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After another mediocre Qualifying effort from Mercedes, Ferrari have taken the front row of the grid just as they did in Bahrain. Provisional grid: VET, RAI, BOT, HAM, VER, RIC, HUL, PER, SAI, GRO, MAG, OCO, ALO, VAN, HAR, SIR, Read More …

Following his wins in both Australia and Bahrain, VET leads the Drivers’ Championship – he’s 17 points ahead of HAM, with BOT a further 11 points behind. News: The good news is Ferrari’s mechanic, Francesco Cigarini, who suffered a fracture Read More …

As much as people complain about grid penalties, it’s going to be interesting to see HAM fight his way up from P9. He qualified P4 but he was given a 5-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change following a Read More …

Hopefully Mercedes have fixed the bug in their pit stop calculator which cost HAM the win in Australia, and that Haas have resolved the wheel nut issues which put both MAG and GRO out of the race. Bahrain and China Read More …

As expected, BOT has a penalty following his crash in Qualifying – his team needed to replace the gearbox, so he gets a 5-place grid penalty. This drops him to P15, behind OCO. Revised grid: HAM, RAI, VET, VER, MAG, Read More …

It’s finally the start of the new F1 season, and there’s lots that’s new! new logo new theme tune new driver protection, the halo – Force India and McLaren have theirs sponsored by flip-flop manufacturers 🙂 new tyre compounds, adding Read More …

The provisional F1 2018 calendar was initially released in June but the dates for Bahrain and China have been swapped; the finalised version is below: Date Venue Grand Prix 25 March Melbourne Australia 8 April Sakhir Bahrain 15 April Shanghai Read More …

The previous points update I did was after Mexico; since then there have been two races: Brazil: VET, BOT, RAI, HAM, VER, RIC, MAS, ALO, PER, HUL Abu Dhabi: BOT, HAM, VET, RAI, VER, HUL, PER, OCO, ALO, MAS

For the final time this season, it’s race day 🙂 Only one penalty to apply which actually doesn’t change the Qualifying order as HAR was already right at the back. Grid: BOT, HAM, VET, RIC, RAI, VER, HUL, PER, OCO, Read More …

The championship titles were decided a few races ago, so what’s left to race for this weekend? 2nd place in the Drivers’ championship is VET’s unless he fails to finish P9 or better and BOT wins the race Toro Rosso, Read More …