Header image by Diego Merino. Poetry by Alex Albon. Indeed, I am sat in my old rocking chair, rocking all the way to the Moon and back, checking out the drivers’ standings of the FIA F3 Championship and one uncomfortable thought clearly springs to mind: […]
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FIA Formula 2: Calm In Imola
Header image by Diego Merino; quotes by the FIA F2 media service. As the FIA Formula 2 leaves the ever charming eternal Imola, the tables have turned in the championship standings but not by much: Drugovich remains the consistent points-scorer that he is in 2022, […]

FIA Formula 2: Calm Before Imola
FIA Formula 2 peeps, its graduates fill up Formula 1 and IndyCar grids, as well as WEC, LM24-related race seats which in turn means it works. What’s behind the success of this competition, the Artist Formerly Known as GP2? It’s a question we won’t try […]

Good Stuff: Iberianmph @ Goodwood
Header image by Diego Merino. The 79th Members’ Meeting at Goodwood is upon us and it presented us with an opportunity to look back at our visits to Goodwood with Diego, Sergio and Alejo, plus there were some unforgettable images by Ian along the way. […]

Corniche On, Corniche Off – The Return of the Jeddah, FIA F2 Show in Saudi Arabia
Interviews by Sergio Álvarez; spiritual guidance by Diego Merino. FRI, KEY DRIVER QUOTES, QUALIFYING Q to Felipe Drugovich (Pole, 1:40.422), Richard Verschoor (P2, 1:40.648) and Jack Doohan (P3* DSQ after qualy, 1:41.024): “These new video screens installed around the track to aid drivers’ visibility in […]

Junior Shenanigans: FIA Formula 3 is Back! Updated, You MUST Read This
Interviews by Sergio Álvarez; header image by Diego Merino. FRIDAY Q to Franco Colapinto, pole, 1:46.249: “Huge congrats on the pole! Do you expect your team (Van Amersfoort Racing) to be up front this season after this result?” A: “Hello Diego (our own Diego Merino […]

Full Beanage in the Persian Gulf 2.0 UPDATED: FIA Formula 2 Returns!
Interviews by Sergio Álvarez. FRIDAY Q to Jack Doohan, pole, 1:40.542: “Wow, what a lap! What did you learn from last year’s races in F2 that helped you to achieve this pole?” A: “I think just the jump between the two compounds from FP to […]

Racing Legends, Circuito de Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, by Tony Hall
I headed straight for the loudest noise I could find in the garages. Racing Legends Event 5 – 6 March 2022Circuito de Ricardo Tormo, Valencia What can I say, it is great to be back again trackside at the Circuito de Ricardo Tormo, Valencia. It […]

F1 Testing: Bouncy Castles, Barcelona, 2022 (Summary & Photos)
All photos: Copyright © 2022 Diego Merino, Clarksport & Iberianmph So, Barcelona, there we went again into the empty paddock and had the distinct privilege and dubious honour of staring at the empty grandstands, which might have robbed the occasion of some kind of special […]

F1 Testing Diaries: Shaken Down, (not?) Stirred, Barcelona, 2022
Header image & other photos are courtesy of Diego Merino, in association with Clarksport. 09AM, 23.02.2022: Sheena, it’s 9AM and we see new F1 cars on track for the first time in daylight and in the carbon flesh, some of them I like, while some […]

Gr8st Hits 4 My Peeps: 2021 on Iberianmph
What’s cooking, peeps? It’s time for a quick recap of 2021 on Iberianmph dot com. First off, we obviously couldn’t travel a lot, hence only a couple of features from the race track: Tony’s mighty EURO Nascar story, Alejo’s magnificent Goodwood report and my own […]

FIA F2, Abu Dhabi: What They Said and Like So
Interviews by Sergio Álvarez; photos by Diego Merino. The season finale for the FIA Formula 2 was really more about confirming Oscar Piastri’s title, saying goodbye for the time being to Guanyu Zhou (he can always make a shock comeback, seeing that he didn’t win […]