Writing Prompts: 1,000 Words about a Picture

In a recent post, I spoke of using prompts as inspiration for posts. I am going off this list, though I am not going to follow it religiously. The first three categories (Practical, Educational, Roundup) do not interest me. I am starting with the Entertaining category, and that starts with ‘1,000 Words about a Picture’. […]

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F1 2021 Round 14 – Italy

Firstly, let’s address the elephant in the room – where are rounds 12 and 13?! They’re not here because I did not enjoy either race. Belgium and the Netherlands feature two beautiful, historic tracks but I could not get to grips with either course, and finished well down the order in Belgium, whilst I retired […]

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Formula 1 2017 Round 14: Singapore

Welcome to F1’s premiere night race, and one of those rare sights – a counter-clockwise race. It is also one of the most gruelling tests of a driver’s stamina and endurance, for this bumpy track is surrounded by walls that will punish the slightest mistake, whilst the drivers must race for nearly two hours in […]

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Mercedes own Monza – the 2017 Italian Grand Prix

Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix (or as it should be known, the Grid Penalty Grand Prix) will perhaps be best remembered for the chaotic qualifying, and for the host of penalties that saw the field shuffled to a near-farcical degree for race day. I understand that the FIA have to impose some kind of penalty for […]

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F1 2017 Round 13 – The Italian Grand Prix

F1 races are like buses – you wait ages, then two come along at once! Following swiftly on Belgium’s heels is the Italian Grand Prix, held at another of Formula 1’s classic venues – Monza. There’s nowhere on the calendar as fast as Monza. With long straights and mild curves, this is where the engines […]

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Force India Boil Over – the 2017 Belgian Grand Prix

A fairly humdrum Belgian Grand Prix saw Lewis Hamilton halve the gap to Sebastian Vettel by taking top spot, and managing to absorb the near-constant presence of the Ferrari driver throughout the race. Vettel was never much farther than two seconds behind Hamilton, requiring the Mercedes man to be on his game, and on it […]

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F1 2017 Round 12 – Belgium

They’ve had four weeks off, now they can get back to work! Formula 1 returns at the weekend, and it will involve one of its most famous venues – Spa-Francorchamps. The track itself has changed considerably over the years, with the original configuration being a 15km-long run through the forests that involved a great deal […]

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Raging Bulls – the 2017 Hungarian Grand Prix 

I’ve not seen this race, but I’ve seen the second corner incident between the Red Bull pair of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen, so I thought I’d weigh in on that. Verstappen had initially made a good start and was hassling Hamilton’s Mercedes around the first corner. He got squeezed by the Ferraris and Mercedes’ […]

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Insanity in Spa – the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix

As I type, we are only ten laps into round 13 of the Formula 1 World Championship, with the race red-flagged following a huge smash for Renault’s Kevin Magnussen as he came out of Eau Rouge. He is alright, despite going sideways into the tyre wall at 180 mph. The opening laps have been utter […]

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