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2022 season so far

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  Hi, I'm talking about the current season so far. 11 out of the 22 races has been done so I am doing a review of the season. Drivers' Championship: 1. Max Verstappen Verstappen has 6 wins, 8 podiums, 3 pole positions and 208 points. He retired in the first (Bahrain) and third (Australia) race of the season but he won at Saudi Arabia. After Australia, he won 5 of 7 races. 2. Charles Leclerc Leclerc has 3 wins, 5 podiums, 6 pole positions and 170 points. He is great this season. He was unlucky at Monaco, Spain and Azerbaijan.   3. Sergio Perez Perez has 1 win, 6 podiums, 1 pole position and 151 points. He got his first pole position at Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. 4. Carlos Sainz Jr Sainz has 1 win, 6 podiums, 1 pole position and 133 points. Sainz got his first pole position and first win at the 2022 British Grand Prix. 5. George Russell Russell has 3 podiums and 128 points. he is having a great season, finishing in the top 5 for 9 races in a row until his retirement on the first ...

Get to know F1 Teams: Jordan Grand Prix

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  Hi, this week I'm introducing Jordan Grand Prix. Jordan Grand Prix raced in F1 from 1991 to 2005. Jordan Grand prix was based in Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England, UK. Founder- Eddie Jordan Noted Staff-  Gary Anderson, Adrian Burgess, Mike Gascoyne, John Iley, Sam Michael, Rob Smedley and Mark Gallagher. Noted Drivers-  Rubens Barrichello, Eddie Irvine, Damon Hill, Martin Brundle, Nick Heidfeld, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Michael Schumacher, Jean Alesi, Ralf Schumacher, Jarno Trulli, Andrea de Cesaris, Giancarlo Fisichella, Tiago Monteiro, Narain Karthikeyan and Ralph Firman. History Eddie Jordan had a brief stint as a race driver in the late 1970s before founding Eddie Jordan Racing in the early 1980s. The team first came to prominence in the 1983 British Formula Three championship with a duel between one-time Jordan test driver Ayrton Senna and Jordan-Ralt driver Martin Brundle. Brundle was edged out by the Brazilian at the last round of the championship. The team gr...

Get to know F1 Teams: Team Lotus

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  Hi, this week I'm introducing Team Lotus. Team Lotus has 7 Constructors' Championships. Team Lotus was based in Hethel, Norfolk, England, UK. Founder- Colin Chapman Noted Staff- Maurice Philippe, Peter Collins, Peter Wright, Peter Warr, Mike Costin, Keith Duckworth, Gerard Ducarouge, Frank Dernie, Chris Murphy and Andrew Ferguson. Noted Drivers- Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt, Emerson Fittipaldi, Mario Andretti, Ronnie Peterson, Carlos Reutemann, Nigel Mansell, Elio de Angelis, Ayrton Senna, Johnny Dumfries, Satoru Nakajima, Nelson Piquet, Mika Hakkinen, Johnny Herbert, Alessandro Zanardi and Jacky Ickx. History: Colin Chapman established Lotus Engineering Ltd in 1952 at Hornsey, UK. Lotus achieved rapid success with the 1953 Mk 6 and the 1954 Mk 8 sports cars. Team Lotus was split off from Lotus Engineering in 1954. A new Formula Two regulation was announced for 1957, and in Britain, several organizers ran races for the new regulations during the course ...