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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Hello MiniE Fans, Round five of the 2019 ABB FIA Formula E Championship takes place in the beautifully vibrant city of Hong Kong. That vibrancy has been lacking this weekend though with heavy rain falling intermittently, making the track a huge challenge for the drivers. In qualifying, Stoffel Vandoorne took a surprise pole position, bagging his first points of the
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Hola MinEFans! The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez – a modified version of the F1 circuit – plays host to round four of the 2019 FIA ABB Formula E Championship. Sam Bird (43 pts) and Jerome d’Ambrosio (41 pts) come into the race with a commanding lead in the drivers’ championship, but the pair of them had a dismal qualifying session. d’Ambrosio
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Hola MiniFans! Parque O’Higgins Circuit played host to it’s first ever ABB Formula E race for the Santiago ePrix in Chile. This is also the only South American race of the season. Lucas di Grassi was the quickest man in qualifying but got excluded from the session due to “an infraction of the slow inlap procedure” which gifted Sebastien Buemi
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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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