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Tag: History
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The 2025 F1 season is entering its closing stanza, with the upcoming US Grand Prix being round 19 of 24. It seems that the nearer we get to the finale, the more things are heating up, both figuratively and literally. Last race in Singapore was notably declared F1’s first ever “heat hazard” weekend due to…
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The Italian Grand Prix is always a special race for one F1 team in particular — Ferrari. However, the 2025 edition of the race promises to be particularly significant, as it coincides with the anniversary of one of the Scuderia’s crowning moments. The anniversary in question is that of Niki Lauda’s first championship triumph for…
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The three week summer break which provides an intermission in the current 2025 F1 season is finally nearing its close. The upcoming Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort will mark the resumption of F1 action with a race which is set to be the penultimate Dutch Grand Prix before Zandvoort’s contract expires at the end of…
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As many will doubtless know, Silverstone played host to the very first Formula 1 World Championship race back in 1950. In the intervening 75 years the track has witnessed some of the sport’s most memorable races and moments. From Williams’ first victory to Lewis Hamilton’s 2008 wet-weather masterclass, it’s no surprise that Silverstone stands out…
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There’s certainly no shortage of controversial championship deciders throughout Formula 1 history. Whether it’s Prost and Senna’s clashes in 1989 and 1990, or the infamous Abu Dhabi 2021 race, the intensity of a championship battle has often boiled over in extremely contentious ways which lead to them still being talked about to this day. There…
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With F1 Returning to the Spanish capital in 2026, the memory of its divisive previous circuit, remains. A Circuit is Born Since 1991, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya has been Formula 1’s home in Spain. The upcoming 2025 Spanish Grand Prix will be the 35th F1 race held on the circuit. This record is only surpassed…
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The Monaco Grand Prix has long divided fans, with some labelling it as a “boring procession”. But in 1996 it had one of the most bizarre results ever seen in Formula 1. About The Monaco Grand Prix The Monaco Grand Prix has been part of Formula 1 from the very beginning. Astonishingly, the race has…
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The upcoming 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix marks only the fifth visit by the F1 circus to the Middle East’s largest country. Since the race’s debut in 2021 the event has notably split opinion, with some relishing the high speed, challenging nature of the circuit, while others question its place on the calendar in light…
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When most Formula 1 fans think about the Japanese Grand Prix, the circuit they think of is almost inevitably Suzuka. With the upcoming 2025 race marking the circuit’s 35th grand prix since its debut in 1987, this is hardly surprising. However, Suzuka is not the only Japanese circuit to have hosted F1, nor indeed was…
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Formula 3 is about to kick off its 2025 Season this weekend in Melbourne, Australia. It’ll be the first time since 2019 that an F1 season has begun here . It will also be the first time that a Formula 3 season has started here. But as we gear up for what is set to…
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We’re often told that F1 has never been more competitive, but is this really true? When was Formula 1 most competitive? The current F1 grid is incredibly close. Lets take Monaco as an example as the circuit has remained around two miles long, give or take, since the first Grand Prix was run there in…
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Sixty years ago the 1963 Belgian Grand Prix ran in circumstances so terrifying and dangerous nobody would dream of racing in them in this current age. It was a race won by a quiet genius, putting in a performance of almost superhuman skill. This is the story of that race and the tragic path that…
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The 1973 British Grand Prix at Silverstone was the last to be run on the uncompromising high speed perimeter track. It produced a race which would have huge ramifications for some teams, drivers and the circuit overall. There is a very simple reason why the United Kingdom became the dominant player in Formula One. It’s…
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The current Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring is one of the better circuits on the calendar. Beautiful scenery, gradient, character and challenge. It is however a shadow of the circuit layout it sits within. The old circuit it replaced was mighty and fierce in the extreme. This is the story of the…
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Fifty years ago Formula One saw the safety car used for the first time. The results were shambolic and it’s still not totally clear who actually won. This is the story of that epic tangle of a race. Sitting ten miles North of the bank of Lake Ontario sits Mosport Park. This is the original…