The curtain call: 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – what to watch for
After all of the delays, chaos, drama and intrigue, the 2020 Formula 1 season will draw to a close later than any other season bar one. Similarly to that 1963…
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It was a race that had a little bit of everything as Sergio Perez took his maiden Formula 1 victory in Bahrain while George Russell experienced a heartbreaking ride through…
For 60 of the 87 laps George Russell was going to win as Lewis Hamilton’s stand-in at Mercedes. But fate had other plans. A safety car to retrieve the front…
A Formula 1 race without Lewis Hamilton for the first time since 2006, and therefore without this season’s already-crowned drivers’ champion, but in his absence F1 still delivered something special.…
The alternate Bahrain layout put on a show and one of the most chaotic races of the year as an emotional Sergio Perez won his maiden Formula 1 race, having…
No disrespect to Lewis Hamilton but, from the moment he tested positive for Covid-19, Sakhir qualifying was always going to be absolutely fascinating. Lewis has hogged it a bit over…
Romain Grosjean’s escape from his burning Haas at the Bahrain Grand Prix has been described as a miracle but it’s nothing of the sort. Behind his remarkable tale of survival…
Felipe Massa says that it was difficult to bounce back after being ordered to move over for Fernando Alonso at the 2010 German Grand Prix. With the words, “Fernando is…
The temperature of a blazing Formula 1 car can be between 800C to 1000C. Romain Grosjean sat at the centre of such a fire for 28 seconds in the Bahrain…
After all of the delays, chaos, drama and intrigue, the 2020 Formula 1 season will draw to a close later than any other season bar one. Similarly to that 1963…
It was a race that had a little bit of everything as Sergio Perez took his maiden Formula 1 victory in Bahrain while George Russell experienced a heartbreaking ride through…
For 60 of the 87 laps George Russell was going to win as Lewis Hamilton’s stand-in at Mercedes. But fate had other plans. A safety car to retrieve the front…
A Formula 1 race without Lewis Hamilton for the first time since 2006, and therefore without this season’s already-crowned drivers’ champion, but in his absence F1 still delivered something special.…
The alternate Bahrain layout put on a show and one of the most chaotic races of the year as an emotional Sergio Perez won his maiden Formula 1 race, having…
No disrespect to Lewis Hamilton but, from the moment he tested positive for Covid-19, Sakhir qualifying was always going to be absolutely fascinating. Lewis has hogged it a bit over…
Romain Grosjean’s escape from his burning Haas at the Bahrain Grand Prix has been described as a miracle but it’s nothing of the sort. Behind his remarkable tale of survival…
Felipe Massa says that it was difficult to bounce back after being ordered to move over for Fernando Alonso at the 2010 German Grand Prix. With the words, “Fernando is…
The temperature of a blazing Formula 1 car can be between 800C to 1000C. Romain Grosjean sat at the centre of such a fire for 28 seconds in the Bahrain…
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