The latest thoughts and opinion from The NR F1 Podcast crew
By Callum Springall Rarely has there been a device garnering so much abuse and so many threats of turned backs on a lifelong following of Formula 1. And who would have thought it would effectively be a carbon fibre tube suspended by a pillar that would manage it? That may make the halo sound a […]
By Callum Springall In a race of fine margins, it was Lewis Hamilton who continued a number of trends while making some history on Saturday, and taking maximum points in consummate style on Sunday at F1’s 2017 Belgian Grand Prix around Spa-Francorchamps. From a strategy point of view, the most recent duel between Sebastian Vettel […]
By Callum Springall In recent years there has been a significant change in prevalent schools of thought around environmentally-friendly energy use, with electric power taking centre stage over the course of the last 20 years or so. However, battery power opens up as many points of contention as it solves, such as its range, cost […]
By Callum Springall Ferrari took a win against the recent run of results in Mercedes’ favour at the 2017 Hungarian Grand Prix which, despite coming on a track that suits the SF-70H’s characteristics, hints at the possibility of further success after the summer break. In spite of the Italian team’s woes during Friday practice, Ferrari […]
By Richard Baxter From being relatively unheard of, Billy Monger has become a household name over the last few weeks. Unfortunately this wasn’t down to his race craft – but the horrendous crash he was involved in at Donnington in the British Formula 4 race series. To have both legs amputated at the age of […]
By Tom from DATS Life Podcast Lewis Hamilton has made no secret of the effect his idol Ayrton Senna has had on his career. The Brazilian won three Formula 1 world titles before his life was tragically ended in 1994, but his legacy had already been written. The ultimate racer became the ultimate inspiration. Now, […]
By Callum Springall Before anyone accuses me of bias – which I admittedly made no effort to hide in e182 of the NR F1 podcast – the following couple of paragraphs ought to come with a caveat: Lewis Hamilton drove the perfect race at Silverstone, which is certainly more than can be said for others […]
By Callum Springall Since 2013, McLaren have been on what is euphemistically described as a slump – in the same way that Blackburn Rovers have experienced a ‘slump’ in recent football years. It all started with some ill-advised design changes between 2012 and 2013, before a disastrous engine switch to Honda appeared to reunite the […]
By Callum Springall Mercedes‘ Valterri Bottas took a controlled win of fine margins in Spielberg – but with a 35-point deficit to the Formula 1 championship Sebastian Vettel, does this mean that he’s truly in the hunt to become world champion? Well, not really; 43 points out of the last 50 does indicate the new […]
By Callum Springall A few years ago, it was races like the Azerbaijan Grand Prix that made me feel sorry for those that had to write about them afterwards. So, bear with me! Straight off the bat, we’ll start with Red Bull – and I didn’t think I’d be saying that this season! It was […]
