This past Sunday, the Brazilian Grand Prix (Nov. 11) featured a rather rare event. While the commonplace came to be with Lewis Hamilton winning and Mercedes clinching the Constructors Championship, there was a skirmish on track that manifested itself in the post-race weigh in and has continued to linger in the press. For the first …
Sometimes fortune rolls a certain way. Then sometimes fortune comes in the form of Esteban Ocon spinning out race leader Max Verstappen. Lewis Hamilton found himself in the enviable position of being in second when Ocon and Verstappen collided, turned it into a five-second lead, and held on from there at Interlagos in Brazil. Verstappen …
Going into the Mexican Grand Prix last weekend, Lewis Hamilton needed only to finish seventh or higher and he would secure his fifth world drivers title. Barring a mechanical failure, that seemed like a pretty easy task, considering that when Hamilton has been forced to the rear of the grid he has managed to make …
The Circuit of the Americas track outside of Austin, Texas may have provided its best race yet this past weekend. With Kimi Raikkonen pipping Lewis Hamilton at the start, Formula 1 benefited from a surprise outcome, keeping intrigue in the titles but also providing a different storyline to the season. Raikkonen, age 39, has been …
Kimi Räikkönen proved to be the surprise victor of the United States Grand Prix on Sunday (Oct 21), his first win since 2013, or 113 races. Though Lewis Hamilton had won the pole, he failed to keep Raikkonen behind him on the start, Hamilton and his team could never recover. Räikkönen and Ferrari seemed in …
Lewis Hamilton beat Sebastian Vettel to the pole for the United States Grand Prix on Saturday at the Circuit of the Americas by setting a new track record with a lap at 133.716 mph. While Vettel provided the biggest challenge for the top spot, his drive is still compromised by the fact that he has …
We have reached a point in the Formula 1 season when the phrase “itʻs all over but the shouting,” seems wildly appropriate. Yes, there are four races to go on the schedule but should Lewis Hamilton win (yet again), Sebastian Vettel would need to place second to continue the Drivers title fight to the Mexican …
There need not have been much focus on the front of the Japanese Grand Prix Sunday (Oct. 7). Lewis Hamilton made sure of that. Hamilton started from the pole position, took the lead and managed the race from there. Even a safety car and a virtual safety car could not disrupt his dominant performance as he …
The most recent Formula 1 race at Sochi, Russia (Sept. 30) should be a reminder of how disappointing the sport can get at times. For those who follow on a consistent basis, the common letdown is that one manufacturer is so good that everyone else on the grid is trying to sort out who will …
The news that leads off this week’s grand prix pertains to Sauber. The Alfa-Romeo Sauber team announced this week that Antonio Giovinazzi will be joining Kimi Raikkonen for the 2019 season. That means that the team will be starting, in essence, anew. Charles Leclerc, currently with the team, had already been announced to be moving …
This past weekend in Singapore, Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes did what they have been doing for much of the past four-and-a-half years – put on a clinic. The Formula 1 race on the streets of Yas Marina was supposed to allude to the kind of close-quarters racing where outright speed doesn’t matter, as it does …
This weekend Formula 1 returns to action with what is becoming a bit of a welcome tradition, the Singapore Grand Prix. While racing on the streets of Marina Bay makes the circuit unique, being the only road race in Asia, the more enticing factor has been that it is held at night. Due to extreme …
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