All posts tagged: f1

FIA F2: Pic of the Week

This week’s #F2 pic pick is Luca Ghiotto. Luca is the quintessential Italian driver: the style, the accent, erratic racing career so far; Fisichella multiplied by perhaps de Cesaris with a hint of Farina. You can really say that Fangio’s “because of the crazy way […]

06/04/2019

Reviewing Australian GP with GD, Part 3

In Formula 1 you’re obviously only as good as your last race… and my man Ricciardo will want to put this year’s Australian GP behind him. Not the fans/atmosphere (Aussie fans are amazing!), rather the race itself. But everyone is allowed one mental lapse per […]

23/03/2019

Reviewing Australian GP with GD, Part 2

Part of the charm of the Australian GP has always been (at least for me) its cult status: for viewers in Europe it’s in the middle of the night which means you gotta be a hard-core petrolhead F1 fan to wake up at 4am and […]

22/03/2019

Reviewing Australian GP with GD, Part 1

We felt the excitement building up gradually towards the season start in Melbourne and we all know the event never disappoints – it certanly didn’t in 2019! Valtteri’s SISU surge, Hamilton’s broken floor, Ferrari’s mysterious loss of speed, magnificent rookies, Kubica’s return among Williams team […]

20/03/2019

Diego Merino on Charlie Whiting

Charlie was/is/will be an integral part of F1 folklore, here’s Diego Merino’s tribute to CW. Woke up today hearing very sad news from down under. Charlie Whiting has left a huge hole, both personal and professional, impossible to replace. He had the respect of absolutely […]

15/03/2019

Diego’s View of Barcelona F1 Test 2: Day 4

And so it goes… The next time we’ll see F1 cars and stars will be in Melbourne, the cars will look somewhat different from testing because funnily enough the pace of development outpaces even our wildest imagination. What was cool in Barcelona will be quickly […]

08/03/2019