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Brands Hatch is quickly becoming one of my favourite tracks and plenty of great series visit it. There are two different layouts for the track, here’s what you need to know for both of them.

It’s been a while since I’ve done any stats, but they are back! The Japanese GP is always one of my favourites.

Qualifying is one of those aspects of grand prix racing that has been tinkered with countless times ever since the first major tweaks were introduced in the 1990s to make it more interesting for television viewers. What we have now is almost unquestionably the best format in history, which can provide shocks right up until the finish. However, Formula 1 bosses want to toy with the idea of scrapping qualifying as we know it altogether and replacing it with qualifying races.

I’ve written about what things to expect and bring to racetracks, this is the first of many posts about specific details of a racetrack. Castle Combe is the track I know best, it’s the closest track to me, and I’ve been there over five times this year already.

Over the last two years, I’ve been to a lot of races, I know exactly what I need to pack on a race weekend, the best places to sit/stand or take photos from and all sorts of other somewhat useful information.