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Hamilton will have to be really unlucky not to seal the Drivers’ Championship this weekend – it requires BOT to win the race and HAM to score less than 2 points, but given this is one of HAM’s favourite tracks and his race engineer Pete Bonnington is back, it’s looking pretty likely. This weekend also […]
Verstappen shot himself in the foot after Qualifying – the stewards didn’t seem to be investigating his last lap but in the interview he was asked if he knew BOT had crashed; VER said yes, and that the next question asking if he lifted, to which he said (something like) doesn’t look like I did […]
After the GP of Japan there were a few updates: “The classifications of Ricciardo and Hulkenberg are provisional subject to the outcome of a protest initiated by Racing Point.” – More on that in a minute. “Leclerc received a 5-second and a 10-second post-race penalty for causing a collision and then driving his car in […]
Disappointing to see that Ferrari’s obfuscated tobacco advertising is back on the car and the drivers’ helmets. The FIA had told Ferrari to remove it but it’s now very prominent. Despite Mercedes topping both Practice sessions (BOT ahead of HAM in both FP1 and FP2), Ferrari locked out the front row of the grid in […]
The first thing to note is that Qualifying has been moved to Sunday (10am local time) because of Typhoon Hagibis; support races and FP3 were cancelled, but Quali was postponed. [revised schedule] Meanwhile, in other news… 2020 Formula 1 calendar officially approved by FIA [FIA] Starts mid-March in Australia; ends in Abu Dhabi at the […]
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 […]
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