Category Archives: Formula One

Formula One Season Finally Takes Shape (Third Update)

June 12, 2020Formula OneAlgarve, Formula One, Imola, Mugello, Nurburgring, Portimao, SochiMCZF1

July 10th: F1 announces races at Mugello on September 13th and Sochi on September 27th to extend the season to 10 rounds.

July 24th: F1 announces 3 more races at Nurburgring on October 11th, the debut of Portimao on October 25th and the return of Imola on November 1st. These dates mean the USA and Mexico races are (though not officially) cancelled.

August 24th: F1 announces the season ending series of races with a return to Turkey for the first time since 2011, a double-header in Bahrain and the season finale in Abu Dhabi.

These are the races and their current status:

ROUND	GRAND PRIX	CIRCUIT	Original date	OFFICIAL Status
	Australian	Albert Park	15 March	Cancelled
	Bahrain	Sakhir	22 March	Postponed
	Vietnamese	Hanoi	5 April	Cancelled
	Chinese	Shanghai	19 April	Cancelled
	Dutch	Zandvoort	3 May	Cancelled
	Monaco	Monte Carlo	24 May	Cancelled
	Azerbaijan	Baku	7 June	Cancelled
	Canadian	Montreal	14 June	Cancelled
	French	Paul Ricard	28 June	Cancelled
1	Austrian	Red Bull Ring	5 July
2	Styrian	Red Bull Ring	12 July
3	Hungary	Hungaroring	19 July
4	British	Silverstone	2 August
5	70th Anniversary	Silverstone	9 August
6	Spanish	Barcelona	16 August
7	Belgian	Spa-Francorchamps	30 August
8	Italian	Monza	6 September
9	European	Mugello	13 September
	Singapore	Marina Bay	20 September	Cancelled
10	Russian	Sochi	27 September
	Japanese	Suzuka	11 October	Cancelled
11	Eifel	Nurburgring	11 October
12	Portugal	Portimao	25 October
	United States	Austin	25 October	Cancelled
13	Emilia-Romagna	Imola	1 November
	Mexican	Mexico City	1 November	Cancelled
	Brazilian	Sao Paulo	15 November	Cancelled
14	Turkey	Istanbul	15 November
15	Bahrain	Sakhir	29 November
16	Sakhir	Sakhir Outer Ring	6 December
17	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	13 December

Loss of a Rising Star: Anthoine Hubert

August 31, 2019Formula One, SportsFormula 2, Young DriverEditor Simon

Sadly, during the opening laps of the Formula 2 race supporting the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, rising French star Anthoine Hubert was involved in a horrific high speed crash and succumbed to his injuries shortly after.

Also involved was young American Juan-Manuel Correa who remains hospitalized at this time, in stable condition, and Frenchman Giuliano Alesi, who was released after being examined. The race was not restarted after the incident.

Hubert had won two F2 races this year after winning the GP3 Championship last season and was a member of the Renault Sport Academy team. He was 22 years old.

Our thoughts are with his family, friends, the BWT Arden team and his fellow drivers.

By The Numbers: 2019 Formula One Testing

March 6, 2019Formula OneF1, TestingEditor Simon

The two Formula One Testing sessions in Barcelona wrapped up March 1st with, once again, the teams running a massive amount of laps in just eight days.

Our analysis shows that the ten teams completed a total of 8,774 laps, the equivalent of almost 133 race distances!

Although Scuderia Ferrari topped the timesheets on four of the eight days, Mercedes-AMG Petronas put in by far the most number of laps. Suspicions of sandbagging also surrounded the German team.

Most of the other teams ran about the same amount, except Racing Point (formerly Force India) who only broke the 100 lap mark on the final two days and ROKiT Williams, who missed the first two days (and most of the third). Williams did, however, recover pretty well and ran solidly (though not quickly) throughout the second session.

So it looks like Mercedes versus Ferrari at the front and a very tight pack behind them, with McLaren, Toro Rosso and Alfa Romeo (formerly Sauber) bunched up with Red Bull, Renault and Haas. Racing Point a bit behind and Williams bringing up the rear again.

You can look at the numbers below and draw your own conclusions:

– MCZF1

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