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A skim through the Formula One history books tells us that for any given team, successful seasons are a little bit like buses. It seems like an age waiting for the first to arrive, then another one, two, three or even four more come along immediately afterwards. Teams like Ferrari, the first incarnation of Mercedes, Cooper, Lotus, Brabham, McLaren and Williams all enjoyed winning runs that lasted for...
Published: January 11, 2016
Force India met or exceeded most of their expectations in the 2015 Formula One season. After a slow start, the team made huge strides throughout the middle part of the year and ended the season with a car capable of challenging Red Bull and Williams. Though their total points haul of 136 was fewer than they had scored in 2014, Force India finished fifth in the constructors’ championship—their...
Published: January 7, 2016
Whether he finds himself sat in a Manor or a Mercedes, a milk float or a masterpiece, the first goal of any Formula One driver remains the same—he must beat his team-mate. Only half of the drivers on any given grid can achieve their goal; the rest have to come up with excuses. Maybe they were unlucky, or the car didn’t suit them, or they had to stay up all night looking after their newborn...
Published: January 6, 2016
There will be 22 drivers on the grid at the start of the 2016 Formula One season, and the identities of 20 of them are already known. Only Manor, the smallest team in the sport, are yet to announce who will be racing for them in 2016. The team finished last in the 2015 championship, and they are unlikely to finish much higher this time around. However, Manor will be using the all-conquering Mercedes...
Published: January 4, 2016
As it is in any sport, pressure is ever-present in Formula One. Every team and driver feels it to some degree or another; the pressure to find performance, maintain it, build upon it and push on to greater things. Ferrari are under massive pressure to make a genuine return to the front of the grid, while Red Bull feel the constant weight of expectation to produce a field-leading chassis. Renault will...
Published: December 30, 2015
The 2015 Formula One season could best be described as mixed. There were moments of excitement and drama, some great overtaking and a handful of fantastic wheel-to-wheel duels. The Hungarian and United States Grand Prix were the biggest highlights on the racing side, while the off-track animosity between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg provided a bit of interest once the title race was over. But there...
Published: December 24, 2015
Formula One’s second season under the V6 turbo-hybrid regulations followed a similar pattern to the first. Mercedes once again produced a package light years ahead of anyone else and won the constructors’ championship with ease. Again, they failed to win just three races—and as in 2014, only one team was able to take advantage. Last year it was Red Bull, this time around it was Ferrari....
Published: December 23, 2015
It already feels like an eternity since we last saw the Formula One teams and drivers in action, and we still have a long wait ahead of us before we’ll see them again. The 2016 F1 season kicks off with first practice for the Australian Grand Prix on March 18. Even pre-season testing won’t be along until the end of February. Those two, four-day tests at the Circuit de Catalunya will...
Published: December 17, 2015
Sebastian Vettel‘s victory at the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix was one of the most significant moments in recent Formula One history. That it was the German on top of the podium meant very little, and a 222nd win for the Ferrari team would usually have passed by with little ceremony. They might have baked a cake had it been their 200th, but 222 doesn’t mean much to anyone. But this win mattered...
Published: December 16, 2015
Throughout the 2015 Formula One season, the most important intra-team rivalry was the duel for the drivers’ championship between the two Mercedes drivers. Armed with the all-conquering W06, one of them was always going to take the crown, and for the second consecutive year, it was Lewis Hamilton who came out on top. Though Nico Rosberg recovered some dignity by winning the final three races,...