F1 2021 Season 2 Round 9 – Austria

After taking a fifth win of the season last time out, it was time to return to Austria, where last season I’d had a fairly mundane race. The circuit, once known as the Österreichring and later the A-1 Ring, is now called the Red Bull Ring, and it is the spiritual home of Red Bull […]

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F1 2021 Season 2 Round 8 – France

Viva la France! The Paul Ricard circuit is a blisteringly quick track that returned to Formula 1 in 2018 after a lengthy hiatus, having last hosted an F1 Grand Prix in 1990 (it hosted other events including F1 testing, in the interim). Speed is the key ingredient here, but the circuit is generous with run-off […]

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F1 2021 Season 2 Round 7 – Canada

The famous Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is the next venue of the season, and as with Azerbaijan I’d won here last season. 70 laps around the track (built on a man-made island) awaited around this fast and challenging track, which features a number of pressure points. Real Canadian Grands Prix have seen many drivers – including […]

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F1 2021 Season 2 Round 6 – Azerbaijan

You’re wondering ‘where is round 5?’ Well, round 5 was Monaco, and though I tried harder with that challenging track, I just could not get to grips with it. I simulated the race (unlike last time), having started 22nd, and finished 13th, but a failure to score points naturally did not help my tentative title […]

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F1 2021 Season 2 Round 4 – Spain

The return to Spain and the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya brings me back to a venue that saw me finish seventh last time here. Would I make progress or would I go backwards? I was trying to develop my car as it was becoming clear I had issues with the rear sliding around. This had been […]

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F1 2021 Season 2 Round 3 – Emilia Romagna

Following on from damage limitation in China comes the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, hosted at the infamous Imola. Last time around this venue I had a difficult race and a few errors cost me dearly. I had wound up ninth, so there was plenty of room for improvement. Whether or not I would see any […]

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F1 2021 Season 2 Round 2: China

Time for a new track (F1 2021 has the feature to switch tracks out and slightly tweak the order). The Chinese Grand Prix, held at the Shanghai International Circuit, has hosted F1 action since 2004, though the 2020 and 2021 races were absent due to the covid-19 pandemic. It exists in the game because… well […]

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F1 2021 Season 2 Round 1 – Bahrain

The dust has barely settled on the first epic season of action on F1 2021, and before you know it, it’s time to get back into the fray! One of the first things I wanted to do was debut a new livery for season two – I sneakily debuted the revised colour scheme for the […]

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F1 2021 Round 23 – Abu Dhabi

The end has come. Yas Marina will play host to the season finale, as it so often does. How will the title battle conclude?! First of all, it’s worth noting that the game’s iteration of the Yas Marina circuit doesn’t factor in real-life changes introduced for 2021’s actual race. In reality the chicane of turns […]

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F1 2021 Round 22 – Saudi Arabia

It could all be settled here. Depending on the result, Lewis Hamilton could win his eighth World Championship. Welcome to Jeddah. The Jeddah Corniche Street circuit is easily the fastest street track in F1, and it made its debut in 2021. The real Grand Prix brought us a number of controversial moments in the penultimate […]

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