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Join Grace and me as we discuss the Formula 1 news of the week and also offer our seven best occupations for Lewis Hamilton...F1 NewsHamilton loses 3-year legal battle with Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton has been fighting a 3-year legal battle over the name "Hamilton" with a watch company that has been making watches with that...F1 NewsThe Parc Fermé F1 Podcast Ep 708 Turkish GP review
Join Paul and me as we review the Formula 1 Turkish Grand Prix from Istanbul. We cover each team and driver as they finished...F1 NewsRace Report: Hamilton takes 7th title with champion’s win at Turkish GP
The only thing that could make a freshly resurfaced track more slippery is water and the race started on a very damp track which...F1 NewsRacing Point Strolls to pole for Turkish GP
If resurfacing the track 10 days ago wasn’t enough of a curve ball thrown at Formula 1 for the Turkish Grand Prix, then maybe...
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The argument. Entertainment vs engineering. Formula 1 has, as some argue, always been about engineering and technological advancement. That’s hard to argue against when...EditorialIs the Perez situation for 2021 a ‘tragedy’?
F1 technical boss Ross Brawn said that it would be a tragedy if Sergio Perez was not in Formula 1 next year. The Mexican...EditorialWould you give Hamilton a contract that included his post-driving career?
If you were Lewis Hamilton and the reality of hanging up your helmet was a prospect that was sooner than later, then you might...EditorialAbout that two-day race weekend idea
The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was a test of the two-day racing format in which the teams were denied any Friday Practice sessions in...EditorialIs F1’s two-day weekend format a good idea?
Prior to the fog that prevented the helicopter from landing at the closest hospital during the Eifel GP on Friday, talk of compressing the...
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Race Report: Hamilton takes 7th title with champion’s win at Turkish GP
The only thing that could make a freshly resurfaced track more slippery is water and the race started on a very damp track which...F1 NewsRace Report: Hamilton win gives Mercedes 7th title at Emilia Romagna GP
Delivering Mercedes a pole position, Valtteri Bottas was setting the table for Mercedes to achieve their record-breaking 7th consecutive world championship. That’s exactly what...F1 NewsRace Report: Hamilton breaks all-time win record in Portuguese GP
The Algarve circuit was the 73rd different track to feature on the Formula calendar but it was also the scene of the Lewis Hamilton’s...F1 NewsRace Report: Hamilton wins record-equaling 91st win in Eifel GP
The Eifel Grand Prix remained a cold affair with temperatures in the 9 degree centigrade or 48 degrees Fahrenheit but at least the fog...F1 NewsRace Report: Bottas wins Russian GP
The weekend looked set to celebrate Lewis Hamilton’s record-equaling 91st win and given that Mercedes has won every single Russian Grand Prix at Sochi...
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Spike launches US F4 season
It is a big weekend for our friend Spike Kohlbecker who will begin his first F4 races in the US at Mid-Ohio. The weekend starts...EditorialWhen Sim Racing damages your real racing
Like all other racing series, Nascar has engaged in eSports as well calling their effort, eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series. They held an event...IndycarIndy 500 postponed
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I am excited for Williams this coming year! I wonder if restrictions on wind tunnel testing and sim testing affected their ability to understand the problem. I know restrictions cut costs but they also make it so if you screw up at the beginning you are hosed for the year. In addition, Sirotkin the Legend saved the Singapore grand prix, but they don’t show enough midfield battles. I don’t want to see the frontrunner saving tires for twenty laps!
Let’s hope Williams have solved their chassis issue and data and field a competitive car to take the battle to Force India and the best of the rest.
“Embedded into F1, getting a deeper relationship with the sport…” nice idea, will never work. On your phone you can get more information about anything- any sport, any film, any TV – get more video (instant gratification IS the new medium). I think F1 can only succeed if it’s a free for all. That’s what it was in the ’60s – take off the controls, take off the thick-as-a-telephone-book technical bible controls, find a way to bring excitement back to the sport. It doesn’t matter if Mercedes is winning every race, it does matter that no one can innovate to… Read more »
Regarding W-Series, my questions is: I understand these are spec-F3 cars, but what tracks will they run? If they run the same tracks as guys, at similar times of year, then performance comparisons are possible. (which i hope is the case) If women can show they can lap as fast (or faster) than the guys then I have to believe opportunities will exist. If they run different tracks and make it hard to compare, then I think this will become yet another excuse. Your thoughts?
I haven’t read what tracks they will race on or if the FIA are sanctioning the series. The cars, from what I have read, are like the F3 spec but a little slower. Still, I think you can derive race craft and speed contextually even if they are slightly slower.
I can answer these questions. The BRSCC (British Racing and Sportscar Club) will be the organising body and it is not an FIA sanctioned series. The series has been approved by the FIA as an international series at the recent WMSC meeting as is normal process so I wouldn’t read too much into it. It will be as a result included in the FIA International Sporting Calendar. In terms of the calendar, it was also confirmed that the series will be on the DTM support package and race at 6 of its 9 events specifically Hockenheim, Zolder, Norisring, Assen and… Read more »
Two things. 1: on my question about replacing Hartley, I appreciate that STR would be reluctant to have Ocon with his Merc ties, however, they didn’t seem to have an issue having DK back despite his Ferrari ties? 2: Keeping the young ones interested. I’m torn on this one, on the one hand I find that I’m more immersed in F1 now than ever, thanks to all the social media, podcasts, online articles, extensive TV broadcast of the weekend etc. that we it comes to the actual race, it sometimes is a bit of a ‘let down’. On the other… Read more »
Loved your discussion of the cable cutting mess. I tried the same thing, but my “Waterloo” was the commercials; I am an expert on skipping those with a TiVo remote and alas, that is impossible for most Internet streams and very awful to attempt with the ones that do allow for some FR/FF remote control action. Meanwhile, as I added up the costs for an Internet-centric range of networks and shows I was saving less then $20 per month. I had less flexibility, more wonkishness, and the commercials. So I crawled my silly ass back with just a few minor… Read more »