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Colton Herta, Abu Dhabi 2021 and Formula 1’s Relationship With Its Rules
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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 required a super licence exception for Herta, who currently…
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The Michael Schumacher Disqualification
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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 World Drivers Championship for attempting to run his Championship…
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Teammate Collision Podcast #6.2: Ranking “New” Team Drivers
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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 prize for every one of them. Of course, Lennart…
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Teammate Collision Episode #6.1: Very Silly Vettel Situations
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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 Sebastian Vettel, and the all-time great Reject moments experienced…
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Driven to Survive – What Motorsport’s Cinematic Reject Got Right
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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 net loss of $40,000,000. It earned an amazing seven…
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A look back at Formula 1’s unawarded points
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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, the points don’t quite get shared out as intended.…
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The 2022 Season Is (Not) Over
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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 had a bad time in Northamptonshire was championship leader…
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From Herbert to Hülkenberg – Why Casual Fans Love Average Drivers
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One of the unusual things about Formula 1 fans is their split reactions towards drivers. Mainstream Formula 1 fans are more than willing to talk trash online about the lower-end drivers on the grid like Nikita Mazepin, Joylon Palmer or Esteban Gutiérrez. However, when it comes to drivers who are a step above those,…
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Teammate Collision Episode #5: ABC-DEF Pt. 2
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Lennart and Jeremy are back with Teammate Collision for their latest feature: a discussion of the unsung teammate rivalry between Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. Lennart, a great defender of Rubens, goes against Jeremy who is in Jenson’s camp. Who was the better driver, and is the agreed narrative correct? Of course, Lennart and…
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Teammate Collision Episode #5: ABC-DEF Pt. 1
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Welcome back, one and all, to the latest episode of Teammate Collision! This episode for the month of May is a two-parter, with Lennart and Jeremy going way way overtime to discuss the latest and belatedest news coming in and out of Formula 1. In this episode we discuss everything from Sergio Perez’s renaissance…
A tribute to the heroic failures of Grand Prix racing