It feels like an eternity since Valtteri Bottas took the chequered flag at Albert Park in March 2019 – the last time the Australian Grand Prix was held in Melbourne. Ricciardo’s first home race with Renault Australian GP was Daniel Ricciardo’s first race after leaving Red Bull in 2018. His Renault career began dreadfully, with[…]
Australian Grand Prix Is Back With Changes To The Racing Circuit
After two years of absence, the Australian Grand Prix is back in our lives. Since the last race in 2019, a lot has happened in Formula One and the world. Aside from the pandemic, the F1 scene looks very different from what it did in 2019. Since the last race in Melbourne, Verstappen won the[…]
Vettel returns for Australian GP
Sebastian Vettel is set to make his Formula 1 season return at the Australian Grand Prix after missing the opening two rounds of the 2022 season. So far, the four-time champion’s 2022 season has been halted, with a positive covid test only days before the Bahrain Grand Prix at the opening of the season. […]
F1 2021 Update 1.13 Patch Notes
Finally, the much anticipated Jeddah update has arrived! Arriving as a free content update, 1.13 brings some tweaks to gameplay and an entirely new circuit. Players can now zoom around the Jeddah Street Circuit before the drivers get to it in real life. The fastest street circuit on the calendar, Jeddah has 27 new corners[…]
Mercedes Team Profile
Mercedes: The Silver Arrows Grand Prix racing before Formula One (1930s) Mercedes-Benz formerly competed in Grand Prix motor racing in the 1930s, when the Silver Arrows dominated the races alongside Auto Union. Both teams were heavily funded by the Nazi regime, winning all European Grand Prix Championships after 1934. Rudolf Caracciola won three for Mercedes-Benz. Daimler-Benz AG (1954–1955) In 1954, Mercedes-Benz returned to what was now[…]
Penalty Points Update: Norris leads the way
Two drivers top the unfortunate leaderboard of having the most penalty points. Lando Norris and Lance Stroll have eight points apiece, with Sergio Perez close behind on seven. So what exactly is the deal with penalty points? If a driver manages to collect twelve penalty points on his license in twelve months, he will automatically[…]
Toto says ‘No-go’ to more DNFs
With only eight races to go, point finishes in the 2021 title race are more valuable than ever. As teams burn through their precious engines, Toto Wolff says Lewis Hamilton cannot afford one more DNF. In the Russian Grand Prix last weekend, Hamilton’s team mate Valtteri Bottas took an engine penalty, having done the same[…]