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2021 Monaco GP

05/26/202105/26/2021 by F1 Fanfictionin 2021 Calendar, EpisodesLeave a Comment

The 2021 Monaco GP was yet another awesome race where the championship battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen has turned spicier. After terrible day that both the Mercedes drivers had, Red Bull fully capitalized on the situation and gained the upper hand on Mercedes.

Max Verstappen got his maiden race win on the streets of Monte Carlo and first time leading the Championship as well!

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Episode Summary

Were we back in 2006? – Ferrari Qualification controversy
Smooth Operator Carlos Sainz
Shit out of luck Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes cannot handle pressure
Lewis Hamilton, the cribbing complain box
Dare you skip mid episodes messages!
Blue flags in Mclaren
More Top Gear references with Daniel Ricciardo’s weekend
RedBull strategy and Sergio Perez finds his mojo
You’ve been Strolled!
Haas and other amazing battles
Flags Flags everywhere; could have been with Hamilton too.

Driver Ratings

Rating scale:
0 – Poor
5 – Average
10 – Outstanding

Pos	Driver	Team	Sarang’s Rating	Akash’s Rating
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	10/10	10/10
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	10/10	10/10
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	10/10	10/10
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	9/10	9/10
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	9/10	8/10
6	Pierre Gasly	Alpha Tauri	8/10	9/10
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	6/10	7/10
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	7/10	7/10
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	8/10	8/10
10	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	8/10	8/10
11	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	6.5/10	6/10
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	6/10	6/10
13	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	5/10	6/10
14	George Russell	Williams	6/10	6/10
15	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	5/10	4/10
16	Yuki Tsunoda	Alpha Tauri	4/10	4/10
17	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	4/10	1/10
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	3/10	4/10
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	DNF	DNF
DNS	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	DNS	DNS

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2021 Spanish GP

05/11/202105/13/2021 by F1 Fanfictionin 2021 Calendar, EpisodesLeave a Comment

The 2021 Spanish GP was held Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya which very well known as the circuit where all teams perform their pre season testing.

The 2021 Spanish GP which was the #4 race in the 2021 calendar delivered a strategy of battles where Mercedes came out on the top.

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Episode Summary

Gianpiero Lambiase vs Pete Bonnington – The Battle of strategies
Toto talks to Micheal Masi
Red bull strategists caught snoozing
HAM complains about tires yet again!
Giovinazzi has a tea break at pitstop.
Alonso, Vettle and Raikonnen have a Sunday roadtrip
Ferrari back with a vengence!
Ricciardo steals lando’s car
Stroll proves his worth
Bottas being bullied in the school backyard
FIA listens to F1Fanfiction
F1 bought to you by Toto Wolff

Driver Ratings

Rating scale:
0 – Poor
5 – Average
10 – Outstanding

Pos	Driver	Team	Sarang’s Rating	Akash’s Rating
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	9/10	9/10
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	9/10	9/10
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	8/10	8/10
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	9/10	9/10
5	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	7/10	8/10
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	8/10	8/10
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	7/10	8/10
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	7/10	7/10
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	8/10	8/10
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpha Tauri	7/10	6/10
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	7/10	6/10
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	7/10	6/10
13	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	6.5/10	7/10
14	George Russell	Williams	7/10	6/10
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	7/10	7/10
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6/10	4/10
17	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	5/10	5/10
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	5/10	5/10
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	3/10	1/10
20 DNF	Yuki Tsunoda	Alpha Tauri	0/10	0/10

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2021 Portuguese GP

05/03/202105/13/2021 by F1 Fanfictionin 2021 Calendar, EpisodesLeave a Comment

The 2021 Portuguese GP was held at the uniquely undulating Autódromo Internacional do Algarve commonly known as Portimão Circuit.

After 2 blistering races to start the 2021 Season on a high note, the 2021 Portuguese GP was certainly a lot less eventful though not devoid of exciting on track action.

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In this episode we discuss:

Race Start – BOT HAM VER
Rocking Ricciardo
Kimi snoozing in the car
Race Restart – BOT VER HAM
Mercedes Fastest?
BOT HAM VER – wait what?!
HAM BOT VER – Wait! WTF is happening?
Mazepin the GREAT!
Perez racing alone.
And HAM VER BOT it is..
Curse of the 2nd Red Bull seat.
Poor Bottas
Battle for P18
Alonso – The man on a mission
Underperforming Gasly
What is Vettle doing?
Mick and Vettle’s bromance
Battle for P17
Battle of the fastest lap.
Race End – HAM VER BOT! (the only consistent thing in life)

Driver Ratings

Rating scale:
0 – Poor
5 – Average
10 – Outstanding

Pos	Driver	Team	Sarang’s Rating	Akash’s Rating
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	10/10	9/10
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	9/10	8/10
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	7.5/10	8/10
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	8/10	9/10
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	9/10	9/10
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	9/10	8/10
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	8.5/10	9/10
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	8/10	8/10
9	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	8/10	7/10
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpha Tauri	7/10	6/10
11	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	6.5/10	7/10
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	8/10	7/10
13	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5/10	5/10
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	5/10	5/10
15	Yuki Tsunoda	Alpha Tauri	5/10	4/10
16	George Russell	Williams	6.5/10	5/10
17	Mick Schumacher	Haas	6/10	5/10
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	4/10	4/10
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1/10	1/10
20 DNF	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	0/10	0/10

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2021 Imola GP Race Discussion

04/20/202104/20/2021 by fanf1ctionin 2021 Calendar, Episodes, FeaturedLeave a Comment

The 2021 Imola GP was held at the historic track of Imola in Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy.

What a banger of a race it was! Wet weather, Unusual podium, Red Flags, Penalties, it had it all! Some surprising results, some expected ones and a lot of Drama! Everything that any F1 Fan could ask for. Come join us as we discuss our thoughts about the race and share a couple laughs along the way.

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In this episode we discuss:

Race start
Safety Car!
Everyone Sbinalla
McLaren Team Orders
Lando Norris
Penalities Galore!
Poor Ricciardo
Bottas Vs Russel
#Blessed – Lewis Hamilton
Mazespin Again?
Vettel cant catch a break
More Penalties?!
5 sec penalty to everyone for not listening till the end!

Driver Ratings

Rating scale:
0 – Poor
5 – Average
10 – Outstanding

Pos	Driver	Team	Sarang’s Rating	Akash’s Rating
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	9/10	9/10
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	8/10	8/10
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	10/10	10/10
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	9/10	7/10
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	7.5/10	7/10
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	6/10	6/10
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpha Tauri	7/10	6/10
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	8/10	7/10
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	6/10	7/10
10	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	4/10	6/10
11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	4/10	5/10
12	Yuki Tsunoda	Alpha Tauri	6/10	5/10
13	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	7/10	6/10
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	6/10	8/10
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5/10 – DNF	7/10 – DNF
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas	4/10	5/10
17	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	4/10	3/10
18	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	4/10 – DNF	3/10 – DNF
19	George Russell	Williams	6/10 – DNF	6/10 – DNF
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	4/10 – DNF	3/10 – DNF

Looking for more F1 content while waiting for the next race? Check out our previous Episode 5: Fireside Chat where we discuss about the controversies and News from around the motorsporting world.

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F1 Fireside Chat

04/15/202104/15/2021 by F1 Fanfictionin EpisodesLeave a Comment

Episode 6

This is a special episode in which we have a guest, Anirudh Mendiratta, on the podcast. We discuss various controversies surrounding F1 and other stories from around the motorsporting world.

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Topics that we discuss in this episode:

F1 getting some Non-Fungible Token action
Controversies surrounding Saudi Arabia GP
Extreme E
Electric Humvee
Mazepin being a prick on and off the track
Haas’s shady sponsorships
Haas – American car in Russian livery
NASCAR
Jelle’s marble runs
Drive to Survive drama
Cyril Abiteboul’s tattoo bet
Race limits
Sprint races

Episode 5: F101 – The Basics of F1

04/04/202104/14/2021 by fanf1ctionin Episodes, FeaturedLeave a Comment

This is a special episode which is meant to serve as a primer for any new F1 fan to get up to speed with the sport and understand it’s intricacies, have fun while doing it and improve your enjoyment of the on-track action!

In this episode we go over the following topics:

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Flags
Format of F1 Season
Format of F1 Weekend
Finances in F1
Points Table
Technologies and Terminologies
1. DRS
2. MGU-k and MGU-h
3. Power Units
4. Steering wheel
5. Engine Modes
Penalties

Episode 4: 2021 Bahrain GP Post-Race Discussions

03/29/202104/13/2021 by fanf1ctionin EpisodesLeave a Comment

In this episode we discuss all the happenings of the season opener for 2021 season of F1 at Bahrain.

Topics included in this podcast:

New Website! www.f1fanfiction.com
Qualification elevator pitch
Drama even before the race
Race start
#Mazespin
Re-start after Safety-Car
The undercut train
Alonso vs Sainz Vs Vettel
Pitstop #2
Main event – VER vs HAM
Driver of the day
Team of the day
“L” of the day

Episode 3: Pre-Season Testing and 2021 Predictions

03/22/202104/13/2021 by fanf1ctionin EpisodesLeave a Comment

In this episode, we talk discuss about Pre-Season testing that was held on March 12-14 in Bahrain at The Bahrain International Circuit and share our predictions for F1 2021 Season.

Check out the Preview for Bahrain GP which is on March 28 2021.

Topics included in this episode:

What is Pre-Season Testing?
Day 1
- Mercedes stay in garage
- Max Speed!
- Ferrari engine Issues continue..
- Alpha Tauri charging through the field
Day 2
1. Mercedes #1
2. Red Flags Everywhere!
3. Mick and Nikita playing dashing cars
4. Vettle sits in the garage
5. All teams riddled with issues
6. Williams not being Williams
7. Hamilton pulls a Vettle
Day 3
1. Max Speed!!
2. Yuki
3. Smooth Operator smooth operating
Eye catching Technical innovations
Predictions for 2021
Wildcard Prediction

Episode 2: F1 2021 Livery discussions

03/22/202104/13/2021 by fanf1ctionin EpisodesLeave a Comment

In this episode, we talk discuss the new liveries by each team. Listen us discuss our opinions about what we liked and didn’t like on the latest episode of FanF1ction.

Topics included in this episode:

Tribute to the Legend, Murray Walker, who has put every TV viewer in the driver’s seat through his brilliant commentary.
Black Mercedes with AMG Vomit
Red Bull Racing – Why change something that’s not broken
Mclaren 2020 Car + rainbow
Return of the Bristish Racing Green to the track.
The hottest new car on the grid: Alpine
The green M
Blue Jeans and White Tee donned by Alpha Tauri
Ever beautiful Alfa Romeo
The Russian Haas
Williams being Williams

Episode 1: Reracing through the 2020 Season of F1

03/22/202104/13/2021 by fanf1ctionin EpisodesLeave a Comment

In this very first episode, we talk through the constructor’s championship table for the F1 calendar year 2020. We talk about our memories, opinions on the unusual year that 2020 was or wasn’t.

Topics included in this podcast:

Hopes from the Year 2020
Thoughts when the season wasn’t/was going to happen
The (so called) title fight between Mercedes and Redbull Racing
The surprising Mclaren
(T)Racing point aka Pink Mercedes
Renault’s Comeback
Troubles at Ferrari
AlphaTauri – Peirre Gasly’s redemption
AlfaRomeo’s Woes
Unfortunate Haas
Williams bring Williams
Outro