Englishman living in Canada; photographer; Agile coach; badminton player; Formula One (F1) fan.
Deleted lap times and VET’s accident in Q2 made for an exciting Qualifying session yesterday. Provisional grid: HAM, VER, BOT, PER, RIC, SAI, OCO, NOR, GAS, ALB*, LEC, KVY, STR, RUS, VET, GRO, GIO, MAG, LAT*, RAI *ALB and LAT each have a 5-grid spot penalty for gearbox changes [FIA] As expected, the drivers have […]
F1 has been fairly quiet since the Tuscan Grand Prix. I updated the points standings: HAM is 55 points clear of BOT, who in turn is 25 points ahead of VER; Mercedes are 152 ahead of Red Bull, and Ferrari are 6th in the Constructors’ table. “Lewis Hamilton says he expects to be told he […]
There’s been two races since the Belgian GP: Italian: GAS, SAI, STR, NOR, BOT, RIC, HAM*, OCO, KVY, PER Tuscan: HAM*, BOT, ALB, RIC, PER, NOR, KVY, LEC, RAI, VET (*indicates fastest lap) Here are the standings: Driver Points #Wins #f/lap 1 HAM 190 6 4 2 BOT 135 1 1 3 VER 110 […]
Mercedes have taken the top two spots on the grid at Ferrari’s 1,000th Formula 1 world championship race; VET didn’t get out of Q2… in fact he was lucky to get through the first Qualifying session. Grid: HAM, BOT, VER, ALB, LEC, STR, PER*, RIC, SAI, OCO, NOR, KVY, RAI, VET, GRO, GAS, GIO, RUS, […]
This weekend marks Ferrari’s 1,000th Formula 1 world championship race; Mercedes paint Safety Car “Ferrari red” [racefans] and Ferrari have given their cars a one-off colour scheme [BBC] for this weekend. Not much in the way of news since last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix – “Ferrari have withdrawn their appeal against Racing Point’s punishment in […]
There’s a couple of big new items since yesterday’s Qualifying session: “Racing Point withdraw appeal against stewards’ verdict on RP20 brake ducts” [FIA] Unfortunately Ferrari haven’t dropped their appeal (asking for a harsher penalty) although pitpass.com reports “If, let me say, regulations will be put in place, or a technical directive for the future in […]
Monza is the second of another back-to-back-to-back triple header. Following HAM’s win in the Belgian GP he’s 47 points ahead of VER, and Mercedes are 106 ahead of Red Bull. [points standings] The big news since Belgium relates to the Williams sale – “Sir Frank Williams and Claire Williams step down from Williams team” [BBC] […]
I don’t want to tempt fate but it feels like we’re heading in the right direction with COVID so, fingers crossed, I might get out and shoot soon (solo – no groups yet). Looking back at some old shots reminded me that I did a “rainbow challenge” a long time ago (12 years!) so I’ve […]
There’s been two races since the 70th Anniversary GP: Spain: HAM, VER, BOT*, STR, PER, VET, ALB, GAS, NOR Belgium: HAM, BOT, VER, RIC*, OCO, ALB, NOR, GAS, STR, PER (*indicates fastest lap) Here are the standings: Driver Points #Wins #f/lap 1 HAM 157 5 2 2 VER 110 1 1 3 BOT 107 […]
There were a lot of updates and news items after the Spanish Grand Prix but I put them all in my Qualifying post. One thing I mentioned was that it’s the anniversary of Anthoine Hubert’s death in the Formula 2 race and, of course, there will be a number of personal and organised tributes happening […]
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