Everything Trackside
Driven by the fans, for the fans
Author: James Tiller
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Max Verstappen has claimed his second race win of the season, to round out a fantastic weekend for the young Dutchman. He drove a flawless race, aided by his Mexican compadre Sergio “Checo” Perez in P2, to bring home a 1-2 for Red Bull, and only their second one of the turbo hybrid era. The…
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Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, I am sure you have heard that Roman Abramovich has put Chelsea football club up for sale. One of the leading bids in the purchase of the club is fronted by Sir Martin Broughton who is the former Liverpool and British Airways chairman. Lewis Hamilton has joined the…
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Good news on the sponsorship front for a change for the HAAS F1 team as they sign a new deal with B2B Payments company Transfermate Global Payments. No doubt fueled by the early successes of the team this year, HAAS will be very happy bringing in some money where they would have had a Uralkali…
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2022 has provided us F1 fans with a breath of fresh air. New teams and drivers challenging at the top, closer racing, tighter race finishes and a shake up of the order but to name a few. One of the biggest revelations of the new F1 era, is to see Ferrari fighting for a title.…
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When war was initiated by the Russians in February, it kick started a series of events for FORMULA 1 team HAAS and their 2022 season. The first step was for the team to drop the sponsorship livery from the car during the first test in Barcelona. Then during the interval between tests in Barcelona and…
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Current f1 super-license penalty points
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Nissan has yesterday announced the purchase of its Formula E partner, the Le Mans based e.dams, taking full ownership of the outfit and its ABB FIA Formula E World Championship entry. The Japanese manufacturer has entered the all electric series in partnership with e.dams back in 2018, and has been competing as the Nissan e.dams…
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Former F1 driver Nikita Mazepins’ father has had his €100 million Sardinian property seized by theItalians. The sprawling estate, also known as Rocky Ram, reportedly boasts a swimming pool and unrivalled views around Port Cervo. The port in question is also known as a hotspot for millionares’ and regularly hosts superyachts. It is reported the…
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At only the third race of the season in Australia, Fernando Alonso will be having to take a third engine. This means that grid penalties for the Spaniard will be a certainty in the not so distant future. In Saudi Arabia Alonso’s engine failed on lap 36 after what was looking like a fairly decent…
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The ex Racing Point Formula 1 team have brought on more title sponsors to further advance their championship winning chances. “I am very pleased to announce a further commitment from some of our sponsors, boosting them up to title sponsorship levels.” “We really wanted to keep the name snappy and memorable, so we are pleased…
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Its been a long week of investigations for the Red Bull team this week as they worked to find out what the issue was with both of their cars after both drivers failed to finish the race in Bahrain. At first it was thought to be an issue with the fuel pump, which is actually…
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Nico Hulkenberg will once again don the green suit of Aston Martin for this weekends Suadi Arabian Grand Prix due to Sebastian Vettel still suffering the effects of the COVID 19 virus. In what is a blow to the start of his season Sebastian will now have missed two races. We wish him a speedy…
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The first race of the season has been and gone and the teams have been analysing all the data that they can over the last few days to digest and learn as they move on into the season. One team that will be looking to learn quickly, is the Mercedes AMG Petronas team. The results…
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With the season now well underway, there were just a couple more things needed within the Williams Racing team and that was confirmation of their Reserve and academy/development drivers. It comes as no shock to see them retain the services of Jack Aitken as reserve driver and Jamie Chadwick as Academy/development driver. Jack was lucky…
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Finally… The long wait for the much anticipated, new cars, new rules, new driver line-ups, and potentially an all-new pecking order, with all-new rivalries is over! Formula 1 is back this weekend – and it all starts with the Bahrain GP where simply anything could happen. F1 race weekends will look a little different from…
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What makes the upcoming Formula 1 season so exciting? Because no one knows what’s going to happen. What we can tell you is that becoming an F1 TV Pro subscriber means you’ll get all the action and see every angle, with unprecedented information on your screen and at your fingertips throughout every session and Grand…
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In some very welcome news, today we hear that F1 has extended its contract with The Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, better known ofcourse as Imola. The new deal will see the circuit remain on our calendars until the earliest of 2025, which means 3 more years in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy.…
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Its just over 3 days away from the second test at the Bahrain International circuit and unfortunately HAAS are at risk of not arriving in time for the first day. HAAS havent been out of the news for very long at all over the last week or so. Wrapped up in the complications of having…
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It is being reported that on Tuesday 1st March, Max Verstappen headed to the Red Bull factory in Milton Keynes to sure up the final details in his new contract extension. This new deal will see the World Champion staying with the energy drinks company long into the future, suggesting the contract takes him past…
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As the conflict in the Ukraine continues with Russia sending in a 40 mile convoy of military vehicles to the capital city of Kyiv. Vladimir Putin moves forward with his assault on Ukraine. In response to these atrocities, the world’s government have been imposing more and more sanctions on Russia in order to put an…