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The final piece of the F1 2021 jigsaw was placed on the table when Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton announced a contract extension. The new contract for the seven time world champion is rumoured to be worth £40million, however it is only a one year deal. ONLY ONE YEAR! The contract length between the two parties…
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Yesterday (25th October 2020) a record was broken, a once in a generation record. Lewis Hamilton crossed the line at the Portimao Circuit in Portugal to win his 92nd Formula 1 Race. The previous record of 91 race wins, set by another legend Michael Schumacher; was achieved on his 247th race start at the 2006…
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On 2nd October 2020, Honda announced that they would be withdrawing from F1 at the end of the 2021 season. In light of this news lets have a look at what this means for Red Bull, Alpha Tauri and F1. Honda’s Statement Honda released a statement outlining the reasons for the decision. In basic terms…
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70th Anniversary Grand Prix Max Verstappen wins for the first time this season, while Mercedes feel the heat. What a difference a week makes. This weekend it was the second of 2 races held at the Silverstone Circuit. This weekend is the 70th Anniversary GP, the first Grand Prix in F1 not to be named…
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The car in front is Redbull Honda Redbull had a pretty interesting season in 2019, we had 3 drivers, interesting contract stipulations and most importantly race wins. The Riccardo Effect Daniel Riccardo’s decision to move to Renault for the 2019 season caused a few ripples within the F1 driver market, not least at Redbull. Right…
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Can anyone stop Mercedes? Arguably the most dominate team in this era of Formula 1 is Mercedes, they have won all championships within the V6-Hybrid era, with all but one drivers championship won by Lewis Hamilton. (Nico Rosberg won the WDC in 2016. 2019, A lesson in domination? Looking at the stats, Mercedes were in…
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Ferrari cap off a pretty horrible weekend by taking each other out on the first lap, Charles Leclerc decided to dive down the inside coming into turn 3, the SF1000 bounced off the curbs and launches into the rear of Vettel’s Ferrari. Once the dust settles, Charles Leclerc admitted that it was his fault for…
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EverythingF1 Qualifying Report Finally, we have a qualifying session to report on. The Austrian weather tried its hardest to cancel the Qualifying. As the Covid 19 pandemic continues to effect the world and F1, we are still at the Redbull Ring for the Styrian GP. Qualifying 1 is 18 minutes long with the 5 slowest…
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Fernando Alonso is set to return to Formula 1 with Renault for the 2021 season. This is probably not a big surprise. Ever since Ricciardo signed for McLaren to take Ferrari bound Carlos Sainz’s seat, Alonso’s name has been linked with a return to Formula 1. Now that the move is all but confirmed, it…
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Formula 1 2020 Round 1: Austrian GP The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Formula 1. With such a long wait for Formula 1 to return, we were treated to a race that has became an instant classic. After 71 laps, we had 3 Safety cars, time penalties, a driver on the podium for…
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Round 1 Austria EverythingF1 Qualifying Report Finally, we have a qualifying session to report on. Its taken 7 months to get to this point so without further delay lets get into it. Due to the Covid 19 pandemic we have a very different season for 2020, this is the first of 2 Grand Prix at…
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Vettel v Ferrari The 2020 season is almost underway this weekend. The drivers have been doing the press interviews discussing all manner of issues. All eyes and ears turned to one driver and his comments……. When Sebastian Vettel was asked about the decision not to continue after 2020, he replied in a way that was…
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Mclaren OK, so lets get this out the way now….. I’m a Mclaren fan, I love the team, I love the community spirit among the fans, I love the history…. Now that I have got that out the way lets get on with it. Arguably the only two teams that would be considered historic, even…
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Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen… The former Saubar outfit are running their second season with Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi. Robert Kubica arrives for 2020 as test driver. Robert Kubica arrives off the back of a pretty terrible season with Williams. The Williams car was a bad car and Kubica just couldn’t get to grips with…
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Alpha Tauri Redbull has a fancy new T- Shirt. Toro Rosso has left the building… Well not quite. The Redbull B-Team have been known as Toro Rosso since they were bought by the drinks company. That is until Now …… Please may I present to you …. Scuderia Alpha Tauri Honda…. The reason for the…
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One team that is definitely on the up are Racing Point F1. Background Force India were in a terrible position during the end of the summer in 2018. With debts mounting and the team owner, Vijay Mallya facing court battles, the team were placed into administration prompted by Sergio Perez, who was owed around $4…
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This year has been terrible! In fact 2020 will be a year that many would happily try and forget. The covid-19 crisis has effected millions in many different ways. With businesses going bankrupt and thousands losing jobs, what are the effects seen within F1? With the season about to get underway there has been a…
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It would have been very difficult not to notice the momentum gained by the Black Lives Matter movement in recent weeks. At the hands of horrific police brutality tragically 46 year old George Floyd from Minneapolis, Minnesota lost his life needlessly. This horrendous crime has prompted an outpouring of solidarity globally and rightly so. Lewis…
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Formula 1 returns on the 3-5th July in Austria. This is the start of a hectic 2 and a half months, involving 3 different motorsport series. CHANGES TO THE FORMAT With the pandemic, racing was never coming back exactly as it was before. None of the listed Series are allowing fans to attend and limiting…
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It started with so much promise, but HAAS’s 2019 campaign was frustrating on and off the track. Background HAAS entered F1 for the 2016 season, becoming the first US based team since 1986. The team is based in Kannapolis NC, with Gene Haas as owner. HAAS have adopted a slightly controversial system to help establish…