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AWS have released what they call the Fastest Driver in Formula 1, and even after reading their explanations, just, no.

14 race wins, 12 pole positions, 54 podiums and twice a runner-up in the world championship from 101 starts so far. Sebastian Vettel’s stint at Ferrari has, at least on paper, looked strong in comparison to recent incumbents of one of those famous red seats. Only Niki Lauda and Michael Schumacher have achieved more. The glaring omission from his stretch …

There are a lot of drivers and teams that have only entered or started a single race, or won only once, this is a quiz of many of these one-offs in F1.

So since F1 and many other sports and motorsports are on somewhat of a hiatus due to the current COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, a lot of you are probably going to be fairly bored on the weekends. But fear not, there are still many things to watch.

The 2019 Formula 1 season has marked the arrival of Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc as potential megastars for the future. Five-time champion and the greatest of his era Lewis Hamilton has relished this – and we witnessed a glimpse of something in Hungary that reflects when Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso were the youngsters taking it to Michael Schumacher a decade and a half ago. However, there is a young talent in amongst his own stable – a Verstappen-beater in fact – who should also be within this changing of the guard.

12 races into a Formula 1 season that has morphed into a true slow-burner, and against pre-season expectations it is Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes who both seem nailed on for their sixth drivers’ and constructors’ championships respectively. Ferrari’s challenge never materialised despite early promise, while Max Verstappen and Red Bull-Honda are emerging as legitimate threats to snatch the championship from Hamilton. Elsewhere, new stars have come into the fore, rookies have massively impressed, and some team-mate battles have become totally one-sided. Which drivers can go into the summer break on a high, and who has some serious work to do in the second half of 2019?

12 races into what is shaping up to be a thrilling battle among the lower teams in Formula 1 in 2019 and some will be massively disappointed with how things have panned out so far. Some team-mate battles have turned out to be more intriguing than initially thought, while others have been totally one-sided. Focus on the teams at the top will be for another day, but here are all the facts and opinion on the lower six teams in the standings.

Until this year, no team principal in the long history of Formula 1 has been at the helm of a team or teams for half a century. At the 2019 British Grand Prix, aptly forty years on from his first victory as a team boss there, Sir Frank Williams will celebrate this historic milestone with his eponymous teams – Frank …

While I’m not exactly a game reviewer, I am a big gamer, with a particular fondness of racing games, so why not write a review for F1 2019?

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