The 2022 season has reached the summer break, but it very much feels like the remainder will be a cruise to the finish for Max Verstappen. After three races, some fans and pundits were fearing the championship was already over on account of Charles Leclerc’s 46-point advantage over Verstappen. But fast-forward less than four months … Continue reading The end of the title race, the start of silly season
It's shoeys all round...except for the title rivals. Image credit: Getty Images Daniel Ricciardo won his first race since leaving Red Bull in 2018 on an extraordinary Italian Grand Prix weekend. McLaren were legitimate challengers in Monza and took advantage of the leading teams' messy weekends to claim a first victory since 2012, with Lando … Continue reading 2021 Italian GP report | Ricciardo’s redemption as Hamilton and Verstappen clash again
Ecstasy for Verstappen, agony for Leclerc, frustration for Hamilton. Image credit: Getty Images Max Verstappen took his first win at the Monaco Grand Prix as all his main challengers gradually fell by the wayside. It appeared that Charles Leclerc had broken his Monaco curse when his gearbox was deemed safe to start the race after … Continue reading 2021 Monaco GP report | Verstappen takes first Monaco win
Well, we were in Melbourne, about to start another Formula 1 season...and then the world changed. It has, in fact, changed beyond all recognition in the space of a few short months. Social distancing is the new normal - masks, gloves, two metre gaps, elbow bumps - and the Black Lives Matter campaign has swept … Continue reading So, where were we?
A Singapore Ferrari 1-2...just as everybody predicted... Image credit: Motorsport Images Sebastian Vettel completed a hat-trick of victories for Ferrari with an unexpected turn of speed under the lights at the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix. Coming into the weekend, the drivers, the team and their competitors were writing off their chances - even the ever-pessimistic … Continue reading 2019 Singapore GP report | Vettel snatches victory from frustrated Leclerc
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
