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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Hot on the heels of the Grand Prix of Russia, it’s time for the GP of Japan. Unfortunately that means it’s on in the middle of the night, so I won’t get to watch qualifying or the race live – I just need to avoid the internet until I have a chance to watch the […]

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There are a lot of penalties to apply, and Qualifying session 2 (Q2) was a bit pointless as there were 4 drivers getting grid penalties and one making a tactical decision to qualify P11 so they’d have a free choice of tyres for the race. The grid without penalties: BOT, HAM, VET, RAI, MAG, OCO, […]

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There are still 6 races left of the season, so HAM’s 40 point lead over VET in the Drivers’ Championship standings is far from a comfortable gap. In F1 news since Singapore: The draft 2019 calendar was announced; there are 21 races listed, including Hockenheim and Suzuka [autosport] Sauber announced current Ferrari reserve driver Antonio […]

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Five races since Silverstone: Germany: HAM, BOT, RAI, VER, HUL, GRO, PER, OCO, ERI, HAR Hungary: HAM, VET, RAI, RIC, BOT, GAS, MAG, ALO, SAI, GRO Belgium: VET, HAM, VER, PER, BOT, OCO, GRO, MAG, GAS, ERI Italy: HAM, RAI, BOT, VET, VER, OCO, PER, SAI, STR, SIR (following GRO’s disqualification) Singapore: HAM, VER, VET, […]

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An unexpected front row – most people (including me) seemed to think Ferrari would take P1 and probably P2, but instead they’re P3 and P5 after HAM put in a stunning Qualifying lap! Provisional grid: HAM, VER, VET, BOT, RAI, RIC, PER, GRO, OCO, HUL, ALO, SAI, LEC, ERI, GAS, MAG, HAR, VAN, SIR, STR […]

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Two weeks (since the GP of Italy) can be a long time in F1! RAI announced he’s leaving Ferrari at the end of this season (not completely unexpected) … and he’s moving to Sauber (ok, that’s a surprise) – back to where he started his F1 career [F1] The empty seat at Ferrari will go […]

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Ferrari took full advantage of their new engines and locked out the front row of the grid, just pipping HAM in Qualifying yesterday. Grid: RAI, VET, HAM, BOT, VER, GRO, SAI, OCO, GAS, STR, MAG, SIR, ALO, PER, LEC, HAR, VAN, ERI*, RIC*, HUL* *engine change penalties (plus HUL’s penalty from Spa) applied The rain […]

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It’s only a few days since the Grand Prix of Belgium, but after lap 1 it wasn’t very exciting so hopefully Monza can make up for that. Free Practice: FP1: PER (1:34.000), RAI, OCO, HAR, RIC An uneventful but wet session FP2: VET (1:21.105), RAI, HAM, BOT, VER ERI had a big incident when his […]

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