Category: F1
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A Motorsport Pilgrimage to Imola and Faenza
One of my earliest plans going back to Bologna was visiting the Imola track. It was even on my vision board for this year. I felt that it was a very special place – and it did not disappoint! Imola is a classic Italian small town, except it has an international racetrack. I arrived there…
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Run like a Ferrari – Enzo Ferrari Memorial Run
I am not a runner – I always hated it, running after a bus made me fight for my life and was not able to run for 1 minute straight. So imagine this: a person like this signs up for a 5K run. It is a true story, though and I earnestly started to train…
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F175 – because I have been there
Even though I tried my hardest (like recruiting my family and also me sitting at an airport waiting in the virtual line), I didn’t manage to get a ticket for the F175. Yet, as a F1 history junkie, I had to be there, this being a once in a lifetime thing (or at least the…
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Hockenheim
My second day in Stuttgart didn’t actually take place in the city itself. Thanks to ChatGPT, I found out that if I’m interested in motorsports, I could visit the Hockenheimring. Reaching the track was another adventure involving a skillful combination of two trains and a bus. By the way, Stuttgart seems to have countless different…
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Turin – land of cars, home of FIAT
Visiting Turin has been on my list for a while, mainly because of their car museum (MAUTO), but then I also learned about their heritage in car manufacturing. I haven’t really checked anything before booking my flight (except flight prices), that’s how I ended up accidentally arriving on the day of the Abu Dhabi GP.…
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F1 winter break survival tip 1 – Adrian Newey’s book
Adrian Newey is an engineer and he writes like an engineer. (If you don’t know who he is, well, he is the most successful car designer in F1 history. His cars won several championships, both drivers and constructors – in the color of Williams, McLaren and Red Bull, the latest one being the 2023 Red…
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Should you watch the Senna series?
I have been waiting for this series ever since I knew that it was coming. I am not a particularly big Senna fan – I think it is because I haven’t lived through his career, and don’t really have emotional ties to him – but as I am searching for who could be my F1…
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Christmas gift guide for F1 fans
Someone has asked me recently if I could give her some good tips for F1 gifts. Well, I could! 😀 So here is my list, these are all tested things that I have either bought or I plan to buy, and I’m sure they would me great Christmas presents to any F1 fans. As a…
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THE F1 history book – Grand Prix by Will Buxton
If you are looking for a Christmas gift for an F1 fan (or for yourself, and you don’t have this book yet), then your search is over, because this is it!! This book should be on the shelf of every F1 fan. It is such a comprehensive guide of everything F1 that it can give…
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Montjuic – A great circuit with a tragic history
The Montjuic circuit was a street circuit in Barcelona that was compared to Monaco in terms of difficulty and beauty and was found (is found?) on one of the hills of Barcelona, and can be walked. I would agree with the previous assessment as I decided to walk around it – it runs among parks,…