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As a result of all the other sport that has been happening recently (Euro 2020, Wimbledon etc) and me being a bit slack with my writing I haven’t posted since the Monaco Grand Prix so it is time to catch up. So today’s post is both a look at the drama from the British GrandContinue reading “BRITISH GRAND PRIX AND STATE OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP SO FAR”

After two years we finally got to see Formula One cars around the streets of Monaco again and what a joy it was. People will talk about how Monaco is boring because there is very little chance to overtake but watching the cars at full pace around those streets is exhilarating and I don’t careContinue reading “MONACO GRAND PRIX: MAX LEAPS TO THE TOP”

The Spanish Grand Prix at Circuit De Catalunya can more often that not be a rather dull affair but this years edition was anything but dull. We had an intriguing and thrilling strategy battle unfold before our eyes as Mercedes and Hamilton used an early second stop and the tyre advantage that gave them toContinue reading “SPANISH GRAND PRIX: MERCEDSES SUPERIOR STATEGY AND PACE WINS THE DAY IN SPAIN”

The 2021 championship race continues to live up to its promise after another intriguing race in Portugal yesterday afternoon. The race may not have been quite as action packed as the first two events of the year but it was still a very good sporting contest and once again we saw some excellent wheel toContinue reading “PORTUGESE GRAND PRIX: LEWIS WINS AFTER OVERTAKING RIVALS”

Having just read the recently released biography of the late great Sir Stirling Moss by Richard Williams I felt compelled to write a review of it for the blog. If like me you enjoy reading about the lives of the great and good of the sport you will probably want to read this as muchContinue reading “BOOK REVIEW: THE BOY STIRLING MOSS A LIFE IN 60 LAPS”

Race two of the 2021 F1 World Championship certainly lived up to the hype from the exciting first race in Bahrain. Mixed conditions mixed with an old school track with very little room for error and a competitive field added up to an exciting race in Italy on Sunday afternoon. Last year RedBull’s Max VerstappenContinue reading “EMILIA ROMAGNA GP: VERSTAPPEN OVERCOMNES ITALIEN JINX TO WIN IMOLA THRILLER AND MIAMI GP NEWS”

The talking, testing and predictions are over and the season has begun, and any fears that fans may have had that Mercedes would run away from the field again this year have been allayed as we saw a great race in Bahrain. Right from the start of free practice it was obvious that Merc’s usualContinue reading “BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX: WE HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT THIS YEAR”

Welcome to the preview for the new F1 season that is almost upon us. In one week we will start getting some answers to the many questions that we all have about the competitive order of the teams and whether anyone can give the mighty Merc’s a fight for championship honors. The cars have beenContinue reading “F1 2021 PREVIEW: THE FIGHT FOR EIGHT!!”

The season is over and a news one awaits us but there is still F1 news to discuss over the long winter months so this is just a round up of the main news stories that have happened since the flag dropped in Abu Dhabi. REDBULL CHOOSE PEREZ Yes RedBull finally made a decision onContinue reading “IN THE NEWS”

The 2020 F1 season turned out to be one of drama, intrigue, surprise and suspense right from the moment that the F1 personnel set foot in Australia for the planned first race last March. We were already starting to get an idea of the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic at that point and there quiteContinue reading “2020 SEASON REVIEW: WHAT AN AMAZING YEAR”