Ayrton Senna won three world titles. All at the Japanese Grand Prix. Each in very different circumstances. 1988 showed him at his very best. After stalling on the grid, he carved his way through the field in changeable weather conditions to take a famous victory. 1990 arguably showed him at his worst. Whilst there were … Continue reading How many titles would Senna have won?
Image credit: XPB/James Moy Photography In honour of Daniel Ricciardo's first points for Renault, this is a piece on the history of established, successful drivers leaving established, successful teams and how it worked out for them. I'm only discussing drivers who left of their own accord - or at least as best we can tell … Continue reading Walking away from a big team
As I said, I had planned to do this post on Thursday but delayed it after the news about Charlie Whiting. But with only two practice sessions gone (and Ferrari potentially keeping their true pace under wraps), I think making some F1 2019 predictions for the entire season is still probably fair game... No? Well, … Continue reading Predictions that I’ll probably regret making
In this post I will, for the most part, stick with my modus operandi of not granting the 2019 F1 testing times too much significance. But it's no fun to entirely ignore them so let's allow ourselves to read a little into them, especially when it comes to the headline news of the front-runners. Let … Continue reading Let’s act like we know what’s going on in testing, pt. 2
Every F1 publication will at this point deliver the usual caveat of pre-season testing times being unreliable, misleading and generally useless for forming opinions...and then proceed to do so anyway. In this post, I will attempt to stick to things that we can hopefully establish from this first week of 2019 F1 testing. (And then … Continue reading Let’s act like we know what’s going on in testing, pt. 1
And on we go with the 2019 car launches! Alfa Romeo don't officially unveil their latest effort until the first test tomorrow but have had an on-track shakedown (in a rather fetching Valentine's Day livery) so that will do for now. Plus, they probably revealed more of their hand with the parts on the car … Continue reading Launch season continues to kind of kick off
So, here we go. The new season is getting tantalisingly ever closer and half the teams have now broken cover! Except they kinda haven't... The launches of Haas and Williams only ever claimed to be livery launches but the others will be giving as little away as possible too. The giant, new front wings are … Continue reading Launch season kicks off! (Kind of…)
