Race Weekend Central

Lewis Hamilton Wins 7th World Title with Turkish Grand Prix Win

Lewis Hamilton at 2020 Belgian F1 Rolex James Moy

Lewis Hamilton (Photo: ©Rolex/James Moy)

Starting on a what could be called a very wet track, Lewis Hamilton looked slow and sounded frustrated. Yet again, Hamilton found victory lane, and in doing so claimed his seventh world title at the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday (Nov. 15). LEWIS #HAMIL7ON. ✊ CHAMPION OF THE WORLD FOR THE SEVENTH TIME!! ? pic.twitter.com/0ApmspAXEv …

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F1 Midweek: 5 Thoughts on F1’s 2021 Schedule

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The Belgian Grand Prix (Photo: ©Rolex/James Moy)

This Tuesday (Nov. 10), Formula 1 unveiled its proposed schedule for the 2021 season.  As of right now, the schedule looks to have a few questionable sites that might drop the count from the 23 events listed to possibly 20. Dropping three races does not seem like a cataclysm, especially when comparing fluid scheduling with …

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F1 Review: Lewis Hamilton’s Fortunate Win at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

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Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola, Italy (credit: FIA media)

For Lewis Hamilton, winning the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix looked like a case of things just going his way.  Hamilton qualified second, leaving him at a disadvantage to his teammate.  When Valtteri Bottas took the lead in a convincing fashion, it looked like the Finn might be able to disrupt Hamilton’s dominance. That Max Verstappen …

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F1 Midweek: Scheduling News for Imola and 2021 Season, Plus Max Verstappen’s Mouth Problem

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The Red Bull Garage (Photo: Getty Images/Red Bull Content Pool)

After winning the Portuguese Grand Prix last weekend, Lewis Hamilton took over sole possession of the record for career race wins.  Add that record to the rest, including pole positions, podiums, laps led and probably 20 others. By the time Hamilton retires, the record book should probably just be titled The Book of Hamilton.  The …

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Lewis Hamilton Wears the Crown after Winning the Portuguese Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton leads pack of Formula 1 cars at 2020 Belgian Grand Prix, Rolex/James Moy

Lewis Hamilton (Photo: ©Rolex/James Moy)

Crown Lewis Hamilton … again. After a strong start to the 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix, Hamilton looked like he would do what he has done so many other times during his career — cruise to the victory. In the end, he did. It just took a while after Valtteri Bottas made Hamilton fight for it. …

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New Track, Same Story: Lewis Hamilton Earns Pole for Portuguese Grand Prix

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Lewis Hamilton (Photo: ©Rolex/James Moy)

For the ninth time in the 2020 Formula 1 season, Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position – this time at the Portuguese Grand Prix, at Portimao (Saturday, Oct. 24).  Hamilton bested his teammate Valtteri Bottas by a tenth, a surprising outcome after Bottas had looked to be the fastest driver on track through the three practice …

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Lewis Hamilton Drives Away from the Field, Fernando Alonso Back in the Car

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The Eifel Grand Prix, held last weekend at the Nurburgring in Germany, is one of the coldest races on record, but not nearly as cold as the 1978 Canadian GP (held on Oct. 8). The Canadian event has the distinction of coldest by being running in 5 degrees Celsius or 41 Fahrenheit. The Eifel GP …

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Oliver Askew Loses IndyCar Ride with Arrow McLaren

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Oliver Askew (Photo: IndyCar Media)

Oliver Askew will be leaving Arrow McLaren SP at the end of the 2020 IndyCar season. The move is a bit of a shock because Askew was completing his rookie year with the team Askew compiled a middling record of three top-10s with a best finish of third at Iowa. One of the bigger concerns …

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F1 Review: The Peerless Lewis Hamilton and the Eifel Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton at 2020 Belgian F1 Rolex James Moy

Lewis Hamilton (Photo: ©Rolex/James Moy)

If you were not one of the 114 million people that tuned in to the BTS performance late Saturday night/sometime Sunday, you may have been one of the regular 91 million people that watch Formula 1 and saw Lewis Hamilton earn the 91st win of his career – tying Michael Schumacher for first in all-time …

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Valtteri Bottas on Pole for 2020 Eifel Grand Prix

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The Red Bull Garage (Photo: Getty Images/Red Bull Content Pool)

Valtteri Bottas delivered a stellar qualifying effort that put him on the pole for the Eifel Grand Prix on Saturday (Oct. 10).  Bottas kept the Mercedes streak alive of claiming every pole of the 2020 Formula 1 season. He bested his teammate Lewis Hamilton by over two tenths, a surprisingly large gap between the two. …

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F1 Midweek: The Big Stories After the Russian Grand Prix

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(Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev - Pool/Getty Images)

It’s time for a roundup of the stories grabbing headlines in the world of Formula 1. After its stop in Sochi, Russia, the sport takes a one-week hiatus where Valtteri Bottas earned his second win of the 2020 season. While the drivers’ standings may have tightened a little, the constructors’ title is now looking like …

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F1: Valtteri Bottas Earns Second Win of 2020 at Russian Grand Prix

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Valtteri Bottas (photo courtesy of Mercedes F1 Twitter)

Valtteri Bottas scored his second win of the season at the Russian Grand Prix on Sunday (Sept. 27). The win continues the Mercedes success at the track as they are the only manufacturer to win at the Sochi Autodrom. Max Verstappen finished where he started and collected the second-place trophy after retirements at the previous …

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