It's nearly time! So, here is everything you could want to know about the 2021 season... The Drivers Lewis Hamilton Age: 36 | GPs: 266 | Titles: 7 | Wins: 95 | Poles: 98 | Podiums: 165 Valtteri Bottas Age: 31 | GPs: 156 | Champ. Best: 2nd | Wins: 9 | Poles: 16 | … Continue reading 20/20 vision for 2021
Image credit: Getty Images It's rare that it feels as though somebody has been taken too soon at 97. And yet that is how it feels with the loss of Murray Walker. The voice of Formula 1 for half a century, Murray - as the entire sport affectionately referred to him - had what was … Continue reading Murray Walker, 1923-2021
Pre-season testing is infamously hard to decipher and usually ends up in fans, pundits and the media jumping to conclusions that are, more often than not, totally wrong. As you can see from this quiz, the car ending testing on top has very rarely proved to be on top when the lights go out for … Continue reading Let’s act like we know what’s going on in testing: 2021 edition
All the teams' new challengers have now been launched - or at least the liveries have, with as little as possible given away in terms of their actual design. So, as ever, there's not a huge amount to garner from these launches but let's at least talk about how pretty (or not, or familiar) the … Continue reading The 2021 season starts here
Back in 2019, I did a quiz about the drivers who have used the number 5 throughout F1 history. So, in honour of Fernando Alonso returning to the sport, let's do the same for the number 14! Certainly a bit trickier as it's largely midfield drivers but hey, I've already given you the answer for … Continue reading Quiz | Formula 1 number 14s
If Valtteri Bottas is to become a world champion, he faces the unenviable task of beating Lewis Hamilton, in the same machinery, over the course of a season. That is something that the seven-time world champion’s varying teammates have achieved just twice, from 14 attempts; Jenson Button in 2011 and Nico Rosberg in 2016. Fernando … Continue reading How do you beat one of the best ever?
Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes have come to an agreement on a new contract for the seven-time world champion. But it's only for 2021... After a year of speculation - albeit with the general acceptance that the two parties would get things sorted eventually - the deal is finally done. From the outside, there seemed little … Continue reading Hamilton finally signs on the dotted line
How do you fill the shoes of a four-time world champion? You would imagine that this thought has – fleetingly, at least – crossed the mind of Carlos Sainz ahead of his move to Ferrari this year. He will replace Sebastian Vettel who, whilst ultimately unsuccessful in his quest to bring a title back to … Continue reading Taking your chance at Ferrari
2020 is a year many will be looking to put behind them, but let's quickly focus on it once more and dish out a few awards - some orthodox, some less so - for a season that nobody will ever forget. Driver of the Year Image credit: LAT Images There were a few contenders for … Continue reading The 2020 Mostly F1 Awards
Lewis Hamilton 1st | Pts: 347 | Wins: 11 | Podiums: 14 | Poles: 10 | FL: 6 | Ret: 0 Lewis Hamilton somehow matched many of his statistics from 2019 despite a truncated season of just 17 races, one of which he missed after contracting Coronavirus (and was then clearly still suffering the effects … Continue reading 2020 drivers’ report cards
