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F1 Review: Messy in Miami, Piastri continues dominance

After drivers had time to catch their breath and teams had time to fix their cars, qualifying for the main race took place in Miami on Saturday afternoon. The rains from earlier in the day were long gone, the track was dried out, and the action revved up quickly as all twenty cars went out to ...

F1 Review: Messy in Miami, part 1

Over the past weekend, Formula 1 (F1) visited the United States for the first time this year in Miami with a sprint race format. Normally, the sprint race in one of these F1 weekends is simply a footnote to the main race on Sunday. In a regular F1 race weekend, they hold three “free ...

F1 Spotlight: Racecraft on display in Jeddah

On Easter Sunday, the 20 Formula 1 (F1) drivers took to the grid in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for the fifth race of the scheduled 24 for this season. Several familiar storylines played out again, but the skills every driver brings to their team were on full display and very intriguing to ...

Pit strategy paramount in Bahrain

Fireworks lit up the sky for several minutes after McLaren’s Oscar Piastri won the Formula 1 (F1) Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday with his teammate Lando Norris managing to come from sixth on the grid to finish in third. Unlike last week’s race, there were fireworks on the track throughout the ...

Thoughts from the penalty box

The San Jose Sharks the National Hockey League’s next dynamic duo in Macklin Celebrini, and I don’t say that as a Sharks fan, but rather as a purveyor of all things hockey. Yes, the Sharks are my favorite NHL team, but if watching three periods-plus live of the two of them on the same line ...

Did Japan show F1 is competitive or boring?

Things were on fire on the Formula 1 (F1) racetrack in Suzuka, Japan, over the weekend! Unfortunately, that’s a literal statement as it was errant sparks from the cars speeding by, planks scraping against the pavement, that set grass along the track ablaze. After the race, one had to look ...