It was a real achievement from everyone involved behind the scenes in Formula 1, that Max Verstappen winning the world championship for a second time at the Suzuka circuit was a genuine surprise to everybody. One has to hand it to their ability to provide
With a surprisingly dominant win from Sergio Perez, even the unexpected seems somewhat familiar in 2022. While Max Verstappen’s chance of eclipsing Sebastian Vettel’s winning streak record came to a scruffy end around the streets of Singapore, Charles Leclerc did enough to keep the championship
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
Ricardo ‘El Colorado’ Zunino is as known for the events transpiring around him as he is for his own sake. Like Harald Ertl, he happened to be at the right place at the right time, regarding the very same man: Niki Lauda. Zunino’s last-minute replacement
Most of the Italian Grand Prix was taken up by two areas of discussion: that of the ending of the race behind the safety car, and that of the glorious debut of one Nyck de Vries. While the Netherlands celebrate their first duo since 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
For the second year in a row, Max Verstappen sailed to victory in front of his home crowd at Zandvoort. This year’s performance was quite a bit more ominous in its shades of Sebastian Vettel in 2013, and a late-season romp appears all but inevitable
As Max Verstappen won from much further back than reasonable this time, Formula 1 is already preparing to add the Dutchman’s name to the list of double world champions. His ascension to the history books certainly quickened at the Belgian Grand Prix, as we at
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