2021
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2021: POST-RACE
🇦🇪 R22: Beat the King
Yes, that really happened. Verstappen took the title, so it was time to compare the feat to Nico Rosberg
🇸🇦 R21: Fight night takes centre stage
With two rounds to go, Hamilton vs Verstappen gets even more intense than you'd ever expert
🇶🇦 R20: Twilight tyre fire
Pirelli, the neutral party in F1's title fight, takes an unwanted spotlight
🇧🇷 R19: Stratification Sunday
Going into Brazil, Alpine and Alpha Tauri had the same number of points. It was the same after the race
🇲🇽 R18: A battle of time vs money
Is F1 a sport where merit is defined by a stopwatch or a chequebook? (Imagine chequebooks still exist)
🇺🇸 R17 - The slow decline of three killer initials
DNF - Did Not Finish, Dare Not Fail, Doing No Foreshadowing? Fewer DNFs are happening, but it still feels like a big one is on the way
🇹🇷 R16 - Risk-takers and innovators
On the face of it, 2021 has been a regressive step for Aston Martin. But there are several reasons to be cheerful
🇷🇺 R15 - Centurion
Lewis Hamilton. 100 F1 wins.
🇮🇹 R14 – Papaya Progress
McLaren's 1-2 in Italy highlights the progress they've made since Fernando Alonso called their power unit a GP2 engine
🇳🇱 R13 – Home bankers
Max Verstappen won at his home race, so I looked at whether home advantage is a thing. Probably my weakest work this season
🇧🇪 R12 – The Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method ☔
When is a race not a race?
🇭🇺 R11 – Everyone wakes up and chooses chaos
Rain, bad choices and a shock result. Like a night out in your 20s but with more Esteban Ocon
🇬🇧 R10 – Penalty, shoot out
One of the most controversial opening laps of the season brings penalties into focus
🇦🇹 R9 – Doubles
Another double points finish for Ferrari, who have bounced back brilliantly from a 2020 season to forget
🇦🇹 R8: Ruining Mr Saturday's graduation party
A look at George Russell and the fine margins to getting into Q3 and to his first points for Williams in what might be his last season there.
🇫🇷 R7: Staying positive
Trying to think of a metric to give driver value and the numerical difference between qualifying and the race.
🇦🇿 R6: The award for Best Supporting Driver
Visualising the battle between teammates in Championship-winning seasons, comparing Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez's roles in the title fight.
🇲🇨 R5: The enjoyment of a genuine three-way battle
It didn't work out that way in the race, but Ferrari joined the battle in Monaco. Contains references to 1990's grunge-wrestling promotion ECW
🇪🇸 R4: Getting out-thought if not outfought
Mercedes pulled a familiar trick in Spain, turning a one-stop race into a two-stopper.
🇵🇹 R3: Portimão and the benefits of a rule change
Quietly, a point for fastest lap might be one of the most intriguing rules changes in F1's history.
🇮🇹 R2: Max Verstappen and the Italian curse
Before the 2021 season, the Dutch driver had not done well on Italian circuits. Imola finally changed that.
🇧🇭 R1: Bahrain and comparing qualifying pace with 2020
There was one big winner from 2020 to 2021's car performance in Bahrain, even if they didn't end up winning the race
FEATURES
Like several other sports, Formula 1 should have majors. That and a whole host of ideas for an F1 calendar 🧨 How do you play politics at 200mph?
The relatively chilled teams either don’t have a lot of on-track stuff, or they’re genuinely not working with the theme from Succession stuck in their head. 🏁 The pros and cons of sprint qualifying
A new rule change means a new format in 2021. This is sprint qualifying 🔮 Four odd predictions for F1 2021
Before the start of the season, I looked into what might happen this year.
AWAY FROM F1
It's in the game. Except when it's not.
Formula 1 is the main event, but at most races, you'll see the next generation of racers on the same grid
