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Here we go again. Lewis Hamilton has a disappointing result or two and all of a sudden, the two-time defending Formula One world champion is letting his personal life distract him from winning races. This time, the criticism comes from Jackie Stewart, a three-time champion himself, who has been part of the sport for more than 50 years and forgotten more about F1 than you and I will ever know. He also...
Published: September 19, 2016
Red Bull have a problem simmering. It is only on the back burner for now, but it could become a full-blown grease fire next year. The problem, which was highlighted by the results of Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix, is that they have two young, very quick drivers—possibly future world champions—under contract for 2017. Granted, that’s a nice problem to have, but, as their...
Published: September 14, 2016
The Formula One world will take a short break from the breathless coverage of the sport’s sale to Liberty Media for the Singapore Grand Prix. In just eight years, the Singapore night race has established itself as an integral part of the F1 calendar. The “Monaco of the East,” where the teams work all night and sleep all day, is run on a floodlit street circuit through the city. With...
Published: September 11, 2016
Daniil Kvyat‘s Formula One career is on life support, and you get the feeling the good doctor, in this case Helmut Marko, the de facto head of Red Bull’s young driver programme, already has one hand on the plug, ready to pull it out. Ever since his midseason demotion from Red Bull to make room for Max Verstappen, Kvyat has been living his F1 life on borrowed time. That is why stories keep...
Published: September 7, 2016
Jenson Button and Felipe Massa, two of the most likeable and popular drivers in Formula One, announced their upcoming retirements over the Italian Grand Prix weekend (although Button claims his is not an actual retirement—we’ll see). For fans of the sport, it will be like saying goodbye to old friends. Button is the third-most experienced driver in F1 history, with 298 grand prix starts...
Published: September 4, 2016
By now it has become an all-to-familiar refrain to the 2016 Formula One season. Again, at Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton made a poor start from pole position that cost him a chance at victory. Hamilton has qualified first at seven of the 14 grands prix so far this year, but he has won just three of those races. His record from pole is not quite as bad as that of his Mercedes...
Published: August 31, 2016
After an exciting weekend in Belgium, the Formula One circus heads south for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, north of Milan. The fast layout of the Autodromo Nazionale plays to Mercedes’ strengths (are there any circuits that don’t?), so expect to see the Silver Arrows leading the pack again on Sunday. The big question is: Which Merc driver will be in front? Nico Rosberg finally returned...
Published: August 28, 2016
Back in 2014, Nico Hulkenberg responded to an ongoing barrage of questions from journalists about his lack of top-three finishes in Formula One saying, “I’m not thinking about the podium as much as you guys are.” But it certainly must have been in the back of his mind during Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix, when he emerged from a chaotic start in second place, behind only Nico Rosberg,...
Published: August 24, 2016
After a four-week break, Formula One returns this week for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. The fast, undulating circuit south-east of Liege, near the German border, is a favourite among drivers and about as close as any current track gets to the high-speed layouts of the sport’s early years. Lewis Hamilton, you may remember, won six of the last seven races before the summer holiday...
Published: August 12, 2016
With the announcement that Esteban Ocon will replace Rio Haryanto for the final nine races of the Formula One season, the Manor team is about to host what could be a preview of the 2020 (or so) world championship battle. Ocon, a 19-year-old Frenchman, will square off against fellow rookie Pascal Wehrlein, another rising star who has wasted no time proving he belongs at the sport’s highest level. Both...