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The return of the Mexican Grand Prix in 2015 was welcomed both by local fans and the wider Formula One world. The grandstands at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez were packed last autumn, with an attendance of 336,000 over the weekend. This year, the circuit is targeting 350,000 admissions, according to Rodrigo Sanchez, the track’s director of marketing and media relations, per ESPN...
Published: October 24, 2016
Back in 2014, there was a worry that, assisted by the ridiculous double-points rule, Nico Rosberg could win the Formula One title despite being overshadowed for most of the season by his Mercedes team-mate, Lewis Hamilton. Indeed, for most of their Mercedes tenure—and even before that—Hamilton has been the better driver. As NBC’s Will Buxton pointed out during the broadcast of Sunday’s...
Published: October 19, 2016
Sandwiched around a Taylor Swift concert this weekend is the fifth running of the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas. Lewis Hamilton, a three-time winner in the Lone Star state, arrives in desperate need of his first victory since the German Grand Prix at the end of July. The world champion sits 33 points behind his Mercedes team-mate, Nico Rosberg, with...
Published: October 16, 2016
Mercedes may have locked up their third straight Formula One constructors’ title with four races remaining, but there are still several important battles raging lower down in the standings. The casual fan may not get too excited about whether Williams can catch Force India for fourth place or if Sauber can steal a point to pass Manor for 10th place, but it matters to the teams. As we will see,...
Published: October 12, 2016
Despite his talent behind the wheel, Nico Hulkenberg has spent his entire Formula One career making lateral move after lateral move—from Williams to Force India, to Sauber and back to Force India. Now it seems the door is open for what looks, on the surface, like yet another move to a midfield team, albeit one that will finish the season some 150 points behind his current team. And yet, this...
Published: October 9, 2016
Lewis Hamilton‘s poor start—yes, another one—at Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix may end up being one too many for the defending champion to handle. As the red lights blinked out, Hamilton, starting second, barely moved off the line and was immediately swarmed by the cars behind him. By the exit of Turn 1, he had fallen to eighth place, his championship hopes slipping away...
Published: October 5, 2016
The jam-packed Formula One calendar is not giving us any time to breathe. A week after Daniel Ricciardo’s first win of the season and Lewis Hamilton maybe (or maybe not) accused someone of sabotaging his engines in Malaysia, the F1 circus is off to Suzuka for the Japanese Grand Prix. Following Hamilton’s spectacular engine failure while leading at Sepang, his road to the championship...
Published: October 3, 2016
NEW YORK — It isn’t easy being a Formula One fan in the Western Hemisphere. Race start times are set to maximise European television audiences, leading to some awkward viewing slots for fans in North and South America. That’s just one of the reasons the sport has been unable to make a larger dent in the U.S. market. That’s also the reason I found myself at Feile (pronounced,...
Published: September 28, 2016
Following an exciting race in Singapore, the Formula One circus reconvenes south of Kuala Lumpur for the Malaysian Grand Prix. On the back of a three-race winning streak, Nico Rosberg leads the drivers’ championship again—for the first time since the end of the British Grand Prix back in July. Last year, with the Malaysian Grand Prix coming in its traditional place at the beginning of the...
Published: September 25, 2016
McLaren have a recent history of chewing up and spitting out young Formula One drivers. With 24-year-old rookie Stoffel Vandoorne taking over Jenson Button’s race seat in 2017, will the results be any different for the young Belgian than for Sergio Perez or Kevin Magnussen? Back in 2012, Perez came this close to winning a wet Malaysian Grand Prix, just his 19th F1 race. Ultimately, the then-22-year-old...