This was it. The last race of the 2018 Season of Formula 1. Lewis Hamilton had won the driver’s championship, Mercedes won the constructor’s championship, there was not much left to be won. Everyone raced for a good way to end the year, for pride, for the love of racing. After all, things just won’t […]
After Hamilton clinched the 2018 world title in Mexico, the racing action headed to Brazil and gave us one of the best races of the season. Mercedes just needed one more decent weekend to claim the Constructor’s title while Ferrari needed to get a one-two finish to take the fight to the last race. However, […]
At the time of the American GP at Austin, I thought if anyone had said at the start of the season that the 2018 Formula One Driver’s World Championship would have been decided with three races to spare, I’d have scoffed at them. This time, it’s a surprise that the championship hadn’t been decided in […]
When we were heading to the US after the Japanese GP, we thought we knew how things would play out – Hamilton wins his fifth world title, Vettel chokes and loses his last statistical chance, Bottas plays by team orders and more of the usual. But how wrong we were and quite thankfully so. Practice […]
The Suzuka circuit is one of the few old- circuits on the F1 calendar and has been changed the least in recent years. Its fast stretches, tight overtaking corners and series of wide turns that make it a favourite amongst many drivers including Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. Ferrari doesn’t have a particularly strong record […]
Many F1 races in the modern era can turn into snooze fests with one driver or one team having an outright advantage. But rarely does 300km of racing end on a disappointing note for all the podium finishers, yet that’s what happened at Sochi this year. The Sochi Autodrom circuit has been dominated by Mercedes […]
After the surprising results at Monza, the Singapore Grand Prix was supposed to be a must-win race for Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari to have any hope of catching Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes in the 2018 F1 Championship. The iconic nighttimeMarina Bay city circuit has been a strong track for Ferrari and they were the favourites […]
It’s good to have back to back races after the summer break as we headed to the final race of the European leg of 2018 Formula One. The Italian GP at Monza, the home of Scuderia Ferrari and the third oldest racetrack still in use. After the increased pace shown by Ferrari at Spa-Francorchamps, they […]
After all the off-track drama during the Formula One summer break, it’s FINALLY time to get back to racing and the Spa-Francorchamps circuit was the venue for the weekend. Ferrari had the quicker car and made that pretty clear after topping the time charts in all the practice sessions. In qualifying, Mercedes set better times […]
The last race before the summer break in the 2018 season and it’s at the Hungaroring Circuit in Hungary. A fast-paced track layout with limited overtaking opportunities that would put Red Bull Racing on the back foot as compared to the quicker cars of Mercedes and Ferrari. As it happens, Sebastian Vettel and this year’s […]
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