2021 Italian GP

After Super Max thumping loudly in the Zandvoort stands we arrive at Monza for the 2021 Italian GP! Monza featured the 2nd Sprint Race of the Season. While Mercedes were considered the favorites on this track, the race results proved otherwise. We got the surprise McLaren 1-2 with Ricciardo winning and Lando claiming P2. With both Max and Lewis out of the race there was no one to keep the Papaya boys in check. Bottas in the meanwhile was cutting through the field and went on to claim P3.

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2021 Italian GP Episode Summary

In this episode we discuss:

  1. The (not so) main event (Max vs Lewis)
  2. Papaya Boys in the house!🟠
  3. The Aston Martin – Alpine sandwich 🥪
  4. Bottas on the run to P3
  5. Disrespectful DC
  6. Williams get the ball rolling
  7. Gio shoots his own foot!
  8. Special shout out to Toto! 😷

2021 Italian GP Driver Ratings

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

(scroll right to see the full table)

PosDriverTeamSarang’s RatingAkash’s Rating
1Daniel RicciardoMclaren Mercedes 10/1010/10 
2Lando NorrisMclaren Mercedes 9.5/10 10/10
3Valtteri BottasMercedes 9.5/10 10/10
4Charles LeclercFerrari 8/10 8/10
5Sergio PerezRed Bull Racing Honda 7/10 6/10
6Carlos SainzFerrari 7/10 6/10
7Lance StrollAston Martin Mercedes 7/10 8/10
8Fernando AlonsoAlpine Renault 6.5/10 7/10
9George RussellWilliams Mercedes 7/10 6/10
10Esteban OconAlpine Renault 6.5/10 6/10
11Nicholas LatifiWilliams Mercedes 7/10 7/10
12Sebastian VettelAston Martin Mercedes 5/10 5/10
13Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 5/10 7/10
14Robert KubicaAlfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 4.5/10 3/10
15Mick SchumacherHaas Ferrari 4/10 3/10
NCNikita MazepinHaas Ferrari DNFDNF
NCLewis HamiltonMercedes DNFDNF
NCMax VerstappenRed Bull Racing Honda DNFDNF
NCPierre GaslyAlphatauri Honda DNFDNF
NCYuki TsunodaAlphatauri Honda DNFDNF 

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Fireside Chat with Sneha Sharma

This is a very special episode in our mini series called Fireside Chat. In this series, we bring in guests to the episode and have a casual chat on variety of topics related to F1, motorsports in general and other happenings in the world.

Join us as we welcome our very special guest, Sneha Sharma! Sneha is an Indian racing driver who competes in F4 National Racing Championship, while kicking ass on the track she is also a Pilot with IndiGo Airlines!

Without disclosing much about our very special guest, listen to the episode to learn about Sneha’s journey into racing and her unique experience of being a racing driver and a pilot!

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2021 Imola GP Race Discussion

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:

  1. Race start
  2. Safety Car!
  3. Everyone Sbinalla
  4. McLaren Team Orders
  5. Lando Norris
  6. Penalities Galore!
  7. Poor Ricciardo
  8. Bottas Vs Russel
  9. #Blessed – Lewis Hamilton
  10. Mazespin Again?
  11. Vettel cant catch a break
  12. More Penalties?!
  13. 5 sec penalty to everyone for not listening till the end!

Driver Ratings

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

PosDriverTeamSarang’s RatingAkash’s Rating
1Max VerstappenRed Bull9/109/10
2Lewis HamiltonMercedes8/108/10
3Lando NorrisMcLaren10/1010/10
4Charles LeclercFerrari9/107/10
5Carlos SainzFerrari7.5/107/10
6Daniel RicciardoMcLaren6/106/10
7Pierre GaslyAlpha Tauri7/106/10
8Lance StrollAston Martin8/107/10
9Esteban OconAlpine6/107/10
10Fernando AlonsoAlpine4/106/10
11Sergio PerezRed Bull4/105/10
12Yuki TsunodaAlpha Tauri6/105/10
13Kimi RäikkönenAlfa Romeo7/106/10
14Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo6/108/10
15Sebastian VettelAston Martin5/10 – DNF7/10 – DNF
16Mick SchumacherHaas4/105/10
17Nikita MazepinHaas4/103/10
18Valtteri BottasMercedes4/10 – DNF3/10 – DNF
19George RussellWilliams6/10 – DNF6/10 – DNF
20Nicholas LatifiWilliams4/10 – DNF3/10 – DNF

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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:

  1. F1 getting some Non-Fungible Token action
  2. Controversies surrounding Saudi Arabia GP
  3. Extreme E
  4. Electric Humvee
  5. Mazepin being a prick on and off the track
  6. Haas’s shady sponsorships
  7. Haas – American car in Russian livery
  8. NASCAR
  9. Jelle’s marble runs
  10. Drive to Survive drama
  11. Cyril Abiteboul’s tattoo bet
  12. Race limits
  13. Sprint races

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Episode 5: F101 – The Basics of F1

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

2021 Bahrain GP Driver Ratings

It was a great season opener at the Bahrain International Circuit with a banger of a race which was nail biting till the very last lap. We discuss the race in detail in our Episode 4 of our podcast. Give it a listen and join us as we discuss all the interesting events that went down in the Bahrain GP. We discuss our driver of the day as well as the “L” of the day in the podcast.

Since we do not discuss each driver in detail, here are our ratings for each driver and team for the 2021 Bahrain GP.

Driver Ratings

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

DriverTeamSarang’s RatingAkash’s Rating
Lewis HamiltonMercedes9/108/10
Max VerstappenRed Bull9/109/10
Valtteri BottasMercedes 5/107/10
Lando NorrisMcLaren8/108/10
Sergio Perez Red Bull8/109/10
Charles LeclercFerrari7/107/10
Daniel RicciardoMcLaren7/107/10
Carlos SainzFerrari6/107.5/10
Yuki TsunodaAlpha Tauri8/108/10
Lance StrollAston Martin6/106/10
Kimi RäikkönenAlfa Romeo7/106/10
Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo7/106/10
Esteban OconAlpine5/105/10
George RussellWilliams7/106.5/10
Sebastian VettelAston Martin4/106/10
Mick SchumacherHaas6/104/10
Pierre GaslyAlpha Tauri6/10 – DNF7/10 – DNF
Nicholas LatifiWiliams5/10 – DNF5/10 – DNF
Fernando AlonsoAlpine6/10 – DNF6/10 – DNF
Nikita MazepinHaas0/10 – DNF3/10 – DNF

Episode 4: 2021 Bahrain GP Post-Race Discussions

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



Topics included in this podcast:

  1. New Website! www.f1fanfiction.com
  2. Qualification elevator pitch
  3. Drama even before the race
  4. Race start
  5. #Mazespin
  6. Re-start after Safety-Car
  7. The undercut train
  8.  Alonso vs Sainz Vs Vettel
  9. Pitstop #2
  10. Main event – VER vs HAM
  11. Driver of the day
  12. Team of the day
  13. “L” of the day

2021 Bahrain GP Preview

26 March – 28 March 2021

Session NameDate/Time (Track local time)
Free Practice 126 March 14:30 – 15:30
Free Practice 226 March 18:00 – 19:00
Free Practice 327 March 15:00 – 16:00
Qualification27 March 18:00 – 19:00
Race28 March 18:00 – 20:00

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Until Bahrain GP

Schedule

Track Map

Credits: Will Pittenger

Track Facts

Number of Laps: 57
Track Length: 5.412km
Race Distance: 308.238 km
Best Laptime: 1:31.447 by Pedro de la Rosa (2005)
2020 Pole Position: Lewis Hamilton
2020 Race winner: Lewis Hamilton

Bahrain International Circuit has hosted its first Grand Prix in 2004. This circuit has been a staple in the F1 calendar since. Bahrain usually hosts the Grand Prix in the first half of the season. Due to the extra-ordinary circumstances posed by Coronavirus, it was decided that the Bahrain will replace Australia as the Season Opener. The Pre-Season testing was conducted here as well this year. Bahrain International circuit has many configurations and F1 itself has used 3 of them. Due to the shortened calendar of 2020 and Coronavirus raging through the world, Bahrain hosted 2 GPs in 2020. The 2nd GP was called the Sakhir GP and used the outer oval configuration. Bahrain’s highlight is the night races where the entire circuit is illuminated with floodlights. It’s a spectacle to watch these F1 cars racing under these floodlights. Lets see what the circuit has in store for us for the 2021 Bahrain GP.

Episode 3: Pre-Season Testing and 2021 Predictions

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:

  1. What is Pre-Season Testing?
  2. Day 1
    • Mercedes stay in garage
    • Max Speed!
    • Ferrari engine Issues continue..
    • Alpha Tauri charging through the field
  3. 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
  4. Day 3
    1. Max Speed!!
    2. Yuki
    3. Smooth Operator smooth operating
  5. Eye catching Technical innovations
  6. Predictions for 2021
  7. Wildcard Prediction

Episode 1: Reracing through the 2020 Season of F1

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:

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