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
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
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
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
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
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
The finale of the ninth season of the FIA Formula E World Championship is now a couple of weeks in the past. Jake Dennis and Envision Racing secured their world titles in the capital of the United Kingdom. Regrettably, the season finale (the first race
On Sunday 23 July, 2023, Red Bull Racing broke a long-standing record of Formula 1 history. With Max Verstappen taking a commanding victory at the 39th Hungarian Grand Prix, Red Bull had won the first 11 races of this season. Added to their victory at
Three weeks ago, the most important race of the motorsport year was held. The 107th Indianapolis 500 saw Josef Newgarden beat last year’s winner Marcus Ericsson on the final lap to take his premier win at the prestigious race to add to his Indy Lights
For this month, the Gravel Trap will go to a new place – as a well-known children’s song in Germany says: “Everything is made anew in May”. In this subcategory of the Gravel Trap, the author (and possibly future other GPR staff) will give travel
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