MiniDrivers - 9x06 - 2017 Monaco GP

2017 Driver Standings after the Monaco GP

2017 Constructors Standings after the Monaco GP

FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2017 - RACE

FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2017 - QUALIFYING

2017 Monaco Grand Prix | Circuit Guide

FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2017 - PRACTICE 2

FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2017 - PRACTICE 1

2017 Monaco - Drivers Press Conference - Part 1 and 2

2017 Monaco Grand Prix preview

Monaco, the most legendary track in Formula One. It starts on Thursday because Friday is usually a day of. There is no real explanation but some say that drivers celebrate in Monaco on Thursday so it wouldn't be ok to drive the next day. Maybe there is some other explanation nowadays? I don't know.

Monaco hosted their first F1 Grand Prix in 1950. It was also the second F1 race ever driven. Back then it was just sick how many laps they drove! 100 laps and it took over 3 hours!! Monaco has hosted GP's also before the F1 series started. The first race was in 1929.

The first F1 race in Monaco was won by Juan Manuel Fangio who started from pole and also set the fastest lap of the race. 9 cars crashed on the first lap and one car on the second. Only 7 cars finished the race and Fangio was much faster than everybody else! Alberto Ascari was 2nd 1 lap behind, Louis Chiron was 3rd 2 laps behind, Raymond Sommer 4th 3 laps behind, Prince Bira 5th 5 laps behind, Bob Gerard 6th 6 laps behind and Johnny Claes 7th also 6 laps behind.

The next time they held an official GP in Monaco was in 1955 and it has been a part of the calendar since that year.

In 1959 Monaco was the first race of the season and Jack Brabham won the race. He was such a super driver! He had his own team and won a championship with it. Who else has done that?

Monaco started the F1 season many times after 1959 but when they wanted more races in the calendar they had to fit in other races before it. The race in Monaco has always been in May.

I could talk about Monaco for days so let's stop here about the history and move on to statistics instead. Maybe I'll talk a bit about history as well.. can't control myself when it's Monaco we are talking about.

Most wins in Monaco: Ayrton Senna, 6 wins. 1984-1993 the Monaco GP was only won by Ayrton Senna or Alain Prost. Senna could have probably won in 1984 if the race wouldn't have been stopped. In 1988 he led the race almost 1 minute over Prost but made a mistake when McLaren told him several times to slow down.

Most wins by constructor - McLaren, 15 wins. Senna 5 times, Prost 4 times, Mika Häkkinen, Kimi Räikkönen, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton once and David Coulthard 2 times.

The fastest lap in Monaco is 1:14.439 and it was set by Michael Schumacher in 2004.

The track length is 3.340km and they are lapping it 78 times.

Then it's time for my predictions. Yes I know that I haven't talked much about this year's race but I'll focus on this year when the race is over.

Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

The race:

1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
2. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes
3. Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari

Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Surprise: Sergio Perez has pushed hard in Monaco but failed almost every time. Maybe he will succeed this year?

Remember to post your own predictions to our F1-4-LIFE PREDICTORS LEAGUE.

POINTS: 1st - 3
2nd - 5
3rd - 10

+ possible bonus points

HOW IT WORKS: the aim of the game is simply predict who comes where in the race (top3). A total of 18 points can be won on a race day. For example if you get winner and and 3rd place right but 2nd wrong you get 13 points.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PREDICTIONS: send an email to f14lifeblog@gmail.com or message the Facebook page to submit your predictions. You have until lights out to make them. If you submit them when the race has started they won't count. So be quick!

THE PRIZE: the winner of the league will win themselves a admin place on the F1 4 LIFE page along side AE, JT, MW, MH, JI & PM. If you don't want to be an admin you are welcome to participate anyway.

2017 Monaco Grand Prix: F1 Fast Facts

2017 Driver Standings after the Spanish GP

Mika Hakkinen on his crash in Adelaide 1995

2017 Spanish Grand Prix: The Best Of Team Radio

Haas F1's Romain Grosjean And Kevin Magnussen | F1 Grill The Grid 2017

How Lewis Hamilton Won The 2017 Spanish Grand Prix

MiniDrivers - 9x05 - 2017 Spanish GP

2017 PREDICTORS LEAGUE standings after the Spanish GP

1. James Redman - 41 points

1. JT (F1-4-LIFE) - 41 points

3. AE (F1-4-LIFE) - 26 points

4. Larry Gallagher - 21 points

5. Vitor Lobo - 5 points

(The ones who have not scored points are not on the list)

Come onboard in the next GP if you want to be a part of our league!

POINTS: 1st - 3
2nd - 5
3rd - 10

+ possible bonus points

HOW IT WORKS: the aim of the game is simply predict who comes where in the race (top3). A total of 18 points can be won on a race day. For example if you get winner and and 3rd place right but 2nd wrong you get 13 points.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PREDICTIONS: send an email to f14lifeblog@gmail.com or message the Facebook page to submit your predictions. You have until lights out to make them. If you submit them when the race has started they won't count. So be quick!

THE PRIZE: the winner of the league will win themselves a admin place on the F1 4 LIFE page along side AE, JT, MW, MH, JI & PM. If you don't want to be an admin you are welcome to participate anyway.

2017 Spanish Grand Prix review

The start of the race was interesting. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel had just one day before told Lewis Hamilton that he should keep an eye on the other Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton did just that and Vettel had nobody to block him. He lead the race after the first corner followed by Hamilton, Bottas and Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.

Bottas seemed to be fastest at the start but didn't have any room to move in any direction. Was forced to stay where he was.

Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen and Red Bull's Max Verstappen had just a few seconds earlier been in 3rd and 4th place but clashed into each other and they both had to retire.

We all saw the little Ferrari (or Kimi) fan crying over Kimi's retirement. It was really sad.

Vettel continued in the lead and Hamilton even said that he couldn't keep up with the Ferrari but in 15 laps the german pitted and got stuck in traffic. Hamilton took the lead easily. Bottas even held Vettel back for very long and all the F1 fans loved the fight! Superb racing if you ask me.

Unfourtunatelly Bottas retired later which was sad for Mercedes but at least Hamilton stayed in the lead and won the race followed by Vettel and Ricciardo.

My favorite part of the race though, it had nothing to do with racing, but still it really melted my heart.

Kimi invited the little man, who had cried when he retired, to join them at Ferrari to watch the rest of the race. Kimi also gave him a cap with his autograph on it. The little boy couldn't be more happier. Even his mother was in tears almost the whole time. Driver of the race? KIMI RAIKKONEN!!

This review was a bit short but honestly (like Vettel would say) how much more is there to talk about? I could mention two things...

McLaren's Fernando Alonso did a great job in qualifying but I knew that he wouldn't get any points. That's why I wrote in my preview that Alonso always finds even more speed in his home GP but the McLaren hasn't been that good yet so....

The other thing to mention was Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz exiting the pits. I mean what was that?! He drove on the gras and was not ready to take the blame from it even though he went there himself. Take a look....


That's all. Now it's time for my predictions and the results:

Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT

The race:

1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT
2. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes - WRONG. He retired and Vettel was 2nd.
3. Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari - WRONG. He retired and Ricciardo was 3rd.

Fastest lap: Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari - WRONG. Hamilton was fastest.

Surprise: Sebastian Vettel will have a surprisingly bad race - WRONG. His teammate had the bad luck.


Join our PREDICTORS LEAGUE now!

POINTS: 1st - 3
2nd - 5
3rd - 10

+ possible bonus points

HOW IT WORKS: the aim of the game is simply predict who comes where in the race (top3). A total of 18 points can be won on a race day. For example if you get winner and and 3rd place right but 2nd wrong you get 13 points.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PREDICTIONS: send an email to f14lifeblog@gmail.com or message the Facebook page to submit your predictions. You have until lights out to make them. If you submit them when the race has started they won't count. So be quick!

THE PRIZE: the winner of the league will win themselves a admin place on the F1 4 LIFE page along side AE, JT, MW, MH, JI & PM. If you don't want to be an admin you are welcome to participate anyway.

2017 Constructors Standings after the Spanish GP

FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI 2017 - Race results

FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI 2017 - Qualifying

FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI 2017 - PRACTICE 3

FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI 2017 - PRACTICE 2

FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI 2017 - PRACTICE 1

2017 Spanish GP: Thursday Driver Press Conference! Part 1 & 2

2017 Spanish Grand Prix preview

The Spanish GP is a race where many teams bring new updates for their cars so anything can still happen.

Remember what happened in 2012? Pastor Maldonado was fighting against Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen and won the race in the end.

Pastor Maldonado won in 2012.

In 2013 Alonso won, Kimi was second and Felipe Massa was third. Are these drivers going to be good this year at Catalonia? Massa is showing some new motivation at Williams and Kimi has a better car than last year. Alonso seems to get more speed every time he is driving in front of his biggest fans but the McLaren hasn't been that good yet.

2013's podium finishers.

Kimi actually drove better than Alonso in that race but lost his position because of poor pitstop strategy. 

2014 was a bit different than the years before.

In 2014 and 2015 it was the Mercedes boys at the top. 2014 was Hamilton's year and 2015 Rosberg's.

Last year they collided after the start and Red Bull's new driver, Max Verstappen, won in his debut race for the team.

Let's see if this year Valtteri Bottas can repeat what he did in the previous race. Would be nice to see him win more!
Then it's time for my predictions.

Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

The race:

1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
2. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes
3. Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari

Fastest lap: Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari

Surprise: Sebastian Vettel will have a surprisingly bad race.


Join our PREDICTORS LEAGUE now!

POINTS: 1st - 3
2nd - 5
3rd - 10

+ possible bonus points

HOW IT WORKS: the aim of the game is simply predict who comes where in the race (top3). A total of 18 points can be won on a race day. For example if you get winner and and 3rd place right but 2nd wrong you get 13 points.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PREDICTIONS: send an email to f14lifeblog@gmail.com or message the Facebook page to submit your predictions. You have until lights out to make them. If you submit them when the race has started they won't count. So be quick!

THE PRIZE: the winner of the league will win themselves a admin place on the F1 4 LIFE page along side AE, JT, MW, MH, JI & PM. If you don't want to be an admin you are welcome to participate anyway.

Virtual Circuit Guide | 2017 Spanish Grand Prix

2017 Spanish Grand Prix | F1 Fast Facts

2016 Spanish Grand Prix: Race Highlights

Tyre compounds nominated so far in 2017

Force India's Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon | F1 Grill The Grid 2017

MiniDrivers - 9x04 - 2017 Russian GP

2017 Russian Grand Prix: Race Highlights

2017 Russian Grand Prix: Best of Team Radio

2017 Russian Grand Prix review

We got the first retirement even before the race started. Fernando Alonso's McLaren failed him just before they were parking into their grid spots. They had to do another formation lap after this.

When the second formation lap was over the race finally started. Valtteri Bottas jumped the Ferraris and went from 3rd to 1st. His teammate Lewis Hamilton stayed in 4th place and the Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were 2nd and 3rd.

This was one of the most important starts in Bottas' career because this basically decided the whole race plus his first race win. The top4 were the same till the end but luckily Vettel gave us a lot of excitement trying to catch Bottas. I was sure that he couldn't do it but it was still fun to watch. Bottas is hard to overtake so it's been difficult even when he drove for Williams.

Now people see what I was talking about after the previous race; YOU ARE AS GOOD AS YOUR PREVIOUS RACE! Now people have forgotten what they were saying about Bottas being a number two driver etc. The press is also praising him like they had never spoken a bad word about him before.

I have never doubted this driver and I never will. I see a new Mika Häkkinen in this guy, who won his first championship in his 8th season, so Bottas is not in a hurry. He just took his first win and there is more to come. Mark my words! The first win is always the hardest and now they will come more easily. Bottas is better than Rosberg. He is just not that experienced yet.

So congratulations Valtteri Bottas for your first win! Hope to see more soon because otherwise this season might get boring. I also would like to see the other Finn win a race or two (Raikkonen). 4 drivers winning races through the season would be awesome! Please make it happen, pretty please.

The last thing are my predictions and the results:

Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - WRONG. Vettel took pole just before his teammate Raikkonen.

Race:

1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - WRONG. He was 4th.
2. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes - WRONG. He took his first win in F1 and Vettel was 2nd.
3. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari - WRONG. His teammate Raikkonen was 3rd.

Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - WRONG. Raikkonen was fastest.

Surprise: Keep an eye on Daniil Kvyat - My biggest surprise was that he did nothing special even though it was his home race.

Come onboard in this GP if you want to be a part of our league!

POINTS: 1st - 3
2nd - 5
3rd - 10

+ possible bonus points

HOW IT WORKS: the aim of the game is simply predict who comes where in the race (top3). A total of 18 points can be won on a race day. For example if you get winner and and 3rd place right but 2nd wrong you get 13 points.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PREDICTIONS: send an email to f14lifeblog@gmail.com or message the Facebook page to submit your predictions. You have until lights out to make them. If you submit them when the race has started they won't count. So be quick!

THE PRIZE: the winner of the league will win themselves a admin place on the F1 4 LIFE page along side AE, JT, MW, MH, JI & PM. If you don't want to be an admin you are welcome to participate anyway.