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Thomas Quintard
01/01/2018
What new supercars are you waiting for this year?
Matthew N-B
05/09/2018
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Kimi Raikkonen. Will he stay or will he go? At 38 years old the Iceman has had a pretty successful Formula 1 career winning the title in 2007, racking up 100 podiums across 20 years with 20 wins and setting the fastest ever F1 lap (averaging 163.9mph) last weekend in qualifying for the Monza Grand Prix but with little officially released about his future post 2018 will Raikkonen be in F1 next year? To still be in the frame for the ilelustraus Ferrari seat is a remarkable feat when we consider his age as well as the vast amount of talent that has come and threatened his position in recent years but he has remained strong, fighting, especially evident this season. However with Charles LeClerc in the not to distant background excelling in his maiden season is Kimi’s time up? When we analyse the lack of team orders by Ferrari ,something which they where not afraid of in the past, “Fernando is faster than you” immediately comes to mind, it has been quite shocking to see Ferrari not even suggest to Kimi to help Vettel in his quest to gain a fifth world title ,something Bottas seems happy to do for Hamilton, which has cost Vettel wins in Italy and Germany. Although I might be deemed as reading between the lines, surely if Kimi was under contract for next season he be more inclined to help Vettel and Ferrari like the previous year knowing he would have another shot at the title the following year but that doesn’t seem to be the case. He’s fighting to win every race and maybe believes he deserves the respect in his final season to not be second fiddle to Vettel. Let’s not forget Kimi is a World Champion too. The other conundrum is Charles LeClerc the Scuderia protégé. After winning F2 last year in style he has converted his form into the lowly Sauber picking up 13 points already this season. At 20 the monegasques growth has been outstanding which has consequently been the trigger for why he is believed to be the right fit for the Ferrari seat next year, ousting Räikkönen. The speculation has only heightened since the summer break ended when it became apparent that LeClerc had taken the SF71H round Monza 2 months prior as part of a Ferrari marketing day in which he completed the full allocation of 100km (set by the FIA). Everything considered I can’t see anything but LeClerc in the Scarlett Ferrari next season which will be a shame for F1 to lose the last of the V8 generation but a step towards diluting the new exciting generation of drivers into the sports most glamorous and competitive seats.

Matthew N-B
07/09/2018
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Explained: Why is F1 changing the front wings for 2019? Although 2018 has been thus far the closest most enthralling title battle, both in the constructors and drivers championship, in the new hybrid era with the renaissance of Ferrari there remains one outstanding issue with the current cars. They can’t follow each other closely and overtake unless the two cars have a significant pace difference or on straights when a driver cannot really defend leading to many ‘boring’ races. This has been evident in tracks such as Monaco (yes, Monaco has always been like this but still the Red Bull of Max Verstappen struggled to make his way through the pack in a car which got pole) where there was 4 on-track overtakes and Canada where there was only a few on-track overtakes (a track notorious for its overtaking abilities). However on tracks such as Monza, Baku and China where the toe allows drivers to attack from further back where turbulence is not as strong or effective we have seen great races with lots of on track overtakes. It’s clear to see then that the aerodynamic sensitivities of the Formula 1 cars is reducing the number of enthralling races All racing cars produce a wake of turbulence (dirty air) due to the air that passes over aerodynamic sections of the cars. This wake can helps cars slipstream one another, punching a hole in the air, but it also hampers the air quality passing over the following car reducing the efficiency of the cooling systems and aerodynamics henceforth a reduction in downforce . In F1 cars the amount of turbulence produced is quite significant. Consequently overtakes have to occur relatively fast otherwise the following car will lose tyre and brake temperatures and a will gain a substantial amount of downforce which reduces the cars speed. The new front wings however are far more simplistic than the current crop being wider (1800mm to 2000mm) increasing downforce potential but most crucially this will limit the outwash effect which is used by teams to deliberately reduce a cars overtaking potential. This will produce less turbulence theoretically increasing overtaking potential, decreasing the rate of which a following cars speed is affected, and decreasing the rate of brake and tyre temperatures decrease. All great news, right? As promising this may seem let’s not get too carried away. In the past when cars have ‘standardised parts’ teams have always found a way to manipulate the functionality of it to suit their packaging, what’s to say that a team won’t utilises this loophole? After all this is racing and teams will do everything possible to win even if that means making races ‘boring’.

Thomas Quintard
24/12/2018
Merry Christmas everyone, 🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅😊
Thomas Quintard
01/01/2019
Happy new year 🤗🤗🤗🤗
Thomas Quintard
31/03/2019
500k views Thank you 😌😌😌😌😌😌🤗🤗🤗🤗
Thomas Quintard
27/04/2019
4K bumps, big thanks everyone 😌😌😌😌😌
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