Having completed one-third of the season, Formula 1 ventures into new territory with the inaugural street circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan hosting round eight. This is a hard race to preview because it’s never been run before! Will it share characteristics with Monaco (being hard to overtake at), or will it be a little more open […]
Lewis Hamilton has always enjoyed coming to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, where he took his first ever F1 win back in 2007. Prior to yesterday’s race he had won there a further three times – now it’s five wins in total in Canada. But the 45th win of Hamilton’s career was not a case of […]
It’s been two weeks and withdrawal symptoms are setting in. Thankfully, another race is just around the corner – Montreal, Canada. This popular venue is surrounded by water, forest and a buzzing metropolitan city, and it usually produces exciting racing. Defined by some long fast straights, the inclination is to think Mercedes will be hard […]
Round six of the 2016 Formula 1 season brought us to the paradise of the rich and famous – Monaco – for a more interesting race than we are usually treated to. The race certainly didn’t start out that way. Rainfall prior to lights out meant the race started under the safety car, […]
There’s always something special about the Monaco GP. An event that is steeped in history and glamour, providing the ultimate test of concentration and nerve, everyone looks forward to Monaco. It doesn’t always produce exciting on-track action, but as already mentioned, it’s a test of endurance. Monaco is unforgiving. There are hardly any run-off areas […]
There is a rule in Formula 1. It’s not an official rule, rather, an unspoken yet cardinal rule. It is the absolute NO-NO of the sport. Today, it was broken in quite spectacular fashion. In qualifying Hamilton had put himself on pole with a fair measure of comfort, significantly quicker than Rosberg. The Mercedes front […]
Barcelona is the setting for a Spanish Grand Prix that takes place against a backdrop of intrigue. Can Hamilton eat into Rosberg’s commanding lead? Can Ferrari get closer to Mercedes? Perhaps most interesting of all, how will Verstappen fare after his rather abrupt promotion to Red Bull, and how will Kvyat cope after his demotion […]
Well, having begun this particular journey back in 2014, earlier today the three-season career that F1 2009 gives you came to an end. The race was a satisfying conclusion to the adventure of running a full career mode with full-length races, with a pole that was won quite easily and a race that could not […]
For the third straight year a Mercedes driver triumphed at the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi – would Lewis Hamilton make it a third straight win at the venue, or would Nico Rosberg break his duck? (Rosberg makes a clean getaway) Qualifying looked to be a close and private battle between the two Mercedes drivers […]
For the third time Formula 1 travels to Sochi for the Russian Grand Prix, albeit this time a lot earlier in the season. What are the key talking points ahead of the race? No More Mistakes Lewis Hamilton needs to start winning. Three poor races (two of which the result of his errors) have left […]
In the not so distant future, I will have been blogging at Meerkat Musings for TEN years. That's sort of scary. I never set out to reach a milestone like that, but ten years on, Meerkat Musings feels like my home-on-the-web, so to speak. #BloggingCommunity
Now, this I find difficult. Of those I have tried, which admittedly is not many, I am rather fond of McDonald's fries, though Burger King's have grown on me.
Do you vote in political elections? You can bet your ass that I vote! Ever since I was a young meerkat, I have regarded exercising my right to vote as an important civic duty. I always vote in general elections, and try to vote in local elections too. I can understand why some people abstain, […]
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