Monthly Archives: Sep 2019

F1’s premier feeder series’ saw eventful races on Grand Prix Sunday, with Luca Ghiotto taking victory in a race shortened as a result of a massive Lap 1 crash between Aitken, Mazepin and Matsushita, where all 3 drivers were OK. Whilst Juri Vips returned from a bad run of races and was victorious in theContinue reading “Road To F1: Vips and Ghiotto take support race victories”

After an eventful weekend, all eyes were on the headline event of the weekend to see if it would live up to that. And it sure did have its moments. From team order controversy to virtual safety car and real safety car shake ups, which saw Lewis Hamilton take advantage of the madness by pittingContinue reading “Russian Grand Prix: Virtual Safety Car gifts Hamilton victory”

It was an eventful day at Sochi for F1’s premier feeder categories which saw both titles won. Ferrari junior Robert Shwartzman became the first champion of the new Formula 3 era despite losing the lead on the last lap to his team-mate Marcus Armstrong, whilst a dominant performance from Nyck De Vries in the featureContinue reading “Road To F1: De Vries and Shwartzman wrap up feeder series championships.”

It can be said that Leclerc is in a class of his own in qualifying at the moment, by taking his fourth straight pole. He is the first Ferrari driver to take four straight poles since Michael Schumacher back in 2001. Charles Leclerc was unbeatable on Saturday, by setting a 1.31.628, 4 tenths of aContinue reading “Russian Grand Prix: Leclerc takes fourth consecutive Pole”

The rain stayed away on Friday, which led to quite close sessions in Sochi, which saw both Ferrari and Red Bull top sessions and Mercedes appear to struggle. The big question is are the Silver Arrows sandbagging and what role will the rain play in tomorrow’s proceedings? Ferrari appeared to have the upper hand inContinue reading “Russian GP: Friday Update”

After Ferrari surprisingly won in Singapore, the speculation is do they have the fastest car now and will they maintain their advantage in Sochi? Personally I am unsure which one of Mercedes or Ferrari will be faster? You can make a case for both. The weather could also play a factor, chances are that someContinue reading “Russian Grand Prix: Weekend Preview”

So it isn’t going to be a winless season for Sebastian Vettel after all, who took the victory after an undercut as a result of an early stop propelled him ahead of both Lewis Hamilton and his team-mate Charles Leclerc, and he had to see through three safety cars in a wild race, but crossedContinue reading “Singapore Grand Prix: Vettel leads home Ferrari 1-2”

I believe there is no doubt that Ferrari taking charge in Singapore is one of the surprises of the season. It was well known the Ferrari struggled at tracks that rely on higher downforce, the last race on a high downforce circuit was one of Ferrari’s weakest races of 2019. Yet here we are withContinue reading “Singapore Grand Prix: How Ferrari took Pole – Hamilton vs Leclerc breakdown”

Well who saw that happening. Everyone predicted this would be an off weekend for Ferrari, as on paper this track does not suit the SF90. And yesterday seemed to prove that right. But yet come Saturday and Charles Leclerc was unbeatable, as he stormed to pole with an incredible last gasp effort. The thing thatContinue reading “Singapore Grand Prix: Leclerc takes surprise Pole for Ferrari”

The spectacle of seeing Formula One cars on the limit under the lights of Singapore never gets old, and we were treated to that once again as the Singapore Grand Prix weekend got underway. Talking about the front runners, Mercedes seem to be in top form as expected, the car looked to be manoeuvring roundContinue reading “Singapore Grand Prix: Friday Summary”