WEC guide
Does endurance racing seem overwhelming? Don’t worry, there’s an easy way to watch…
F1 75
F1 has reached that important and often-celebrated milestone of 75 years old and just as 50 years is celebrated with gold and 70 with platinum, 75 is commonly marked by a two-hour long extravaganza promising that “fans will be on the edge of their seats”. There’s a lot of things in the racing world that typically keep people on the edge of their seats, such as overtaking, high-speed corners and bitchy radio messages, but F1 decided to opt for people looking awkward, lights, more lights, bad sound quality, and a little car-carrying platform that slid about the stage going up and down and doing the occasional rotation. Ooooooo, I’m on the edge of my seat…
F2 Qatar 2024
If you can’t remember anything or anyone from F2 2024 because it’s been soooooo long since the last race, then not to worry because everyone has swapped about anyway. Just think of it as a new mini championship where some of the drivers get to start with 160+ points. Those drivers being Gabriel Bortoleto, who has already signed for Sauber in F1 next year, and Isack Hadjar, who is in a classic Red Bull driver scramble where whether you get an F1 seat or not is entirely dependent on the mood of the day, so you decide who is more desperate to win the title…
F1 Qatar 2024
Qatar
Max is supposed to start first.
Max doesn’t start first.
It doesn’t matter. First corner, Max is first.
Fernando hates his car.
Lewis hates his car.
Williams hate F1.
Wing mirror on track!
Wing mirror still on track!
Punctures! Penalties! Chaos!
Zhou points!
Max finishes first.
F1 Brazil 2024
Brazil
Just go and watch this race, it was so good…
F1 Mexico 2024
Mexico
Drama drama drama Max!
Drama Yuki! Drama Alex!
Drama drama Carlos!
Drama drama drama Max drama Lando drama Max drama Lando drama Max!!
Drama drama drama drama.
Drama drama Charles!
Drama drama.
Carlos wins (relatively) no drama.
F1 United States 2024
United States
I didn’t get around to writing anything for this one, but a picture tells a thousand words, so I hear…
F1 Singapore 2024
Singapore
The night race.
Everyone sleeps.
Not a Safety Car to wake us.
Lando wins by being fast, but not faster than Danny Ric on the last lap.
His last lap?
Sleep again for four weeks.
Don’t swear.
F1 Azerbaijan 2024
Azerbaijan
All eyes were on the championship fight,
Will Lando catch Max? He might!
But Charles and Oscar stole the show,
Charles was super fast, not slow,
Until Oscar lunged for the win,
While Carlos and Checo threw it in the bin,
And George said, “Thank you very much, that’s another random podium for me!”
F2 Italy 2024
The F2 drama rollercoaster was rolling even before the weekend begun, with Franco Colapinto the latest driver to be plucked out of F2 by the big F1 hand of the racing gods. Colapinto was to replace Logan Sargeant who displeased the big F1 hands of the racing gods (I guess this is how I have to refer to James Vowles from now on?) and was therefore out. Poor Logan. Probably feeling equally miserable was Colapinto’s fellow Williams Driver Academy member Zak O’Sullivan who remains firmly not an F1 driver. Meanwhile, the whole of Argentina rejoiced…