So the first 3 days of the 2020 cars being put through their paces in anger are behind us and we have a fascinating 3 days to dissect, as we got our first indication of what we are to expect in this upcoming 2020 season. Here is a team-by-team review of the first 3 daysContinue reading “F1 Preseason Testing 2020: Week 1 Review”
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F1 2010s: Ranking the 10 Seasons
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”
F1 2010s: Top 10 Teams
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”
F1 2010s: Top 10 Races
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”
F1 2010s: Top 10 Drivers
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”
F1 2010s: Top 10 Moments
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”
F1 2010s: Top 10 Overtakes
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”
F1 2019 Review: Hamilton’s Supreme Sixth
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”
F2 2019 Review: Dominant De Vries
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”
F3 2019 Review: The Rise of Robert Shwartzman
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”