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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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F1 Midweek: Itʻs the Max Verstappen Show!

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Esteban Ocon and Max Verstappen tussle in Brazil (credit: FIA Media)

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 …

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F1: Max Verstappen Fumes, Lewis Hamilton Wins the Brazilian Grand Prix

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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 …

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F1 Midweek: Lewis Hamilton’s Excellence & More

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Lewis Hamilton Voices His Frustration (Photo: F1 Media)

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 …

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F1 Midweek: Looking Back, Looking Forward

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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 …

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F1: Kimi Raikkonen Shocks With United States Grand Prix Win

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Kimi Raikkonen celebrating his 2018 United States GP win (credit: Getty Images)

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 …

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F1: Lewis Hamilton on Pole and Poised to Claim F1 Title at the USGP

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Is it about to become five title for Lewis Hamilton?(Photo: Getty Images)

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 …

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F1 Midweek: Lewis Hamilton Can Clinch at Austin; and More

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Fernando Alonso on track at the 2018 Japanese Grand Prix (credit: F1 media)

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 …

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Lewis Hamilton Cruises to Japanese Grand Prix Win

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Lewis Hamilton out front (Photo: Getty Images)

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 …

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F1 Midweek: Team Orders & the Russian GP

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Lewis Hamilton comforts Valtteri Bottas after the 2018 Russian GP (credit: F1 images)

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 …

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