Englishman living in Canada; photographer; Agile coach; badminton player; Formula One (F1) fan.
It’s the final race of the season; a bit of a crazy season thanks to COVID, with a late start (4 months later than planned), some circuits dropped, some added, some triple-headers, and some drivers testing positive. HAM claimed his 7th World Championship, and now Silverstone have renamed the International Pit Straight as the Hamilton […]
There was a lot of news since the Bahrain GP which I noted in my Qualifying post, so here’s the summary: HAM out with COVID; RUS takes the Mercedes seat; Jack Aitken (AIT) fills in at Williams; Pietro Fittipaldi (FIT) to stand in for the injured GRO. Provisional grid: BOT, RUS, VER, LEC, PER, KVY, […]
There weren’t any surprises in Qualifying, with Mercedes taking both front row spots for the 11th time. Provisional grid: HAM, BOT, VER, ALB, PER, RIC, OCO, GAS, NOR, KVY, VET, LEC, STR, RUS, SAI, GIO, RAI, MAG, GRO, LAT Floodlights are on again; sun’s setting; green lights are on so cars can leave the pits. […]
A pretty eventful Qualifying, thanks mainly to rain on a newly relaid track surface. Before penalties were applied it was a Canadian sandwich: STR on pole and LAT at the back. Provisional grid: STR, VER, PER, ALB, RIC, HAM, OCO, RAI, BOT, GIO, NOR, VET, SAI, LEC, GAS, MAG, KVY, RUS, GRO, LAT However, there […]
Daylight Saving Time is over so clocks have gone back one hour and that means the race will start at 7am EST. Despite the format change for this weekend, dropping Friday practice, Qualifying didn’t throw up many surprises. GAS (sporting a tribute to Senna on his helmet) in P4 was a little unexpected but a […]
BOT was fastest in FP1, FP2, FP3, Q2… but HAM was quickest when it mattered, taking his 97th pole. [Quali notes] Provisional grid: HAM, BOT, VER, LEC, PER, ALB, SAI, NOR, GAS, RIC, OCO, STR, KVY, RUS, VET, RAI, GIO, GRO, MAG, LAT The forecast says there’s a 40% chance of rain in the second […]
Quick clarification to my note yesterday about the name of this race: Hockenheim couldn’t be added to this year’s revised calendar because the COVID restrictions in the Baden-Württemberg region prevent fans attending, whereas the Nurburgring (in Rhineland-Palatinate) is allowed to have a limited number of people (20,000) in the stands. Despite the weather meaning FP1 […]
Deleted lap times and VET’s accident in Q2 made for an exciting Qualifying session yesterday. Provisional grid: HAM, VER, BOT, PER, RIC, SAI, OCO, NOR, GAS, ALB*, LEC, KVY, STR, RUS, VET, GRO, GIO, MAG, LAT*, RAI *ALB and LAT each have a 5-grid spot penalty for gearbox changes [FIA] As expected, the drivers have […]
Mercedes have taken the top two spots on the grid at Ferrari’s 1,000th Formula 1 world championship race; VET didn’t get out of Q2… in fact he was lucky to get through the first Qualifying session. Grid: HAM, BOT, VER, ALB, LEC, STR, PER*, RIC, SAI, OCO, NOR, KVY, RAI, VET, GRO, GAS, GIO, RUS, […]
There’s a couple of big new items since yesterday’s Qualifying session: “Racing Point withdraw appeal against stewards’ verdict on RP20 brake ducts” [FIA] Unfortunately Ferrari haven’t dropped their appeal (asking for a harsher penalty) although pitpass.com reports “If, let me say, regulations will be put in place, or a technical directive for the future in […]
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