You know, it’s nice when Formula One teams go so far as to design proper artwork to celebrate a Grand Prix. Some (team bosses?) seem to dig it, some don’t – and that’s why it probably has never caught on ‘bigly’ in the paddock. Illustrators […]
Author: CKN
When the Racing’s Over…
Yeah, I mean… I’ve been meaning to repost these pics for quite some time now and without question they’re proper vintage in 2020, a good 13 years after they’ve been originally taken (in addition considering what happened to the man as well). So let’s talk […]
F1 Portuguese GP: Truck-Spotting with Nuno Portugal
We have already reacted to the Portuguese Grand Prix announcement a couple of months ago – https://iberianmph.com/2020/07/27/he-said/ – and voilà, the time is now and now is the time, as they say. F1 teams are finally starting to arrive at the circuit, in Portimão. The […]
Good Lap @ Goodwood #gwspeedweek
With the “wonderful” year that we’re having one of our favourite events on the motorsport calendar, Goodwood FOS, has been unfortunately cancelled; everyone could feel that coming since the start of literally batsh*t crazy 2020 (is Batman still considered OK or did they ban it […]
Russian GP Afterthoughts, FIA F2: Brilliantovaya Ruka
All interviews: by Sergio Álvarez. Photography: by Diego Merino FIA Formula 2 Sprint Race in Sochi lasted for only a handful of laps and here’s why. ⇓ Our top 3 finishers were: Guanyu Zhou (UNI-Virtuosi Racing) Nikita Mazepin (Hitech Grand Prix) Mick Schumacher (PREMA Racing) […]
Forza Stefano: What FIA F2 Drivers Want from Domenicali
Unoficially we knew this for quite a while; now we know it officially: Stefano Domenicali will become president and CEO of Formula 1 next year. One of the original “spaghettari” in the F1 paddock, Domenicali went through the Ferrari meat grinder and survived the experience. […]
FIA F2: Russian GP, Saturday Feature Race, Top 3 with Sergio
This is how our top 3 looked like at the end of the Feature Race in the beautiful Sochi. You can say that Mick put the proverbial Germanic hammer down, a bit like Arminius did in that dark forest or sump’n. That was a looooooong […]
FIA F2: Russian GP, Friday Quali Presser with Sergio
And voilà, we’re in Sochi for more FIA F2 action, it’s a city where the nights are dark and the sea is warm, Sochi. From the circuit, you can spot a dolphin or two, or three, playfully racing each other in the clear waves of […]
Nuestra Charla: 20/09/2020
Whaddup, whaddup, whaddup muchachitas e muchachitos? N Charla is back with a mild bang. I was sitting today on my porcelain throne, thinking, because that’s what I do – I’m a thinker. I was thinking… What if AP Chekhov drove a Lambo, which one would […]
Out of Context F2: Keeping up with the Urals
All interviews: by Sergio Álvarez. Photography: by Diego Merino Wassup, peeps? Since we don’t do weekly Charlas any more, we felt we sort of needed to fill the void between races with some useful information such as, is there life on Mars? How unfair is […]
FIA Formula 2, Mugello: Benvenuti a Tutti
This? Or how about this? Or maybe that? Today we’re (virtually) at Mugello for the FIA Formula 2 Sunday Sprint Race. And what a RACE it was! While F1 took ispiration from the Italian national flag, da Tricolore, in the sense that they had red […]
Be Piastri: 2020 FIA F3 Champion’s Thoughts
And we finally know the identity of our 2020 FIA Formula 3 champion: it’s Oscar Piastri! Oscar mixes Fangio with Raikkonen IMHO, he’s also managed by Mark Webber; he never says ‘mate’, at least in public. He’ll be Alonso’s team-mate at Alpine F1 in 2022? […]
