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Bottas and Pitstops: A Downhill Road

I know a lot of people find Monaco boring, but I am not one of those people. Monaco is my favourite track on the calendar and actually quite a few things happened in this race. This weekend was also important… Continue Reading →

The Honey Badger

Daniel Ricciardo was born on July 1, 1989 in Perth Australia. He has been racing in Formula 1 since 2011 and currently drives for RB. Daniel learned his driving skills in the Australia Formula Ford and Asia-Pacific Formula BMW competitions…. Continue Reading →

Strategy Over Speed

The Spanish Grand Prix was yesterday, and it was actually pretty exciting for the track. Spain is notorious for some boring races because of the difficulty of overtaking on the track. However, this year there was a fair amount of… Continue Reading →

The Good, The Bad and The Tyred

We went racing again this week in Portugal for the start of a double header. This race in Portimao was 66 laps between Mercedes and Red Bull which saw a lot of really great tyre management from a lot of… Continue Reading →

The Monaco Grand Prix

Circuit Data Length of lap: 3.337 km Total number of laps: 78 Total race distance: 260.286 km Lap record: 1:14.260 (Max Verstappen, Red Bull, 2018) Number of gear changes per lap: 47 Number of DRS zones: 1 The Monaco Grand… Continue Reading →

Made in Italy

Who doesn’t love a wet race? The Pirelli Gran Premio Del Made In Italy E Dell ‘Emilia Romagna did not disappoint with intense battles and bitter crashes. Thirty minutes before the start of the race, Fernando Alonso spun on his… Continue Reading →

Kicking Off the 2021 Season

As Crofty says, “It’s lights out and away we go!” We went back to racing on March 28th, starting off the 23 race season at Bahrain. Unfortunatley, due to school I couldn’t upload this post until today, but now that… Continue Reading →

Spanish Grand Prix

Circuit Data Length of lap: 4.655 km Total number of laps: 66 Total race distance: 307.104 km Lap record: 1:18.183 (Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes-AMG, 2020) Number of gear changes per lap: 45 Number of DRS zones: 2 The Spanish Grand Prix… Continue Reading →

Why F1?

In the summer of 2019 I watched my first F1 race. My dad was sitting down and watching tv and he just happened to flip to the channel. I sat down and we watched it together, and the rest is… Continue Reading →

The Halo

Warning: The information in this blog post deals with sensitive topics and may be uncomfortable to some readers. Safety in Formula 1 is no joke. These drivers go in excess of 300km/h around a narrow track with tens of corners…. Continue Reading →

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