Ciao MiniFans! The Formula One circus is attempting to find some normality today after the devastating events of last week. It’s the Autodromo Nationalize Monza that plays host to round 14 of the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship. The low grip circuit is one that requires maximum power and minimal drag; aerodynamic efficiency is rewarded here. A one-stop race
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Bonjour MiniFans. Spa-Francorchamps plays host to round 13 of the 2019 FIA F1 World Championship this weekend. Usually, one of the most highly-anticipated races of the season. However, there’s a real sombre mood in the paddock this weekend following events in the F2 race yesterday. Personally, I have never felt so disconnected and uninterested in an F1 race; I was
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Szia MiniFans! The Formula One circus is in Mogyorod, Hungary this weekend for round 12 of the 2019 FIA F1 World Championship at the Hungaroring. Did you know that the Hungaroring was the fastest circuit ever built? The construction from start to finish took a total of just eight months. An exciting qualifying session yesterday saw Max Verstappen take pole
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Hallo MiniFans! The Hockenheimring hosts the 11th race of the 2019 FIA F1 World Championship – possibly for the last time. Did you know that approval for the construction plans for this race circuit (which was originally called Dreieckskurs) was given in 1931 – on Christmas Day! After a strange qualifying session yesterday, Lewis Hamilton ended up taking a
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The Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg circuit (to give it its full title) hosts the Formula One action this weekend; as the latter half of the season begins. Ferrari were quickest in all three practice sessions, and appeared to have a surprise advantage over Mercedes this weekend. Would that be how it played out in qualifying though? The fine practice form Ferrari showed
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Hello MiniE Fans, It’s time for the very final round of the 2018-19 FIA ABB Formula E Championship from Brooklyn, New York. Did you know that New York is twinned with a number of cities; many of whom have hosted an ePrix themselves such as Beijing, Berlin, Hong Kong, Rome and Santiago. Four drivers headed into the day with a
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Hello MinE Fans! New York hosts the final rounds of the 2018-19 FIA ABB Formula E championship on the Brooklyn Street Circuit, overlooking the Manhattan skyline. New York is often referred to as “the big apple”, but do you know why? Apparently the term came from horse racing, specifically a publication from the 1920’s which coined the term to describe
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Servus MiniFans! The idyllic Red Bull Ring hosts round nine of the 2019 FIA F1 World Championship this weekend, from the heart of the Styrian mountains. The circuit is located in the tiny city of Spielberg bei Knittelfeld – a place that only has a population of 5,000! I’m sure that’s increased massively this weekend – especially with the number
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Hallo MiniE Fans! The federal city of Switzerland hosts the curiously named “Swiss ePrix” (rather than being called the Bern ePrix) this weekend. Did you know that Bern is the city where Albert Einstein lived when he concluded his theory of relativity? This is the 11th round of the season with only two more afterwards, both in New York. Despite
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Bonjour MiniFans, The F1 circus has made its way to Canada for the 7th round of the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship. Circuit Gilles Villeneuve hosts the event, but did you know that the circuit was originally called Île Notre-Dame Circuit. The track was renamed in 1982 as a tribute to the former-Canadian driver. Heading into the event, Lewis
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