2016 World Driver’s Championship

ThomasJPitts 29th December 2016

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364: Why haven’t I written about the end of the Formula One season?

Simply because I’ve been distracted by other projects… bits and bobs. And also because the shock retirement of Nico Rosberg soon after clinching his title came as a huge surprise. It threw the driver’s market into disarray. There still hasn’t been an announcement about Lewis Hamilton’s teammate for next year, but the strong rumours surrounding […]

ThomasJPitts 27th November 2016

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332: Who became the 2016 Formula One World Champion?

The odds were always in his favour, but Nico Rosberg eventually became World Champion this afternoon. He becomes the 33rd person to achieve that feat. 21 of them are still alive. He is also the third German driver to do this after Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel. Lewis Hamilton became the first driver to win […]

ThomasJPitts 26th November 2016

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331: How can the F1 title be won tomorrow?

Nico Rosberg goes into tomorrow’s final Formula One race in Abu Dhabi 12 points ahead of Lewis Hamilton. If Hamilton wins at the Yas Marina Circuit, Rosberg must finish third or better. If Hamilton crosses the line in second place, Rosberg needs to be sixth or better. If the German finishes seventh, they would be […]

ThomasJPitts 23rd November 2016

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328: What happened in the 2016 Mexico and Brazilian Grands Prix?

I have gotten a little behind in my write-ups of the Formula One season, so I’m doing them both in one post – particularly as this weekend sees the title-deciding season finale in Abu Dhabi. Mexico first. Lewis Hamilton won the race which was thrilling for around ten laps – 5 at the start and 5 […]

ThomasJPitts 13th November 2016

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318: How can Nico Rosberg win the title today?

I haven’t written about the Mexico Grand Prix yet – to be fair there isn’t a huge amount to write about. There was interest at the start, and interest at the end but the middle section was pretty dull. However, the title races currently looks like this, with Mercedes dominating the Constructor’s Championship for another […]

ThomasJPitts 28th October 2016

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302: What happened in the 2016 US Grand Prix?

Lewis Hamilton continued to keep his title hopes alive with his 50th career victory in Texas last weekend, becoming just the third driver to do so: Alain Prost (51) and Michael Schumacher (91) are ahead of him. However, if Nico Rosberg wins on Sunday and Hamilton fails to finish inside the top nine, Rosberg will […]

ThomasJPitts 17th October 2016

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292: What happened in the 2016 Japanese Grand Prix?

Nico Rosberg strengthened his position at the top of the Driver’s Championship with another dominant victory at Suzuka, his lead is now 33 points with four races left – he can secure the title without winning another race this season if needed. Mercedes sealed their third consecutive Constructors’ Championship at the race with Lewis Hamilton’s […]

ThomasJPitts 2nd October 2016

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277: What happened in the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix?

I normally like to mull a race over before writing about it, thinking about its impact on the championships and hunting out various stats. However, I didn’t want to fall into the trap of not writing about it with the Japanese Grand Prix only a week away and with a busy weekend ahead then. This […]

ThomasJPitts 1st October 2016

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276: What happened in the 2016 Singapore Grand Prix?

It occurred to me this morning, while watching the qualifying session for this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix, that I hadn’t written about the last race, two weeks ago, in Singapore. My initial reaction was that, like a few other races this year, not too much happened. Yes, there was a start line accident, caused by […]

ThomasJPitts 4th September 2016

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249: What happened in the 2016 Italian Grand Prix?

The 2016 edition of the Italian Grand Prix was one dominated from start to finish by Nico Rosberg. His pole-sitting team-mate, Lewis Hamilton threw his opportunity for victory away at the start by making a poor start – however, he still finished second. Rosberg was unthreatened throughout the race and finished 15 seconds ahead of […]