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I think a large bulk of people viewing these articles would agree with me in saying that Formula 1 is indeed a sport. The drivers have to go to the gym and train their muscle day in, day out so that they can sustain the unbelievable G-forces that would leave the ordinary person close to …
Nelson Piquet and Eliseo Salazar: Germany 1982 This particular accident has been covered on this site before. The Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet’s title defence was not going particularly well in 1982, with his car struggling massively on reliability. He did manage to net a good haul of points whenever he finished a race however as …
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Due to the nature of the vast majority of racing circuits being a circle overall where the start and finish line are the same, if the leader of a race is fast enough they can catch up to the back of the slower cars occupying the rear end of the standings. In this case the …
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When the Halo safety device was first introduced in 2018, it wasn’t exactly met with fervent approval from both fans and drivers alike. Formula 1 fans from all around the world complained of its aesthetic, branding the technology as ugly and many likened the Halo to a giant thong plastered on the helmets of the …
5. Mercedes F1 W05 Hybrid (2014) Mercedes re-joined Formula 1 in 2010 after their purchase of the Brawn GP team. They endured a few tough years back in the sport, gradually improving to post a best season-ending standing of 2nd in the Constructors’ Championship in 2013. The engineers at Brackley chose to focus their energy …
Although some would argue that the recent dominance of Mercedes F1 team has made Formula 1 as a sport a little boring and predictable, I believe that we have been incredibly fortunate to bear witness to one of the longest sustained periods of dominance by a single constructor. It cannot be argued that this is …
For a long while since the nascence of Formula 1 in 1950, the vast majority of drivers in the paddock were of European origin. Occasionally you would see a fresh-faced driver of Asian or Arab descent, but considering all the teams in the sport were from Europe such people were few and far between. As …
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Over the 72-year history of Formula 1 racing, there have been numerous permitted engine layouts and configurations, with strict rules in place to restrict the power output and displacement of the powertrains. This has often lead to the vast majority of the cars in any given season to feature pretty much the same engine. This …