The 2021 Formula 1 season has come to an end in controversial fashion. Max Verstappen has been crowned 2021 Champion, but should he have been? Entering the last ten laps of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit, Lewis Hamilton had done all he needed to do to take the…
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Silverstone Classic 2021
The annual festival sees the largest collection of racers, car clubs and music events in the UK. On track events included the Murray Walker Memorial Trophy Masters Historic Formula 1, The 65th Anniversary Jaguar E-type race (including father and son team Martin and Alex Brundle), and many other events dating from pre-war, to…
Has AWS Data gone too far?
As AWS announce another six more in-race stats to display on screen for the broadcast feed of Formula 1, are they taking the magic away from racing? We can’t avoid the fact that sports are data-led industries in the modern day. Where on a football pitch it used to be enough to mark…
Racing a Pandemic
The Australian Grand Prix was the start of it all in Formula 1. After days of discussion (even after the event had started) the decision was taken to send the fans home and cancel the running of the race. The Chinese Grand Prix and Bahrain took similar steps. Was this the right thing…
Is Baku the New Monaco?
Whilst last weekend’s race was not the instant-classic that we have come to expect from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix over the past few years, I really got to thinking about all the things that make the Baku Circuit great, and it drew some parallels to another track on the Grand Prix Calendar, but…
Formula 1: Drive to Survive
Formula 1: Drive to Survive has now arrived on Netflix, offering one of the world’s biggest consumer markets the chance to binge on our beloved sport. The question is, how have they done in representing the action and drama of Formula 1? Drive to Survive is a 10-part mini-series that looks back over…
What’s Happening at Williams?
The writing is on the wall at Williams F1, but how many names are up there? Four years ago, the revived Williams team were thriving. Under the new charge of Deputy Team Principle Claire Williams, and on a budget that wasn’t even a third of the top teams in the sport, the team…
2019 Regulation Changes
Before we get started with Pre-Season testing next week, there are numerous changes to the regulations for 2019. They are aimed mostly at improving the spectacle of the sport with adjustments to the aerodynamics, and the DRS system. The teams have had months to prepare, with changes having potential to upset the order…
