Final race of the 2018 F1 season, but it’s only 110 days until the start of the next race weekend 🙂 VER used a different strategy in Qualifying and will start the race on hypersofts; the rest of the top 6 will be on ultrasofts. Provisional grid: HAM, BOT, VET, RAI, RIC, VER, GRO, LEC, […]

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Despite this being the last race weekend of the season, there’s still plenty of action: there’s still friction between VER and OCO after OCO collided with VER on lap 44 in Brazil, and then the post-race shoving of OCO by VER which resulted in VER having to serve 2-days of community service for the FIA. […]

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Somehow VET escaped any significant penalty for his stupidity at the weighbridge in Qualifying session 2 yesterday. (He was fined €25,000 but no grid penalty.) Mind you, HAM also escaped penalty for his Q2 incident when SIR had to take to the grass to avoid him. Grid: HAM, VET, BOT, RAI, VER, ERI, LEC, GRO, […]

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Although the Drivers’ Championship was sewn up in Mexico, there’s still the battle for 3rd (RAI is only 9 points ahead of BOT) and the Constructors’ Championship (Mercedes are 55 points ahead of Ferrari), as well as some further down both tables. Free Practice: FP1: VER (1:09.011), VET, HAM, RIC, RAI FP2: BOT (1:08.846), HAM, […]

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As I mentioned in my Qualifying notes, HAM “just” needs to finish 7th or better to win the Drivers’ Championship, whereas VET needs to win this and both the following races with HAM failing to score. Mercedes need 20 points more than Ferrari to seal the Constructors’ crown. [points] One thing I forgot to mention […]

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Hamilton failed to win the Drivers’ Championship in America so now he needs to finish 7th or better and he will succeed this time. It’s unlikely Mercedes will tie up the Constructors’ Championship though – the battle at the top of the points table is closer. In case you didn’t hear, OCO and MAG were […]

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There’s been three races since Singapore: Russia: HAM, BOT, VET, RAI, VER, RIC, LEC, MAG, OCO, PER Japan: HAM, BOT, VER, RIC, RAI, VET, PER, GRO, OCO, GAS America: RAI, VER, HAM, VET, BOT, HUL, SAI, PER, HAR, ERI Here are the standings:   Drivers points 1 HAM 346 (9 wins) 2 VET 276 (5 […]

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There are all sorts of stats that people are bringing up (e.g. every race at COTA has been won from the front row) but there’s no guarantee HAM will win the race and/or the drivers’ championship …. but it should be a great race! Provisional grid: HAM, VET*, RAI, BOT, RIC, OCO, HUL, GRO, LEC, […]

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Many journalists & commentators have been talking about how HAM can seal his 5th World Drivers’ Championship this weekend, because there are just 4 races (including this one) left this season and VET’s chances are fast disappearing. The simplest (arithmetically but maybe not in practice) combination is if he wins on Sunday with VET 3rd […]

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VET had a poor Qualifying session, ending up P9 but thanks to the penalty handed to OCO (for failing to slow sufficiently for red flags in FP3) he’ll start P8. Revised grid: HAM, BOT, VER, RAI, GRO, HAR, GAS, VET, PER, LEC, OCO*, MAG, SAI, STR, RIC, HUL, SIR, ALO, VAN, ERI It’s warmer and […]

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