Marhabaan MiniE fans! The temporary street track Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan hosted the second round of the 2018/19 FIA ABB Formula E championship; the only race of the season in Africa. British driver Sam Bird would start on pole position ahead of reigning champion Jean-Eric Vergne. A three place grid penalty for a technical infringement during qualifying would
Read moreMarhabaan MinEFans! The Riyadh Street Circuit in Saudi Arabia plays host to the Ad Diriyah ePrix; the opening round of season five of the ABB FIA Formula E championship. Heavy rain through practice and a chaotic qualifying made for an extremely disjointed weekend. A host of grid penalties also added to the confusion and tension. Antonio Felix da Costa started
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Marhabaan MiniFans! It’s a big welcome for Saudi Arabia to the Formula E family as they play host to the opening round of season five. New cars, new rules and a host of new drivers meant that everyone was extremely excited to get the season underway. However, that had to wait as heavy rain fell for several hours on
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Marhabaan MiniFans! The final race of the 2018 FIA F1 World Championship takes place in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Both championships were already decided heading into the weekend, but there are positions left to play for in both championships lower down the field. It’s also worth mentioning that several drivers are exiting F1 after this race; Fernando Alonso and
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Marhabaan MiniFans! Tomorrow sees the final race of the 2018 FIA F1 World Championship take place, with qualifying taking place today of course. It’s the last opportunity for drivers to impress in neutralised conditions, without the craziness that can happen during a race. A busy first qualifying session saw the following drivers eliminated: Brendon Hartley (16th), Pierre Gasly (17th) –
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Olá MiniFans! The penultimate round of the 2018 FIA F1 World Championship takes place on the historic, and superb, Autódromo José Carlos Pace circuit – better known as Interlagos. With the drivers’ championship done and dusted, the attention now switches to the constructors title. Mercedes go into the race 55 points clear of Ferrari, and the German team could wrap
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Hola MiniFans! This weekend is round 19 of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship with the title battle mathematically on, but Sebastian Vettel effectively needs a miracle – or at least a retirement for Lewis Hamilton. A combination of high altitude, high tyre degradation and low grip caused some very unusual results through practice. Red Bull look dominant, with
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Hello MiniFans! It’s time for round 18 of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Champion, and we may well see Lewis Hamilton win his 4th title, in five seasons, this weekend at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Perhaps surprisingly, Q1 did not see a huge rush of cars onto the circuit, despite the threat of rain – not
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Kon’nichiwa MiniFans! The Honda-owned Suzuka International Racing Course hosts round 17 of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship. We’re really at the business end of the season now, and Sebastian Vettel desperately needs to beat Lewis Hamilton here. The German driver is rapidly running out of opportunities to close the 50-point gap that exists in the championship. Pre-event, a
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Zdravstvuyte MiniFans! The Sochi Autodrom hosts round 16 of the 2018 FIA F1 World Championship, and the fifth ever Russian GP during the modern era. Will Lewis Hamilton be able to extend his championship gap over Sebastian Vettel, or will the German close the distance between them? Qualifying session one was largely uneventful until the very end of the time
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