Last Sunday, Formula 1 visited Circuit Paul Ricard in France in what turned out to be a rather dull race. The reviewers felt the need to call out the matter, with The Telegraph perhaps the most harsh by headlining that “The French Grand Prix Was the Worst Race I Have Ever Seen,” while the BBC …
In what looked like a stress-free drive, Lewis Hamilton earned his second straight French Grand Prix on Sunday (June 23) at Circuit Paul Ricard. The win was Hamiltonʻs sixth in the last seven races and extended his championship lead over his teammate Valtteri Bottas by 36 points. Hamilton made a clean getaway at the start, …
Qualifying – The French Grand Prix In a result that shocked no one, Lewis Hamilton claimed his third pole position of the season at Circuit Paul Ricard for the French Grand Prix. His total matches that of his teammate Valtteri Bottas, who looked like the favorite for the top starting position after pacing much of …
The stewards overseeing the Canadian Grand Prix made one of their more controversial calls this past Sunday. On lap 48, as Lewis Hamilton stalked Sebastian Vettel, Vettel lost the rear end of his Ferrari, waggled, ran into the grass, then rejoined the track and managed to keep Hamilton behind. The incident, at first, did …
Lewis Hamilton was gifted the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday in a surprising stewardʻs judgment that penalized the leader of the race, Sebastian Vettel. Vettel finished second in his Ferrari with his teammate Charles Leclerc taking the third step on the podium. The Canadian GP win was the seventh for Hamilton, meaning that he has …
The Ferraris had looked strong in practice, topping the timing charts in both FP2 and 3. Even if they benefited from Lewis Hamilton crashing out during that second practice, they were still managing to keep up with their Mercedes rivals. Perhaps Mercedes were nervous, or perhaps Ferrari just have a car better suited for …
This past weekend featured one of the crown jewels of the racing calendar with Formula 1 hosting the Monaco Grand Prix. In what has become normative Monaco tradition, the race was more of a parade than it was a testament to outright competition. Aside from seeing whether or not Max Verstappen might go crazy and …
Lewis Hamilton used his pole starting position to beat teammate Valtteri Bottas and Red Bull driver Max Verstappen to the first turn, then followed the one-stop strategy to hold on with medium compound tyres to earn his third Monaco Grand Prix. Verstappen crossed the finish in second but was relegated to fourth, leaving Ferrari’s Sebastian …
Last year, Max Verstappen finished fourth in the drivers standings. The spot marked a slight improvement over where he has hung out for the previous to years, where he had finished fifth in 2016 after driving for both Toro Rosso and Red Bull, followed by finishing sixth while enjoying a full season with Red Bull. …
The track Autódromo José Carlos Pace in Brazil, or more commonly known as Interlagos, is being targeted to be off the schedule for 2020. Since 1990, Interlagos has continually held a race and has become the late-season stage for memorable moments – like Jesnon Button clinching his championship in 2009, or Lewis Hamilton earning his …
In its quest to forever tinker with the schedule, it looks like Formula 1 will be making a trip to Circuit Zandvoort in the Netherlands in 2020. The move comes as no big surprise as the track had been inspected last year by Charlie Whiting in an effort to determine whether the condition of the …
For the past four years, McLaren have been known more for their off-track drama than doing anything of note on the racing surface. Though they sported a driver who is considered one of the all-time greats in Fernando Alonso, they squandered the twilight of his racing career by supplying him with underpowered cars and unqualified …
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