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In case VET’s season wasn’t off to a poor enough start, he’s been given a 5-place penalty for ignoring yellow flags in qualifying… although he only qualified P18 so it’s effectively only a 2 place drop. The revised grid: VER, HAM, BOT, LEC, GAS, RIC, NOR, SAI, ALO, STR; PER, GIO, TSU, RAI, RUS, OCO, […]
It feels like a long time since the end of the 2020 season, but maybe that’s because I was counting down to Melbourne before it was postponed. Well, it’s go, go, go in Bahrain! Alonso wonders why interviewers keep asking about his age … meanwhile: 10% of the grid in Bahrain have fathers who raced […]
Green lights and ALO is first on track for the 2021 season. I did post a look ahead to the 2021 season and then posted some updates in February, but here’s the driver line-up (the capitals show the abbreviations I use): Team Drivers (number) Mercedes Lewis HAMilton (44) Valtteri BOTtas (77) Red Bull Max VERstappen […]
It’s fifty days until the first race of the 2021 F1 season… fingers crossed! I was hoping to post this last weekend but the Australian Grand Prix has been postponed to November, so now Bahrain is going to be the season opener. So what else has changed since I posted “Looking ahead to F1 in […]
Driver line-up: Team Drivers (number) Mercedes Unconfirmed (as of Jan01) but surely it will be Sir Lewis Hamilton (44) Valtteri Bottas (77) Red Bull Max Verstappen (33) Sergio Perez (11) Ferrari Charles Leclerc (16) Carlos Sainz (55) McLaren Daniel Ricciardo (3) Lando Norris (4) Renault Alpine Fernando Alonso Esteban Ocon (31) AlphaTauri Pierre Gasly (10) […]
There’s been two races since the Bahrain GP: Sakhir: PER, OCO, STR, SAI, RIC, ALB, KVY, BOT, RUS*, NOR Abu Dhabi: VER, BOT, HAM, ALB, NOR, SAI, RIC*, GAS, OCO, STR (*indicates fastest lap) Here are the standings at the end of the 2020 season: Driver Points #Wins #f/lap 1 HAM 347 11 6 […]
It’s the final race of the season; a bit of a crazy season thanks to COVID, with a late start (4 months later than planned), some circuits dropped, some added, some triple-headers, and some drivers testing positive. HAM claimed his 7th World Championship, and now Silverstone have renamed the International Pit Straight as the Hamilton […]
The end is nigh – Abu Dhabi is the last race of the season and there are midfield points (and therefore money) still up for grabs. Then again, it’s the “end of term” with some drivers about to switch teams (or leave F1) so there might be a bit more wheel-to-wheel racing. News: “Mercedes has […]
There was a lot of news since the Bahrain GP which I noted in my Qualifying post, so here’s the summary: HAM out with COVID; RUS takes the Mercedes seat; Jack Aitken (AIT) fills in at Williams; Pietro Fittipaldi (FIT) to stand in for the injured GRO. Provisional grid: BOT, RUS, VER, LEC, PER, KVY, […]
It’s called the Sakhir Grand Prix but the teams haven’t moved since last weekend’s Bahrain GP – it’s just a different track configuration at the same venue. Bahrain uses the infield, and VER set the fastest lap at 1:32.014; Sakhir is the “outer circuit” and it’s expected to be under 55 seconds per lap! Both […]
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