Englishman living in Canada; photographer; Agile coach; badminton player; Formula One (F1) fan.
The first thing to address is the format for this weekend: this is the first of three planned “sprint format” race weekends. This means that Quali is on Friday afternoon (while I’m in meetings!) and
Third of the back-to-back-to-back races; same circuit as last week, but different tyres… will we see the same result? I’ll update my points standings page after this race; VER is currently on 156 points, with
The second of three back-to-back-to-back race weekends, and the first of two at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. Last weekend’s Grand Prix of France saw some questionable strategy calls from Mercedes, resulting in VER
Round 6 was in Azerbaijan two weeks ago; round 7 would have been Canada but it was dropped due to quarantine requirements; it was replaced by Turkey, but then that too was dropped due to
Two weeks after the dull Monaco race, Baku is another street circuit but it’s much wider and in fact often has the most overtakes of a season. Going into round 6, VER is 4 points
Two weeks after the GP of Spain, F1 is in Monaco – one of my least favourite tracks because most times it’s a procession. BBC tried to defend the venue but their examples were 2016
Fortunately the only post-race penalty came before the podium ceremony at the GP of Portugal, with VER losing his fastest lap time for exceeding track limits. So that means HAM is 8 points ahead of
Two weeks after the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Imola, F1 moves to Portimao in Portugal. The Imola race was another exciting one, and it didn’t end with the chequered flag! The provisional result was:
The race is officially called the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix but most people will recognise it as the Imola GP, but not the Italian GP because that’s at the Monza circuit in September. Whenever F1
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