Bonjour MiniE Fans! The idyllic and visually stunning Monte Carlo plays host to Formula E this weekend. The big question on everybody’s mind heading into the event was whether or not the sport would see its 9th race winner of the season. It’s hard to believe that is possible, but this was also true after six races too. Oliver Rowland
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Hola MiniFans! The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya hosts the 5th round of the 2019 FIA F1 World Championship this weekend with Mercedes looking to continue their 100% race win record this season. Did you know that the circuit is in the municipality of Montmeló, a tiny region which only has a recorded population of under 9,000 people! In Q1, the two
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Bonjour MiniEFans! The Circuit des Invalides hosts its 4th Formula E race this weekend, and the 8th race of the 2019 FIA ABB Formula E season. Jean-Eric Vergne, Lucas di Grassi and Sebastien Buemi are the previous winners of this event, but can they do it again? In qualifying, Pascal Wehrlein became the first driver to take more than one
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Nǐ hǎo MiniFans! The Shanghai International Circuit gets the honour of hosting the 1000th F1 World Championship Grand Prix. Construction on this circuit started in early 2013, and the full layout was custom-built for Formula One. However, did you know that the track layout was intentionally shaped like the Chinese character Shang (上) which is the first character of Shanghai,
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Ciao MinE Fans! Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR hosts the 7th round of the 2018-19 ABB FIA Formula E championship. This is a returning circuit from last season, and it’s widely regarded to be one of the best on the calendar. Series commentator and 4x IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti certainly thinks so anyway, according to his pre-race build-up. Andre Lotterer took pole
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Nǐ hǎo MiniFans! The Shanghai International Circuit hosts round three of the 2019 season. This track also has the honour of hosting the 1000th ever World Championship Grand Prix; an incredible milestone. Qualifying one was a drab affair with Alexander Albon not able to take part due to crash damage suffered in third practice, whereas Antonio Giovinazzi was unable to
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Marhabaan MiniFans! High winds, a high level of predicted tyre degradation and three DRS zones at the Sakhir International Circuit really created a sense of anticipation and expectation that we would see a good race today. Those feelings were certainly not let down! The super-talented Charles Leclerc lined up on pole position ahead of team mate Sebastian Vettel. The two
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Marhabaan MiniFans! The Sakhir International Circuit hosts round two of the 2019 FIA F1 World Championship this weekend. Did you know that Sakhir also plays home to the Al Areen Wildlife Park; the only nature reserve and zoo in Bahrain. There are a lot of rumours going around in the paddock about why Ferrari were 0.704 seconds off the pace
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Round six of the 2019 ABB FIA Formula E championship takes place on the Haitang Bay Circuit in the brand new location of Sanya, Southern China. The city – which hosted “Miss World” in 2017 & 2018 – is described as the “Chinese Florida” due to it’s coastal location and tropical climate. As is becoming the norm in Formula E,
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G’day MiniFans! F1 is back! The unique challenge of the Albert Park Street Circuit in Melbourne plays host to the opening round of the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship. There was a real sense of anticipation in the air as Q1 got underway, with so many questions to be answered. Does Ferrari or Mercedes have the quickest car? How
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