Monthly Archives: May 2021

For a while it looked like it might be a procession but when Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton pulled the trigger, it turned the race on its head and it was a replay of Hungary 2019 as Lewis Hamilton managed to chase Max Verstappen down to take the lead and a third victory of the season.Continue reading “Spanish GP: Hamilton outstrategises Verstappen to win in Barcelona”

After a frenetic first two races, the third race was much more straight forward with Dennis Hauger just maintaining the lead at the first corner and from then on never looked back, driving a picture perfect race to win from pole, setting the fastest lap as well. He led home Jack Doohan, who lost secondContinue reading “F3 Spain: Hauger dominates final race at Barcelona”

It was a frenetic afternoon race in Formula 3 which saw two instances of leaders colliding. Enzo Fittipaldi had reverse grid pole but eventually lost out to David Schumacher. But when the pair battled it out they collided at the second corner that sent David into the barriers and out, with Enzo eventually stopping underContinue reading “F3 Spain: Caldwell wins as leaders collide. Twice.”

It is Lewis Hamilton who just took pole, becoming the first ever driver to hit 100 pole positions. Once again it was the first runs that made the difference as no one could improve in the second runs. Max Verstappen was just 3 hundredths off Lewis Hamilton and he will start second, ahead of ValtteriContinue reading “Spanish GP: Hamilton takes 100th pole in close session at Barcelona”

Max Verstappen set the fastest time after an evening of uncertainty about where Red Bull are. He beat Lewis Hamilton by 2 tenths of a second though estimations believe that Mercedes will be closer than that to Red Bull. The two Ferraris ended the session in third and fourth with Charles Leclerc being the leadContinue reading “Spanish GP: Verstappen finally shows his metal”

Alexander Smolyar took victory in a frenetic season opening Formula 3 race at Barcelona. He took the lead from pole sitter Jonny Edgar early on and led from then till the end, taking his first victory in Formula 3. He was followed home by Clement Novalak who fought his way through to second and towardsContinue reading “F3 Spain: Smolyar wins action packed first race at Barcelona”

Lewis Hamilton led his team-mate Valtteri Bottas to a Mercedes 1-2 in the afternoon practice session, showing blistering pace. It was a poor session for Red Bull, with Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez ending the session ninth and tenth. However there is speculation that they were running with their engine turned down, as the AlphaTauriContinue reading “Spanish GP: Hamilton maintains Mercedes form but are Red Bull sandbagging?”

It may be a new Formula 3 season but it was familiar team colours at the head of the field, but a new driver at the head of the field with Dennis Hauger taking pole position for Prema, his first pole in the series. It wasn’t by much though as Trident’s Jack Doohan was justContinue reading “F3 Spain: Hauger takes maiden pole in Barcelona”

It was Valtteri Bottas who hit the ground running in a fairly formulaic first practice session in Barcelona. He led Max Verstappen by less than a tenth of a second, with Lewis Hamilton third fastest, over a tenth off his team-mate. Lando Norris had a good start to the weekend, ending the session fourth, aheadContinue reading “Spanish GP: Bottas sets early pace in Barcelona”

Lewis Hamilton took his second win of 2021, but the race was one of those that Lewis truly earnt on merit. He maintained second place at the start but following a safety car resulting from Kimi Raikkonen spreading his front wing all over the track after contact with his team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi, and subsequently stoppingContinue reading “Portuguese GP: Hamilton muscles his way to Portimao win”