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Slick and Tyred – A Radical Proposal
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As is tradition, Formula 1 fans online found reasons to complain after the 2025 Mexican Grand Prix. One of the things that drew the ire of those parts of the audience was the fact that almost every driver managed to do fine with only one stop, and many of them managed over 30 laps…
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A Quiet, But Important Point
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Every fan of the underdog knows about the flashy drives where a driver punched well above the weight of his Formula 1 car. Whether those drives went unrewarded (Damon Hill nearly winning the 1997 Hungarian Grand Prix, Luca Badoer’s retirement from P4 at the 1999 European Grand Prix, Markus Winkelhock’s heroics at the 2007…
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The Best Knows Best
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Once more, the weather at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps provided controversy in the Formula 1 paddock and the fandom. As had been the case in the infamous 2021 event, rain arrived shortly before the start of the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix and race control decided to abort the start sequence. Thankfully, unlike the 2021…
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Gloria Garantita
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We are a little more than a week away from Sir Lewis Hamilton entering his first Grand Prix as a driver of the famous Scuderia Ferrari. The Italian team signed the seven-time world’s champion to a multi-year contract at the start of 2024, finishing his long run with Mercedes. He becomes the fifth former…
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To B or Not to B(-Team)
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The 2024 Singapore Grand Prix was a dominant victory for Lando Norris. The British driver easily defended his pole position into T1 and proceeded to lead all 62 laps of the race. Norris’s control of the Grand Prix was so absolute that he needed to scare his fans and team a few times to…
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Schumacher’s Seventh
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On this day 20 years ago, Michael Schumacher accomplished a then unprecedented feat in Formula 1 history by clinching his seventh Driver’s World Championship at the legendary Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. To celebrate this accomplishment, this month’s Gravel Trap will re-watch the ITV coverage of this historic event and take a look at the observations…
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Trip into the Gravel – Automuseum Prototyp
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For the second edition of the Gravel Trap guide to travel destinations for the engaged motorsport fan, the author will spin off into the gravel in turn one like he is a Schumacher brother at the 1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix, as he visits nearby Hamburg and the Automuseum Prototyp. Located in the heart of…
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Points for Everyone!
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In its perpetual quest to leave no stone unturned in its pursuit of increasing the entertainment value of Formula 1 (read: its profitability) the series has turned their attention towards the points system. Recently, expanding the number of points scorers to 12 for the 2025 season was discussed. However, this idea was put on…
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Formula 1.0 – You Can (Not) Have a Championship Battle
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The season finale of the 2023 Stock Car Pro Series advertised itself by proudly announcing that there were no less than seven title contenders battling for the premier Brazilian motorsport title. That sounds intriguing, right? Only one minor issue with the claim: based on the points standings heading into the Super Final, it would…
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Teammate Collision #15: 2023 Season Review!
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Welcome back to the Teammate Collision podcast, where this time we change the course of history through our discussions of all things the 2023 season, it’s lows and further lows, and by going over our personal Reject of the Year podiums! Of course, Lennart and Jeremy are very open to feedback, so we would…
A tribute to the heroic failures of Grand Prix racing