The coolest crossover in the world of cars is that between motorsports and showrooms when manufacturers offer race tech in road-legal vehicles. At the top of this petrolhead summit are cars with integral links to F1. Mercedes has climbed these heights by finally completing the AMG One that features its championship-winning F1 engine. The Mercedes-AMG […]
The most anticipated unveiling of the season and it’s here. It’s the 2022 contender for Mercedes-AMG, the team that has dominated the turbo-hybrid era of Formula 1 and remains unbeaten for the last eight seasons. Meet the W13 E Performance. The first thing to notice, Mercedes has gone back to a predominantly silver livery after […]
When Formula 1 announced it was going to Saudi Arabia to race on a street circuit, I felt let down. It’s just something that doesn’t deliver on racing and depends on incidents to be interesting and that’s kind of what happened in the end. There was even more drama for the debut Saudi Arabian Grand […]
We’ve been looking forward to new circuits for the F1 calendar for the last few years. Sometimes we see old tracks come back, and sometimes we see brand-new tracks in new countries. Every now and then, we’ll get a track that has been part of motorsport but not hosted a Formula 1 GP. That is […]
F1 returned to Portugal in 2020 after a long hiatus with the Algarve International Circuit of Portimao hosting the series for the first time. It’s a rollercoaster of a track with many elevation changes, sweeping turns and strong winds from the nearby coastline. While this layout does not offer much in terms of overtaking action, […]
The modern Mercedes-AMG brand is synonymous with two things: dominating Formula 1 in the turbo-hybrid era; and handbuilt, grunty V8s that make the road-legal luxury models fast and exciting. Today, we’re focussing on the latter. While engine downsizing, turbocharging and electrification are accepted trades in modern-day performance engineering, some changes simply feel a step too […]
What do you do when you win seven Formula One Constructor’s Titles in a row? You make an even better car for the next season. Mercedes F1 team principal will often be quoted stating that the drive to continue working hard comes from being challenged by the Red Bull team. Given how comfortably they’ve claimed […]
Formula 1 returned to Portugal for the first time since 1996 but it would be the first-ever Grand Prix at the Algarve circuit in Portimao. The circuit features a lot of variation in elevation with some interesting sequences of corners. During free practice on Friday, the teams also learned that they would have to deal […]
The Mugello circuit is the first special track for this year’s Formula 1 calendar. In fact, F1’s never raced here before even though Mugello is more of a home to Ferrari than Monza and this track has hosted the Italian round of Moto GP for many years now. So, this would be a new experience […]
It’s hard to keep a track of the records of firsts and nths resulting from the chaos that is 2020, but an undeniable reality was that Lewis Hamilton nailed the second part of the double-header at the Red Bull Ring. The majority of the race itself was a bit of a snoozefest, especially in comparison […]
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