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The Grand Prix at the iconic Spa circuit is always one to look forward to because of the nature of the track and the challenge presented to the drivers. The name itself brings up memories of races past and moments of action that we have all marveled at. The 2020 edition though probably will notContinue reading “BELGIUM GRAND PRIX”

Yesterday’s race at the Circuit De Catalunya was not the most entertaining race, to be honest it was a bit dull but what we did probably witness was the end of the title challenge by Valterri Bottas. After Hamilton’s fourth win from six races he now has a 43 point advantage over his AMG MercedesContinue reading “SPANISH GRAND PRIX: EASY FOR HAMILTON, BOTTAS’S CHANCE SLIPPING AWAY”

Thoughts that anyone may have had about Sunday’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix being a repeat of the British Grand Prix from the previous weekend were very quickly dispelled yesterday afternoon when it became apparent that Max Verstappen had the pace to stay with the leading Mercs and even more that RedBull’s strategy of starting onContinue reading “70th ANNIVERSARY GRAND PRIX”

You may remember a while ago I wrote a review of the re-published autobiography of Niki Lauda, well since then a biography by renowned F1 journalist Maurice Hamilton has been released and I have finally got round to reading it while I have been on holiday. Here is my review. Niki Lauda was someone thatContinue reading “NIKI LAUDA: THE BIOGRAPHY BOOK REVIEW”

Prior to lap 50 of yesterdays British Grand Prix at Silverstone I was wondering how much I was going to able to write about the race, there had been a couple moments of action, some good wheel to wheel racing but in all honesty it had not been a thriller. And then……. As Valterri BottasContinue reading “BRITISH GRAND PRIX: DRAMA AT THE FINISH, SEVENTH HEAVEN FOR LEWIS AND DISAPPOINTEMENT FOR HULK”

Apologies for the long title of this weeks blog but there are three things I want to highlight about the post. New Events Firstly we had an announcement over the last few days that three further Grand Prix have been added to the schedule for this year bringing the total to 13 races. The threeContinue reading “FURTHER CALENDAR ANNOUNCEMENTS, LOOKING FORWARD TO SILVERSTONE AND MY IDEA TO MAKE FRIDAY PRACTICE MORE INTERESTING”

MORE HAMILTON BRILLIANCE, HEROIC’S BY REDBULL MECHANICS AND UNITY NEEDED ON #BLM SUPPORT It would be wrong to call this weekends Hungarian Grand Prix a thriller but it should not be described as a boring event either. Tricky weather conditions, people out of position on the grid and plenty of action in the midfield playedContinue reading “HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX”

The first and probably only ever Styrian Grand Prix didn’t prove to have the excitement of last weeks race at The RedBull Ring but it was still an entertaining race and again produced some sublime performances to talk about. Saturday qualifying was in fact where most of the excitement happened as the weather gods sentContinue reading “STYRIAN GRAND PRIX”

POST RACE REACTION BLOG Almost three and a half months after the teams arrived in Melbourne for what should have been the first event of 2020 the season finally got under way on Sunday at the RedBull Ring in Austria. And what a race we were treated to! Action all the way, safety cars toContinue reading “AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX”

In truth this isn’t a proper preview of the upcoming season as I have already written one of those at the beginning of March, it is more of discussion of a few points that have arisen since then and a chat about what we can look forward to. Well we are finally on the vergeContinue reading “SEASON PREVIEW (AGAIN)”