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
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F1 2019 mid-season report part I – the lower teams
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.
Read More »Frank Williams at 50 years: the defining moments and defining statistics
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 …
Read More »F1 2018 Driver Reviews – Part I
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 …
Read More »Williams Preview Event
For those that know me well, you’ll know I’m a massive Williams fan and a big fan of F1 history, so when Williams announced a free British Grand Prix preview event I was all for it. So here are some pictures, thoughts and stats of all the cars at the event. The event itself was absolutely fantastic, while only a …
Read More »Nico Rosberg to Retire from F1 Immediately
In a post on his Facebook page today, the news that Nico Rosberg to retire from F1 with immediate effect has stunned the world, on the eve of his coronation in the official end of season prize giving. Rosberg, winner of 23 Grand Prix and 30 pole positions, will be the first driver to not attempt to retain his crown …
Read More »F1 needs tweaking, not re-building
For all the negativity around Formula One lately, Silverstone did serve up a cracker of a race. Great starts, accidents, safety cars, virtual safety cars, rain, rain stopping and more rain. It really did have everything. Maybe someone should have told the 140,000 crowd at Silverstone about the negativity towards F1. The talk of boring races, a crisis in the …
Read More »Pastor Maldonado and the never changing reputation
Reputations are everything in Formula One. Away from the sport, it takes ages to build a reputation and seconds to damage it. In Formula One, it takes a second to build a reputation. Yet it is almost impossible to shake it off. Ask Pastor Maldonado. When the Venezuelan entered the sport in 2011, he already had a reputation for being …
Read More »2014 Season Stats
F1 over for another year, so probably a good time to sum up the season with stats on all drivers and teams.
Read More »Post-Race Statistics of the 2014 German GP
The Germans are coming. The 2014 German GP was led from start to finish by a German driver in a German car, wearing a German helmet.
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