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Gene Haas is taking over Formula 1
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If you didn’t see the photo this morning, Gene Haas appears to be Photoshopped into the 2021 Haas F1 team photo. Elizabeth Blackstock over at Jalopnik documented the bizarre scenario well. If you look closely, there’s a problem with American owner Gene Haas. No, not the many, many millions he’s pumped into a perennially losing…
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Watch Valtteri Bottas’ Monaco GP end in a confetti of metal
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The Monaco Grand Prix was this past Sunday. I watched it from an airplane seat during a morning flight between Boston and Denver. Being tired from such an early flight, the race provided a great chance for me to catch up on some sleep. Thankfully, I was awake for the flash of drama that was…
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Start your Friday with Senna’s lap of Donington Park from 1993
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I am sure the embedded video below will require you to click through and watch it on the F1 YouTube channel. They don’t really get how the Internet works, but that’s okay because the video IS up on their channel. This video is worth a watch every time I come across it, as it is…
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McLaren’s F1 team releases one hilarious and one heartfelt video in final goodbye to Carlos Sainz
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Despite an abbreviated, COVID-impacted season, Formula 1 fans enjoyed a fantastic year of racing. The competition was fierce, the crashed epic. Mercedes dominated as usual and Lewis Hamilton took the crown by a country mile. A pleasant surprise was that McLaren, once the sport’s best team, battled hard and snagged third place in the Constructors…
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Romain Grosjean talks about the horror of his fiery F1 crash
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F1 driver Romain Grosjean had a terrible crash during the opening of the Bahrain Grand Prix. The driver lost control of his car when it was swiped as another driver came across. He was sent into a barrier and his car split in two and burst into flames. The driver safety cell was wedged under…
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McLaren once copied a diffuser design using a picture of an upside-down competitor
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Formula 1 teams will do pretty much anything to get an idea of what the other guys are doing. Sometimes they’ll ask drivers to sniff around competitors the cars on the grid. Other times they send engineers to each other’s garages with cameras. This outright espionage sometimes has humorous results. Race mechanics occasionally stand in…
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Lewis Hamilton wins his sixth F1 driver’s crown
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He’s now won three more than his hero Ayrton Senna. And he needs just one more to tie Michael Schumacher. Lewis Hamilton has earned his sixth Formula 1 driver’s title. The 34-year old Brit takes the top spot with just two races remaining on the F1 calendar. Though teammate Valtteri Bottas won outright in Austin,…
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Backseat Racers – An F1 Podcast: 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix
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A few friends of Hooniverse have decided to try their hand at podcasting. The subject? Formula 1. This is Backseat Racers hosted by Joe Q Carioti and Candice Canada. It’s a short recap show that talks about the race right after the hosts view it. This week, Joe and Candice discuss the 2019 Bahrain F1 Grand Prix.…
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Robert Kubica is returning to Formula 1
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Don’t for a minute think that Formula 1 drivers are picked on their skills and merit. If it was only that easy. Nope. This is why there have always been some truly horrible, accident-prone drivers, likely never making it past Q1 qualifying. And that is also why there have always been great drivers not driving.…
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Formula One makes a dream come true for a blind super fan
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For all the gruff we may give the current Formula One cars, drivers, teams, and ownership, the series still has truly passionate fans based all over the globe. The reach of this sport touches far and wide. In fact, you don’t even need to be able to see the action to be one of its…
