Last month’s column explored the butterfly effect of Michael Schumacher’s results getting the Tyrrell ’84 treatment when he was disqualified from the 1997 World Drivers Championship. Those of you who cast your minds over the question of what scenario I might spreadsheet next will not
With Formula 1 having ten teams since the demise of Manor at the end of 2016, and new entries being considered undesirable by the sport’s commercial rights holder, it stands to reason that 20th place will remain the last place on the grid for the
Welcome back, one and all, to the seventh episode of Teammate Collision! In this episode, Lennart and Jeremy discuss the events of the triple header and one Nyck de Vries, before then going on to discuss their favourite “Lucky Bastards”, those non-rejects who only narrowly
In recent days, AlphaTauri announced their willingness to let Pierre Gasly out of his contract, allowing him to join a different team for 2023 (most likely Alpine). However, that was dependent on their ability to sign IndyCar driver Colton Herta for the next year. This
In 1984, Tyrrell were disqualified from the World Constructors Championship for their use of illegal techniques to run their cars underweight. Their results for the entire season were stripped and inherited by the runners originally behind them. In 1997, Michael Schumacher was disqualified from the
Welcome back, one and all, to the second part of this episode of Teammate Collision! In the second half we take two equally arbitrary methods of rating each driver for the “new” teams of 2010: Lennart from worst to best, and Jeremy with a unique
Welcome back, one and all, to the latest episode of Teammate Collision! This episode for August is yet another two-parter. To begin our mammoth podcast we chat briefly about the Reject of this year’s mid-season, before going off on a long tangent about the outgoing
On April 27, 2001, the infamous motorsport movie Driven was released on the weekend of the cancelled Firestone Firehawk 600 at the Texas Motor Speedway. As is well-known by now, the movie was demolished by critics and a complete box office failure, resulting in a
Formula 1 has gone through a great many points systems since the first World Championship Grand Prix at Silverstone, ranging from being awarded to the top five in the very early days of the Championship, to the top ten now. But sometimes, for whatever reason,
Last Sunday, the tenth race of the long 2022 Formula 1 season took place at the vintage Silverstone Circuit. The race ended with Carlos Sainz, Jr. earning his first career victory in the premier racing series on the planet. On the other hand, someone who
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