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The 2020 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix opened the 2020 F1 season on July 5th as a result of Australia’s cancellation back in March due to the quickly spreading Covid-19 pandemic. After Australia had been cancelled two days before its scheduled race day, it was clear that the 2020 F1 season would require some calendar…
With McLaren holding a seemingly unassailable 197-point lead at the top of the F1 World Constructors’ Championship in 2025, they will come into Montreal hoping to claim their first victory at the F1 Canadian Grand Prix since 2012 when Lewis Hamilton delivered a superb drive. The 2012 Canadian GP played host to round seven of…
The 1980 F1 Italian Grand Prix was held at Imola around the 5-kilometre Autodromo Dino Ferrari. The 12th race of the 1980 season marked the first Italian Grand Prix since 1948 not to be hosted at the infamous Monza circuit. The race was also Imola’s inaugural event as a Formula 1 World Championship circuit as…
As we approach the first time since its inaugural event that Max Verstappen does not hold the Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship lead going into a F1 Miami Grand Prix, it is interesting to look back on what happened last time this was the case at the 2022, and first, Miami GP. After five races…
With the news of Eddie Jordan‘s unfortunate passing shaking the Formula 1 paddock, it is important to remember his greatest accolades and Jordan F1’s final victory with Giancarlo Fisichella at the 2003 F1 Brazilian Grand Prix was just the last of many unexpected achievements that encapsulated his team’s underdog story. The charismatic one-of-a-kind Formula 1…
With all the talk surrounding Lewis Hamilton‘s opening endeavours for Ferrari, it is interesting that this weekend marks ten years since Sebastian Vettel claimed his first victory in red at the 2015 F1 Malaysian Grand Prix. The seven-time world champion has already claimed his first pole position for Ferrari in Friday’s sprint qualifying for the…
Pit Debrief had a chance to talk with longtime Formula 1 race engineer Steve Hallam, whose tenure included three years as Ayrton Senna’s race engineer at Lotus. From Hallam’s first glimpse, at a tyre test in 1982, it was clear that Senna was going to make a name for himself. Hallam watches Senna from afar…
This is part of a recurring series looking back 20 years at one of the more eventful seasons in recent Formula 1 history. Amidst the…
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On this day in 2003, Giancarlo Fisichella was finally declared the winner of the Brazilian Grand Prix — five days after the race had…
