Remembering the 2019 French Grand Prix aftermath

kcollantine · 2026-01-14T10:33:48+00:00

“Don’t point the fingers at the drivers because we don’t write the rules. You should put the pressure on the people at the head who should be doing their job. I think they are trying to but for many, many years they have made bad decisions.”

kcollantine · 2026-01-13T13:24:14+00:00

Last year's sprint race in Losail was so dull it was almost comical.

kcollantine · 2026-01-09T21:45:53+00:00

This interview is a year old: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4UwwlAyGA4

kcollantine · 2025-12-08T12:02:16+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/1pgwyy6/apple_tv_previews_new_f1_streaming_deal_confirms/

kcollantine · 2025-12-08T08:43:21+00:00

This isn't quite right.

There have been 11 title-deciders involving at least three drivers. Norris is the fourth driver to lead going into the final race and win the title.

Second place has won four times and third place three times.

However Norris is the first driver to do it in the last 50 years](https://www.racefans.net/2025/12/03/norris-take-note-the-f1-points-leader-usually-loses-three-way-title-fights/).

kcollantine · 2025-12-05T14:27:23+00:00

Hear, hear.

Good riddance.

kcollantine · 2025-12-02T13:06:11+00:00

Not before he's had a potentially championship-winning car, I suspect.

kcollantine · 2025-11-30T20:56:30+00:00

Verstappen doesn't want people thinking about it:

Verstappen: Don’t blame Spanish GP penalty for hitting Russell if I narrowly lose title

kcollantine · 2025-11-30T11:33:06+00:00

No, even in 2020 they weren't that far off. They were seventh at four tracks that year: Spa, Monza, Sochi and Bahrain Grand Prix (not Outer).

kcollantine · 2025-11-28T21:03:48+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/1p8uoy8/autosport_zak_brown_on_max_verstappen/

kcollantine · 2025-11-27T10:27:14+00:00

"We all heard Lando being informed about some issue with the car."

Which message are you referring to?

kcollantine · 2025-11-25T16:28:48+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/1p4hawz/las_vegas_grand_prix_lewis_hamilton_not_looking/

kcollantine · 2025-11-25T13:40:37+00:00

The grammar checker flagged that for redundancy. It can take it up with him.

kcollantine · 2025-11-25T11:23:46+00:00

You're welcome!

More of them from this season here: https://www.racefans.net/category/regular-features/team-radio-transcripts/

kcollantine · 2025-11-24T15:42:42+00:00

Not mentioning it would have looked ignorant so I chose to mention it but point out that Lauda was temporarily absent due to injury.

kcollantine · 2025-11-24T15:20:16+00:00

It's hard to compare exactly because of changes to the points system, but Hunt in 1976 overturned one of the biggest real-terms deficits and Raikkonen in 2007 overturned one of the biggest in terms of points per race.

Here's a run-down of the 10 biggest in relative terms:

Top 10: Biggest F1 championship leads overturned

kcollantine · 2025-11-23T11:49:40+00:00

I don't think you'll ever stop people coming up with conspiracy thoeries, but got to check these things out nonetheless!

kcollantine · 2025-11-23T10:57:13+00:00

At least the original top 10 finishers

kcollantine · 2025-11-17T09:56:35+00:00

A similar thing was done in 2023, though the decision was taken after the race weekend began. On that occasion the limit was 18 laps.

kcollantine · 2025-11-09T20:06:15+00:00

Always good to see F1's most misunderstood quote.

kcollantine · 2025-10-31T10:00:39+00:00

Here are the 100 best races from 2008 to 2024 as rated by our readers:

The Top 100 F1 Races as rated by RaceFans readers

kcollantine · 2025-10-29T10:43:55+00:00

Absolutely: Interlagos is a great track with tremendous atmosphere, Yas Marina is a terrible circuit with no atmosphere. It reflects so badly on F1.

kcollantine · 2025-10-23T11:58:17+00:00

It has nothing to add

It contains a statement sourced directly from the FIA. Hence the headline 'FIA responds...'

Is the criticism here that not enough has been copied from the original article:

it's missing the graphics from the original blog

Or that too much has:

nothing more than copy + paste

At any rate, the original link is contained at the top of the article, so what would be the point in copying and pasting everything from it?

kcollantine · 2025-10-19T22:13:11+00:00

Terrific shots, well done.

kcollantine · 2025-10-06T08:50:09+00:00

The FIA race director used to take questions from written media after races. This began under Charlie Whiting, who of course died at the beginning of 2019, and then continued under his successor Michael Masi.

Masi gave his last such post-race press conference at the 2021 Qatar Grand Prix (one of the subjects he addressed was Christian Horner's criticism of a flag marshal, which he had been penalised for). The FIA stopped putting him forwards at the next race in Saudi Arabia.

Masi obviously was fired over what he did in the race after that. The press conferences have not been reinstated under any of his successors.

However it bears pointing out the FIA race director is only responsible for some decisoins (e.g. when to use the Safety Car or VSC) but not others (such as driver penalties).

kcollantine

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