Englishman living in Canada; photographer; Agile coach; badminton player; Formula One (F1) fan.
There’s been four races since Hungary: Belgium: LEC, HAM, BOT, VET*, ALB, PER, KVY, HUL, GAS, STR Italy: LEC, BOT, HAM*, RIC, HUL, ALB, PER, VER, GIO, NOR Singapore: VET, LEC, VER, HAM, BOT, ALB, NOR, GAS, HUL, GIO (f/lap was MAG, P17) Russia: HAM*, BOT, LEC, VER, ALB, SAI, PER, NOR, MAG, HUL (*indicates […]
The weather forecast included a risk of showers but it looks like it’s going to be a warm, dry race. Qualifying was pretty straightforward other than VET struggling to set a lap time in Q1/ The four Honda-powered cars took new engine components and the associated penalties. However, the floor of ALB’s Red Bull was […]
A post-race penalty for GIO didn’t change the result for the Singapore GP. Penalties: All four drivers from the Red Bull and Toro Rosso teams will be hit with grid penalties at the Russian Grand Prix. [BBC] Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon and Toro Rosso’s Pierre Gasly drop five places on the grid. […]
The last lap of Qualifying saw VET on pole, then his teammate LEC displaced him, and then HAM split the Ferrari pair. But the biggest Quali surprise was hearing RIC was disqualified because his Renault’s MGU-K exceeded the power limit [FIA] Grid: LEC, HAM, VET, VER, BOT, ALB, SAI, HUL, NOR, GIO, GAS, RAI, MAG, […]
Singapore is a unique race – it’s the only one run under floodlights. The drivers tend to use clear visors rather than the tinted ones preferred for daytime races, which provides an opportunity to watch the concentration required to compete at this twisty circuit. [video] Some good news following the horrible crash in the Forumula […]
If July was Honda Indy month, August was rugby month with 3 home games over the 5 weekends plus a photowalk for good measure. Toronto Wolfpack vs York City Knights – 10/08/2019 Toronto Wolfpack vs Rochdale Hornets, 17/08/2019 TOPW: Corktown/Canary Toronto Wolfpack vs Barrow Raiders, 31/08/2019 (which coincided with the Air Show) [My monthly round […]
Well, Qualifying was errrr… interesting! Video of the slow-race to start the final flying lap – only SAI made it in time and everyone else failed. Toto Wolff said “everyone looks like idiots”; the stewards said they’d investigate that final lap, because they’d previously warned the drivers not to take too long on their out […]
A week after the Belgian GP, people are still thinking about Anthoine Hubert, who died in the Formula 2 race, but also Juan Manuel Correa who was seriously injured in the same incident and has been placed in a medically-induced coma. [BBC] He suffered a spinal injury and broken legs, but when he was moved […]
Sad news from yesterday’s F2 race: Formula 2 racer Anthoine Hubert has passed away following a crash in Saturday’s F2 feature race in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. The 22-year-old Frenchman was involved in a multi-car incident at Turn 4 and was immediately attended by emergency and medical crews. All drivers involved were taken to the medical centre, […]
It feels like an eternity since the Grand Prix of Hungary, even though it was less than a month, so here are some posts to remind us what’s going on 🙂 [Points standings] [Calendar] [Drivers and Teams] Despite it being an enforced break from F1, there have been a variety of announcements: “Red Bull have […]
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