The 2022 season has reached the summer break, but it very much feels like the remainder will be a cruise to the finish for Max Verstappen. After three races, some fans and pundits were fearing the championship was already over on account of Charles Leclerc’s 46-point advantage over Verstappen. But fast-forward less than four months … Continue reading The end of the title race, the start of silly season
From first to last to first, with plenty of controversy along the way. Image credit: Daimler AG Lewis Hamilton produced an incredible performance at the São Paulo Grand Prix, moving from the very back of the grid at the start of Saturday's Sprint Race to eventually take victory. Mercedes had upset the form book by … Continue reading 2021 São Paulo GP report | Hamilton the hero in Brazilian blockbuster
Ecstasy for Verstappen, agony for Leclerc, frustration for Hamilton. Image credit: Getty Images Max Verstappen took his first win at the Monaco Grand Prix as all his main challengers gradually fell by the wayside. It appeared that Charles Leclerc had broken his Monaco curse when his gearbox was deemed safe to start the race after … Continue reading 2021 Monaco GP report | Verstappen takes first Monaco win
How do you fill the shoes of a four-time world champion? You would imagine that this thought has – fleetingly, at least – crossed the mind of Carlos Sainz ahead of his move to Ferrari this year. He will replace Sebastian Vettel who, whilst ultimately unsuccessful in his quest to bring a title back to … Continue reading Taking your chance at Ferrari
So, shall we just have all the races in Italy then?.. Image credit: Getty Images Lewis Hamilton extended his championship lead with a hard-earned victory at the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix, ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas and Alexander Albon, who earned his - and Thailand's - first ever F1 podium. Whilst it was Bottas who … Continue reading 2020 Tuscan GP report | Hamilton takes 90th victory amid Mugello chaos
The rain never came, but it was plain sailing for Hamilton. Image credit: AFP Lewis Hamilton took a comfortable victory at the 2020 Belgian Grand Prix to further extend his lead in the championship, with Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen completing the usual HAM-BOT-VER podium. It was a fairly sedate race at the front. Hamilton … Continue reading 2020 Belgian GP report | Hamilton dominates at Spa
What a difference a week can make. Image credit: Motorsport Images Max Verstappen produced a fantastic drive to take an unexpected win at Silverstone's 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. The Mercedes cars had been dominating the weekend in what has become their customary manner this year, with a comfortable margin of almost a second to the … Continue reading 2020 70th Anniversary GP report | Verstappen ends the Mercedes dominance
A wet weather masterclass from Hamilton on Saturday. (And Sunday wasn't bad either.) Image credit: Getty Images After last week's chaos, normal service was resumed at the second event around the Spielberg track, in the shape of a Lewis Hamilton domination, a Mercedes 1-2, an impressive Max Verstappen podium and a Ferrari calamity at the … Continue reading 2020 Styrian GP report | Hamilton returns to form
F1 comes back with a bang. (Literally.) Image credit: Getty Images It may have been an agonising 217 days since the chequered flag in Abu Dhabi but the much-delayed opening Austrian Grand Prix of the 2020 season managed to be worth the wait. By the end of qualifying, the main stories were clear - the … Continue reading 2020 Austrian GP report | Bottas wins madcap race with maiden podium for Norris
It's that time of year again. The teams have packed up in Barcelona and now prepare for the long haul to Melbourne for the season-opener. Meanwhile, the rest of us try to figure out who was 'sandbagging', who was doing 'glory runs', who's worried about their reliability and who's quietly confident. Let me pose some … Continue reading Let’s act like we know what’s going on in testing: 2020 edition
