Mekies: Ferrari’s Leclerc and Sainz “as good as it gets” as team-mates

Sainz linked up with Ferrari for the start of the 2021 season, joining from McLaren as a replacement for four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel.
Sainz and Leclerc quickly formed an impressive partnership both on-track and off-track as they helped Ferrari finish third in the constructors’ championship, bouncing back from its worst result in 40 years in 2020 when it finished …Keep reading

Mazepin gives himself 4 out of 5 for sticking through first F1 season

The Russian made his debut with the Haas team after having finished the 2020 Formula 2 season in fifth position, with a 14th-place finish in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix his best result of the year in F1.
With the Haas proving the slowest car of the F1 field all season long, Mazepin struggled at the back of the grid, most of the time fighting solely against teammate Mick Schumacher.
Mazepin …Keep reading

Perez: Verstappen has made me raise my level in F1

Having switched from his longtime home at Racing Point, Perez struggled for much of the 2021 season to get fully up to speed with the RB16B.
A win in Baku in June was a major boost, and he logged four third places on his way to securing fourth in the points table.
However, new world champion Verstappen outscored him by 395.5 points to 190.
In the Abu Dhabi finale Perez was able to play a …Keep reading

‘We got quite crazy with it’: Inside Formula 1’s driver chess club

But it is not the only sport or pastime to enjoy such a surge. In October 2020, The Queen’s Gambit became a hit on Netflix, based on the 1983 novel about a female chess prodigy, played by Anya Taylor-Joy, who rises to become the greatest player in the world.
It resulted in a massive swell in interest for chess. Retailers reported sales for chessboards were up as much as 1,000%, according to …Keep reading