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On paper, the 2019 Formula 1 season was yet another walkover from Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes. The reality is that others featured heavily through the season

After another dismal performance, in which he was lapped by his team-mate, is it time for Red Bull to drop Pierre Gasly and replace him with a driver who is able to challenge Max Verstappen?

Once again, Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes are those on top of the world. It has been clear that team and driver were the differentiators this year, as reliability favoured championship rivals Ferrari and the cars both had convincing attributes over one another. A mixture of appalling reliability, driver mismanagement and mistakes ruled Red Bull out of the key silverware very …

With 10 of the 21 races down, arguably more questions have been raised than answers over which direction both Formula 1 championships are swinging. Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull all have potentially title-winning cars. Behind, Haas and Renault have taken the march at the front of the midfield, ahead of McLaren and Force India. Sauber is arguably punching above its …

Three races have passed in the 2018 Formula 1 season, and for the third time in as many races, Max Verstappen has made a serious mistake which has compromised his grand prix result. For a driver equipped with one of the six top cars in a Red Bull, this cannot be acceptable. In his fourth season in F1, there cannot be any excuses for these performances.

Formula 1’s oldest and statistically greatest team has had a reputation of playing it safe with its driver line-up in recent history. As a matter of fact, except for a replacement driver in the early-1990s, Ferrari has not signed a driver under the age of 23 to race for its factory team in over 45 years. There’s a reason in …

We approach the half-way point in a thrilling new era of Formula 1. New cars, new faces at the top and new championship battles. Much of the story of the season to date has been about the titanic duel between Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. In Austria, Hamilton’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas (who amazingly is yet to be signed …

It seems remarkable that after nine wins out of 21 against a very competitive teammate, Nico Rosberg’s worthiness as a champion is being doubted by some in Formula 1. Stats, a common occurrence on this website, are often touted to prove that Lewis Hamilton is the better driver. After all, he did win 10 races to Rosberg’s nine, and secured …