No one covered the Miami Grand Prix in Miami like Hitting the Apex on 5 Reasons Sports. Here is the week’s content. Thursday Friendship and Formula 1 at the Miami Grand Prix | Hitting the Apex The Calm Before the Storm | Hitting the Apex Friday Miami’s Mecca of Sport | Hitting the Apex Meet […]
Covering a Formula 1 weekend has a cadence to it. The week starts properly on Thursday, where you can get access to the Media Center. From there, everything gets increasingly serious. Thursday The only set thing on the schedule was a workshop followed by a track tour. The workshop was critical for someone such as […]
Finally, after all the build-up, the race. It’s kind of weird to have a sporting event after all the side shows surrounding it. But the race is the reason we’re here. The last act in a play. The Media Centre gets very empty about an hour before the race, as those with grid access can […]
Formula 1 is widely considered the highest form of Motorsport. This is due to the extreme engineering, the financial outlay, and the caliber of drives. But how often do you think about the tires? And yes, I’m aware in Formula 1, they tend to adopt the British spelling of “tyres,” but I’m proudly American, so […]
A Formula 1 paddock is a fascinating place. An imperfect an analogy is it closely resembles a mullet: Business in the front, party in the back. The paddock sits behind the garage, where cars are serviced. In the front, the garage opens up the pit lane, where serious business happens. But in the paddock area […]
A common driver cliche is that “they don’t award points on Saturday.” Qualifying is great, putting yourself in a position to win the the race on Sunday. But without converting that position into a strong race finish, the ultimate goal of maximizing points during the weekend is not achieved. (As an aside, with the new […]
There is a cliche in all motorsports, that in particular applies to Formula 1. To finish first, you first must finish. The new track at the Miami Grand Prix was described as “challenging” by several drivers. Through 3 practice sessions, that has proven to be the case with each session disrupted by red flags, crashes, […]
McLaren was founded in the 1960s and eponymously named for founder Bruce McLaren, a New Zealander. But it is an unmistakably a British racing team, with its home in Woking in England. While Bruce McLaren is the foundational figure in McLaren’s early development (he passed away in an accident at the age of 32), the […]
A Formula 1 race week has a rhythm to it The week starts off light-hearted. Drivers do publicity. Behind the scenes, the support team is doing the work, building the garages out, setting everything up for the race. Thursday is the last day before drivers take the track for the first 2 of 3 practice […]
Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel are generational rivals. Long before this latest generation of Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris, and George Russell became the “unstoppable” young drivers, there was Lewis and Seb. Hamilton, having nearly won the World Drivers Championship as a rookie and completing the job in his second year being eclipsed a […]
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