, romain grosjean, sebastian vettel, toro rosso, Valtteri Bottas, williams
On its day there isn’t a sport that can match the drama, exhilaration, and rapture of Formula 1. And on a rainy day in Germany Formula 1 was most definitely delivered a race to remember. Saturday qualifying was as embarrassing a day as Ferrari has experienced in some time. Well set to claim at the […]
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Posted on 24 July 2019. Tags: alfa romeo, charles leclerc, f1, f1 2019, ferrari, Formula 1, german gp, hockenheim, kimi raikkonen, lando norris, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, pierre gasly, racing point, red bull, renault, sebastian vettel, toro rosso, Valtteri Bottas, williams
Sebastian Vettel is a four-time Formula 1 World Champion. In all the noise and criticism that has been flying around the German driver it seems necessary to state this otherwise obvious fact. It needs mentioning because many a pundit, and several so-called pundits, has begun to question his prowess as a racing driver. They aren’t […]
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Posted on 15 July 2019. Tags: alfa romeo, british gp, carlos sainz, charles leclerc, daniel ricciardo, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, kimi raikkonen, lando norris, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, mclaren, mercedes, pierre gasly, racingpoint, red bull, renault, seabatian vettel, silverestone, toro rosso, Valtteri Bottas, williams
By just six milliseconds Valtteri Bottas snatched pole position for the British grand prix from Lewis Hamilton. It was as important a pole position as Bottas had ever had – beat Lewis Hamilton at Silverstone and you sent a pretty emphatic message. And Bottas did everything right on Sunday too. He led cleanly off the […]
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Posted on 11 July 2019. Tags: alfa romeo, carlos sainz, charles leclerc, daniel ricciardo, daniil kvyat, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, george russell, haas, honda, kevin magnussen, kimi raikkonen, lando norris, lewis hamilton, mclaren, mercedes, nico hulkenberg, pierre gasly, pirelli, racing point, sebastian vettel, toro rosso, williams
The adage goes that you’re only as good as your last race. It will take some doing then for Formula 1 to top itself after the thrilling Austrian grand prix of two weeks ago. Nevertheless, the Silverstone circuit and British grand prix is as iconic as it comes in motorsport. Rookies Being a rookie in […]
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