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F1: Brazilian Grand Prix Switching Sites to Rio

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Interlagos is being replaced in 2020 by an as-yet-to-be-built track in Rio (Photo: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace)

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 …

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F1 Midweek: McLaren Awakening from Reality Show Nightmare

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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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F1 Midweek: What the Australian GP May or May Not Have Shown

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Sebastian Vettel being Sebastian Vettel in Australia (credit: FIA media)

The Formula 1 season enjoyed lights out for the first time in 2019, with the season getting underway in Melbourne, Australia last weekend.  The race may not have featured a sterling amount of drama, or for some people, any at all.  There may be a lot to be gleaned from the race or nothing at …

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F1: Valtteri Scores Win in Season Opener in Melbourne

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Valtteri Bottas celebrates his Australian GP win (credit: FIA media)

Valtteri Bottas started second at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne’s Albert Park on Sunday (March 17) but edged teammate, and reigning champion, Lewis Hamilton, by the first turn to sprint out to what would become a dominating victory.  The win was the fourth of the Finn’s career and first since 2017. Hamilton finished second …

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F1: Lewis Hamilton Qualifies for the Australian GP Where He Ended in 2018

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Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas celebrate the start of the 2019 season with a front row qualifying lock-out (credit: F1 media)

Lewis Hamilton starts where he left off from the 2018 season by claiming his sixth pole position at Melbourneʻs Albert Park. If you donʻt recall, Hamilton closed out last year by claiming pole and winning the race at Abu Dhabi to add an exclamation point to his fifth championship. After testing in Barcelona, it appeared …

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F1 Recaps: Toro Rosso Underwhelm, Renault Surprises

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Pierre Gasly will be a reserve driver next year (credit: FIA images)

Scuderia Toro Rosso – 9th in the Constructors Championship The beginning of the Formula 1 season brought some promise to the Toro Rosso team in preseason testing.  Having switched from a warmed-over Ferrari engine to Honda for the year – the same manufacturer that plagued McLaren for two seasons – Toro Rosso looked like they …

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F1 Recaps: Both Sauber and Haas F1 Overachieve

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Sauber – 8th in the Constructors Standings The Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 team has not been a good organization.  They finished last (10th) in the standings in the previous two years and offered no reason to believe that they might suddenly make a run up the standings in 2018.  This season, however, proved to go …

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F1 Midweek: Giving Thanks

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Lewis Hamilton Voices His Frustration (Photo: F1 Media)

With the Formula 1 season all but relegated to history, and the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, this moment seems rather apt for a capitulation of the things to be thankful for about the sport. While it is easy to go on a critical rant about the racing, the cars, the drivers, the leadership, the …

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