Hello MiniFans! Round 15 of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship took place at the visually spectacular Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore. Lewis Hamilton led away from pole, but the real action was behind. Esteban Ocon found himself with an opportunistic chance to pass Romain Grosjean. Ocon went around the outside and ended up alongside his team mate.
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Hello MiniFans! The darkness of Singapore provided the atmosphere for what would turn out to be an intense qualifying session. Qualifying session one was worrying for Lewis Hamilton fans. The British driver didn’t set a lap on the hyper soft tyres – instead opting for the ultra softs. He only just squeezed through into Q2 after ending up 14th in
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Round 14 of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship takes place in the idyllic little city of Monza, Italy. Sebastian Vettel comes here hunting down championship leader Lewis Hamilton after cutting the championship points gap down to 17 points last time out in Belgium. Qualifying one ran with two major shocks; Sergio Perez knocked out in 16th place due
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Bonjour MiniFans! Round 13 of the 2018 FIA F1 World Championship took place at the stunningly beautiful Spa-Francorchamps circuit; one of the most legendary circuits on the modern calendar. Lewis Hamilton lined up on pole position alongside title protagonist, Sebastian Vettel. On row two were the highly impressive Racing Point Force India team on their debut in F1 (sort of).
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Hello MinE Fans! The final round of the 2018 ABB Formula E championship took place in New York under dry conditions, despite a threat of rain in the air. This was the final ever round for the generation one Formula E car which is a little sad really. It has to be some type of record that in four seasons
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Hello MinE Fans! Naturally the entire of France will have tuned into this session today to support their new champion. It’s not as if there’s any other major sporting event involving France going on right now. Despite the wet track, and constantly evolving grip levels, we saw a surprising lack of incidents in the session. Felix Rosenqvist and then Qing
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Hello MinE Fans! As round 11 of the 2018 ABB Formula E championship got underway in Brooklyn, New York, the question on everybody’s lips was would Jean-Eric Vergne do enough to take the title today? The Frenchman started down in 18th place, whereas title rival Sam Bird lined up 14th. The first half of the race was extremely eventful with
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Hello MinE Fans! Today sees round 11 of the ABB Formula E hosted in the town of Red Hook at the Brooklyn Street Circuit in New York. Qualifying would be crucial today with championship protagonists Jean-Eric Vergne and Sam Bird desperate to qualify near the front and avoid the inevitable carnage lower down the order on the opening lap of
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Hello MiniFans! A lot of people in Britain have been using the term “it’s coming home” over the last week or so, and that’s certainly true for Formula One .. coming home back to where it all began in 1950. This time, it was the 2018 edition of British Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton lined up on pole position at his
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Unusually, an air temperature of over 25°C greeted the teams as they began qualifying for the 10th round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship at Silverstone, Britain. Qualifying session one piled on the misery for Williams at their home race. Not only did both drivers exit the session, perhaps as expected, but both drivers had significant off track
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