Everything Trackside
Driven by the fans, for the fans
Author: Jamie Cooper
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F3 Sprint Race British GP It kicked off under grey morning skies for the F3 Sprint Race British GP, with 18 laps around the iconic Silverstone track. After an eventful qualifying yesterday the F3 drivers were ready to impress the Silverstone crowd. Lap 1: Drama before turn two? They all kept it fairly clean through the…
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Kimi Antonelli becomes the youngest driver to start on pole in any race in F1 as the Mercedes rookie puts his Mercedes on Sprint Pole, beating both the McLarens. Fresh on the heels of the 10 year contract extension for the Miami GP, the on track action began. The early pace setter was Redbull’s Max…
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Max Verstappen wins an uneventful Japanese GP and becomes the first driver to win 4 Japanese GP’s in a row, while Yuki Tsunoda manages 12th place in his first race with Redbull Start As the grid lined up for the start of the Japanese GP, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris lined up their cars to…
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The F1 Qualifying Japanese GP delivered a classic Suzuka showdown. Max Verstappen pulled off a surprise last-minute pole, beating Lando Norris by just 0.012 seconds. Q1 – Piastri Fastest Early On Piastri led the early pace in Q1, just ahead of Russell and Norris. Leclerc and Hamilton also showed strong pace. Both Sauber drivers were…
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In a surprising move even for Redbull, Yuki Tsunoda has replaced Liam Lawson in the second seat at Redbull for the Japanese GP. The Board at Redbull decided to make the switch after Lawson’s poor start to the season, where the Redbull driver qualified 18th in Australia and last in both Sprint Qualifying and Qualifying…
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The Australian GP marks the start of the 2025 Formula 1 season with the tricky conditions catching out rookies and veterans alike with Isack Hadjar, Jack Doohan and Carlos Sainz all crashing out very early on. Early Drama The conditions of the Albert Park circuit were tricky to say the least with three drivers coming…
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The Australian GP qualifying session has been consigned to the record books and as usual we have things that went as we expected and others that didn’t. McLaren 1-2 McLaren secured the front row of the grid with Lando Norris taking pole from Oscar Piastri, it would seem that it was exactly as expected, at…
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The first day of F1 Testing Day One in Bahrain kicked off with early indications of what the 2025 grid might look like. Under the desert sun, McLaren’s Lando Norris pumped in the fastest time, setting a time of 1m30.430s. George Russell (Mercedes) and Max Verstappen (Red Bull) followed closely, with teams battling a mix…
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Alpine have hired Franco Colapinto as a reserve driver and now his manager reveals more details about the Argentine’s deal.
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Andrea Kimi Antonelli is one of the most anticipated F1 rookies for next year. Here’s all you need to know about the Mercedes driver.
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As F1 celebrates its 75th anniversary next year, we look back at one of the cars that started it all: 1950’s championship winning Alfa Romeo 158. It was a very different time for Formula 1 in its debut season. The world of organised Grand Prix racing was few and far between. That is, until the…
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Bruno Michel, CEO of Formula 2 and Formula 3, reflected the brilliant outgoing Formula 2 season which saw two drivers locked on points heading into the final weekend. Gabriel Bortoleto ultimately took the championship. Formula 2 has been the prime way for young drivers to prove their skills and make their way up to F1.…
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Lando Norris and McLaren both win as the British driver takes the chequered flag at the Abu Dhabi GP, handing the Constructors to the team, their first since 1998 Lights out As the cars lined up ready to go, McLaren were on the front foot with a front row lockout and a 21 point ahead…
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The chequered flag has fallen on the final F1 qualifying session of 2024, with McLaren having the advantage in the Constructors Battle against Ferrari at the Abu Dhabi GP. Qualifying 1 Q1 started with the usual suspects heading out early, including Aston Martin, who set the early pace with Stroll, however this did last long…
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Arthur LeClerc will join his brother, Charles for FP1 at the Abu Dhabi GP. This would be the first time that brothers have competed together for the same team. Ferrari confirmed that Arthur will drive in the first practice session, taking over from Carlos Sainz, who is heading to Williams for the 2025 season. Arthur,…
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McLaren lock out the front row as they continue their charge for the constructors championship, with Redbull down in seventh and eighth for Verstappen and Perez. Quali 1 The first part of qualifying saw most of the top teams refuse to show their hands and true speed, several drivers struggled with grip throughout the session…
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The fallout from Kimi Antonelli’s crash in FP1 was still being felt with the repairs to the Mercedes still not complete at the start of FP2, leaving George Russell stuck in the pits watching and waiting. Early Running The first part of the running at the Italian GP had Lando Norris in the top spot…
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The return of the changeable conditions for the F1 FP3 session at the 2024 Dutch GP had an effect on most of the session’s running, notably Nico Hülkenberg and Logan Sargeant. Early Running The first fifteen minutes of FP3, was, as you would expect, tricky, with several cars taking to the escape roads due to…
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FP2 for the 2024 Dutch GP started with more stable weather conditions than the previous F1 session earlier in the day, allowing teams to gather valuable data for the remainder of the weekend. All cars headed out onto the the track to gather valuable data as the weather seems to be very mixed throughout the…