{"id":70,"date":"2024-10-13T18:50:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T17:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2025-08-14T12:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T11:29:12","slug":"meerkat-musings-on-formula-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?page_id=70","title":{"rendered":"Musings on Formula 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_1181-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_1181-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_1181-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_1181-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_1181-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_1181-1-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_1181-1-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I first started watching Formula 1 way back as a cub, in 1989 (well, that is my earliest memory of doing so). I vaguely recall seeing Nigel Mansell of Ferrari, racing in close quarters with a McLaren, possibly driven by Ayrton Senna. As I grew older and watched F1 more regularly, I came to regard Mansell as something of a hero, and I was certainly madly in love with these fast cars. Down the years I have enjoyed watching many races, and back in 2013 I was fortunate enough to see the British Grand Prix first-hand. I have seen some incredible, record-shattering triumphs, experienced moments of near-unparalleled controversy, and witnessed painful tragedies. For me, Formula 1 is an adrenaline rush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below, I share my opinions on some of the sport&#8217;s most legendary figures, offer up some thoughts on the various tracks of F1, present a brief history of motor-sport, and provide a little technical analysis on the sophisticated modern beasts F1 drivers ride. I hope you enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?page_id=963\">F1 Legends: Nigel Mansell<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?page_id=1046\">F1 Legends: Ayrton Senna<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?page_id=1087\">F1 Legends: Lewis Hamilton<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?page_id=1272\">F1 Legends: Michael Schumacher<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?page_id=4388\">F1 Legends: Alain Prost<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?page_id=1003\">F1 Tech: Downforce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?page_id=153\">A Brief History of F1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I first started watching Formula 1 way back as a cub, in 1989 (well, that is my earliest memory of doing so). I vaguely recall seeing Nigel Mansell of Ferrari, racing in close quarters&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4466,"href":"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions\/4466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}