Month: November 2020

30 Nov 2020

GROSJEAN CRASH REMINDS US THAT THE RACE FOR SAFETY HAS NO CHEQUERED FLAG

Over the years since the death of Ayrton Senna we have been periodically reminded of the dangers participating in motorsport, but yesterday’s events at the Bahrain International Circuit were particularly stark. The race got off to a clean start with Lewis Hamilton streaking off the line while his teammate was suffering from a lack of [...]
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29 Nov 2020

RELAXED HAMILTON MAKES IT BUSINESS AS USUAL IN BAHRAIN QUALIFYING

At the qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix, the talk up and down the pitlane was as much about tyres as it was about times. Criticism of the tyres from the drivers was rife following Friday practice. The teams had agreed to run the 2021 spec tyres provided by Pirelli. The session gave the teams [...]
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27 Nov 2020

WATCH AGAIN TORQUE SHOP – WOMEN TALK MOTORSPORT

We hosted the second edition of our Torque Shop series on Wednesday 18th November. We were joined by Louise Goodman who asked the questions to Jamie Chadwick, Jade Edwards, and Esmee Hawkey. If you would like to watch the webcast again or missed it on the day then here it is! Thanks to our sponsors [...]
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10 Nov 2020

PROVISIONAL 2021 FORMULA 1 CALENDAR RELEASED

Formula 1 has today let the motor racing cat out of the bag and published the provisional calendar for the 2021 Formula 1 season. The most notable change to 2020’s season is the dropping of the Vietnam Grand Prix from the schedule. This was not totally unexpected with investigations in that country around corruption amongst [...]
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08 Nov 2020

MR MONACO – A PROFILE OF GRAHAM HILL

Graham Hill will always be remembered for his dapper Gentleman Racer persona he so effortlessly presented both at the track an also in the media. However, under that amiable exterior was the heart of a true swashbuckling racer who to this day is the only motor racing driver to achieve the Triple Crown of Motorsport [...]
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01 Nov 2020

BERNIE ECCLESTONE AT 90

This week the father of modern Formula 1 celebrated his 90th birthday. Love him or loath him, Bernie Ecclestone can undoubtedly be credited with making Formula 1 what it is today. From a sport fought out by a bunch of amateurs usually from the European upper classes, he transformed Formula 1 into a multi-billion-dollar global [...]
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01 Nov 2020

BOTTAS TAKES POLE AT IMOLA

Mercedes could win their seventh consecutive Constructors World Championship today at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and in so doing wrestle another record away from Ferrari. Mercedes led Red Bull, by 209 points heading into this weekend at Imola with only a maximum of 176 points left up for grabs following Imola which means Red [...]
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