Tag: 2018

Qualifying is the most important session for the Monaco weekend – overtaking is virtually impossible. Free Practice: FP1: RIC (1:12.126), VER, HAM, VET, RAI First showing of the hypersoft tyres at a race weekend – they could be worth 1sec/lap Read More …

There was rain overnight so the circuit has lost some grip, but the forecast is for a dry race. (It looks a bit overcast and windy, mind you!) Qualifying ended yesterday with a couple of uncertainties: ERI under investigation from Read More …

Hamilton arrives in Spain with a 4 point lead over Vettel following HAM’s win in Azerbaijan, which so nearly went to his teammate. Verstappen and Ricciardo are still living down their collision; they both evaded anything more than a reprimand Read More …

Despite HAM not having won a race yet this season, VET is only 9 points ahead of him in the current standings (updated after the race in China) and Mercedes is actually 1 point ahead of Ferrari. Free Practice sessions: Read More …

We’re 3 races into the 2018 F1 season: Australia: VET, HAM, RAI, RIC, ALO, VER, HUL, BOT, VAN, SAI Bahrain: VET, BOT, HAM, GAS, MAG, HUL, ALO, VAN, ERI, OCO China: RIC, BOT, RAI, HAM, VER, HUL, ALO, VET, SAI, Read More …

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 …