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10. 2015 The second year of the Turbo Hybrid era and a season dominated by Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes. This season had its moments, which included epic races at the Hungarian and the United States Grand Prix, however it didn’t see the most exciting of title battles and saw numerous dull races, hence why itContinue reading “F1 2010s: Ranking the 10 Seasons”

10. Manor (formerly known as Virgin and Marussia) Three new teams came in in 2010 and struggled to hit the ground running initially, but the team that survived the longest and had the most success was Marussia, who became the first and only one of those to score points in the 2014 Monaco Grand PrixContinue reading “F1 2010s: Top 10 Teams”

10. 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Baku is a circuit that has become known for producing unpredictable races and this one was one of those. The race was really turned on its head after the two Red Bulls collided, resulting in a safety car that bunched the field. Sebastian Vettel led most the way but aContinue reading “F1 2010s: Top 10 Races”

10. Valtteri Bottas One of the newer stars of the decade. Bottas made headlines during his Williams years, leading their brief resurgence at the start of the hybrid era. His recent success has come at Mercedes, where he has taken 7 wins and despite a disappointing 2018 has proved a great supporter to Lewis Hamilton.Continue reading “F1 2010s: Top 10 Drivers”

10. Four way title battle – Abu Dhabi 2010 At number ten was the epic title showdown in 2010, where an incredibly close season culminated in 4 drivers, Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton, being in the title fight ahead of the season finale in Abu Dhabi, the first and only timeContinue reading “F1 2010s: Top 10 Moments”

10. LATE DUMMY – VETTEL VS BOTTAS SPAIN 2017 With Valtteri Bottas playing the team game by slowing Sebastian Vettel to help his team-mate, the Ferrari driver needed to make the pass quickly. He did so by pulling off the dummy, but pulling it off late, even clipping the grass, and made the move stick.Continue reading “F1 2010s: Top 10 Overtakes”

After another title for Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes in 2018 despite a competitive Ferrari and Red Bull, the big question was, could they do it again? There was a lot of anticipation, with many driver changes and stories to develop. After an impressive rookie season with Sauber, Charles Leclerc switches places with Kimi Raikkonen andContinue reading “F1 2019 Review: Hamilton’s Supreme Sixth”

After F1’s premier feeder series category played host to a thrilling 2018 season, that saw a title fight between George Russell, Lando Norris and Alexander Albon before graduating to F1, it was always going to be tough for the 2019 season had a lot to live up to. So how would it fare? Latifi hitsContinue reading “F2 2019 Review: Dominant De Vries”

There was a lot of excitement going into the 2019 FIA Formula 3 season. The merging of the long time F1 relevant GP3 Series and the ‘official’ F3 championship, the European Formula 3 season in order to create a clear ladder to Formula One had been mooted for a while. And with a 30 carContinue reading “F3 2019 Review: The Rise of Robert Shwartzman”

Lewis Hamilton finished off his sixth championship winning season in style by dominating proceeding in the desert, taking pole, fastest lap and the win, and leading every single lap. At the start, Charles Leclerc, who was at that point under investigation for a fuel irregularity, managed to get ahead of Verstappen, whilst at the back,Continue reading “Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Untouchable Hamilton takes lights-to-flag win”