As Lewis Hamilton moves almost inevitable to becoming the most decorated Formula 1 driver in history, he yet again proved his resilience under pressure by taking the 97th Formula 1 pole of his career in qualifying for the Portuguese Grand Prix at the Portimao Circuit. In a qualifying session delayed by a series of bizarre [...]
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Today in our occasional series on Great Formula 1 drives, we’re focusing on not one, but two of the best from Nigel Mansell. To be fair we just could choose between them so decided to feature them both. The 1991 British Grand Prix By 1991 Nigel Mansell had become the darling of British Motorsport fans [...]
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Qualifying for the Eifel Grand prix passed off with little surprises yesterday aside from Lewis Hamilton being pipped for pole by his Silver Arrows teammate Valtteri Bottas. Max Verstappen continued to prove he is the best of the rest with P3. Charles Leclerc's P4 was probably the stand out performance of the day, the Ferrari [...]
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This month’s Spotlight feature focuses on one of motorsports most popular personalities. Today 10th October he celebrates his 97th birthday, so we all raise a glass and say happy birthday to Murray Walker. Graeme Murray Walker, OBE hasn’t graced our screens on a regular basis for some years now, but he still commands huge affection [...]
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Prior to his appointment as CEO of the Formula One Group in 2017, Chase Carey held key roles at a number of broadcasting organisations with Fox and News Corporation. Over his career he has built a reputation for taking on control of brands and building their profiles and audiences. His reputation was such that before [...]
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Simply reading the results of qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix and you would be led to believe it was business as usual for Lewis Hamilton. However, reading further you would discover that due to a red flag stopping qualifying, Hamilton was a second away from being knocked out in Q2, with the prospect of [...]
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So, there will be a changing of the guard at the top of the Blue Riband of motorsport making it an all ex-Ferrari team at the top of Formula 1 and the FIA. Stefano Domenicali joins the F1 senior management as President and CEO in January replacing Chase Carey who moves into a non-executive chairman [...]
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As we look forward to 4pm today and the start of the delayed 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans we’re taking a brief look at the history of the race in a 2-part feature. The 24 Hours of Le Mans is widely recognised as the grandfather event of modern motor racing. The first race was [...]
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It’s now 90 F1 victories for Lewis Hamilton following his win at the Tuscan Grand Prix. In an incident packed race that saw 3 safety car periods, it was business as usual for Hamilton while some of the field hit the self-destruct button. He was followed home by his teammate Valtteri Bottas, and Alex Albon [...]
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Although Valtteri Bottas bossed the practice sessions in the run up to Tuscan Grand Prix qualifying, ultimately it was Hamilton’s perfectly timed fastest lap that won the day and achieved another pole for the 6-time world champion, the 95th of his career. Hamilton had come to Mugello with little experience of the circuit, so he [...]
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