• Schumacher’s Seventh

    Schumacher’s Seventh

    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…

  • Teammate Collision #13: Teammate Collisions!

    Teammate Collision #13: Teammate Collisions!

    Welcome back to the Teammate Collision podcast, where this time we shock the universe by actually talking about Teammate Collisions! After FOM’s recent video detailing their own personal favourites from the vault, we thought it best to take a look at them ourselves and give some arbitrary ratings, because why not! Of course, Lennart…

  • Teammate Collision #12: Tarso MarQ&As

    Teammate Collision #12: Tarso MarQ&As

    Welcome back to the superest duperest episode yet of our Teammate Collision podcast! We turn our attention to our community, who have asked us a series of questions regarding all drivers big and small, new and old: who deserved what? Are reputations justified? Why is Eddie Irvine the best? Of course, Lennart and Jeremy are…

  • Profile – Vincenzo Sospiri

    Profile – Vincenzo Sospiri

    Vincenzo “Vince” Sospiri has a pitiful record as an F1 driver. Every other record shows him as one of the greatest drivers of his generation. A domineering karting champion, he took the accolades of Schumacher and Senna, beating the former convincingly in multiple series. He won Formula 3000, F1’s main feeder series at the…

  • Teammate Collision Episode #6.1: Very Silly Vettel Situations

    Teammate Collision Episode #6.1: Very Silly Vettel Situations

    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…

  • Crossing the Channel: Analysing C4’s live F1 debut

    Crossing the Channel: Analysing C4’s live F1 debut

    I’ve been an occasional rather than regular poster on the Rejects forums down the years, but I’ve clearly mentioned enough times that I work as a radio producer that someone has noticed. I was recently invited, on the eve of the new F1 season kicking off, to use my media “expertise” to cast my…