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 […]
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Tanque You: Remembering the Original (no #) F1 Portuguese GP
It’s like that, innit. Just when we thought the Portuguese GP would never ever return to the F1 calendar – here it is and for the second year in a row! This time, entertaining local wild life at Portimão and possibly a couple of circuit […]

HRT F1 Thingamajigger: Where They Were Then (Updated 2x)
All images in the photo gallery below are courtesy of Tony Hall’s picture archive. Yai yai yai, muchachitos! Let’s talk about something responsible, sustainable, green, vegan, eco-friendly, social – today is the world’s first official HRT F1 Remembrance Day. Remember them? I do. I tend […]

Lewis of Arabia – Fighting for a Better Yesterday
A few months ago we published an open letter to Sir Lewis Hamilton ⇓ Regarding his activism… on social media. Feels like the timing is right to revisit our old post, especially with all the hullabaloo surrounding the 2021 Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. […]

Portuguese Grand Prix: the Art (Updated)
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 […]

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 […]

Sergio’s Column: Open Letter to Lewis Hamilton
Dear Lewis, First and foremost, I write to you because I regard you as a nice bloke as far as I am concerned. Unlike the case with many of your colleagues, we have not exchanged a single word, but I only hear good things about […]

Internet Guru Reacts to Imola and Portimão Announcement
LOL peeps, OMG! The Portuguese and Imolese Grand$ Prix are back, what a shocker! It took a global pandemic for that to happen. In our exclusive video we go behind the scenes of Portimão and Imola. Not really, but close. Hit like with a hammer […]

Essere Alonsista: Alonso is Back in Yellow (This is not a Charla)
This is not a Charla: Alonso is back (in F1) with a bang: in fact, he never left. One of the most controversial – according to some journos – figures of the last 20 years in the sport will once again thrill us with his aggressive […]

Nuestra Charla: 07/07/2020
Another day, another Charla! Ah, you were expecting me to write something Mark Hughes-esque, no? Exclusive paddock insider stuff, no? Telling you all about Ferrari’s deepest secrets, no? Or why did Vettel spin once again, no? Well no. Imma much-a better than that – I’m […]

Nuestra Charla: 30/06/2020
A rather short Charla today… ⇓ I C.. And I want it… No colors anymore, I want them to turn.. Go RF1!