A Michael Schumacher Retrospective

By Joe Murphy After the Ayrton Senna Retrospective article, (available here: https://wheel2wheelreports.com/2021/09/23/wheel2wheel-reports-an-ayrton-senna-retrospective/), the next installment in this series is of a record-breaking and history-making man. Michael Schumacher is unquestionably a legend of Formula 1, having won a joint-record seven World Titles during his illustrious career, racking up 91 wins and 155 podiums between 1991 andContinue reading “A Michael Schumacher Retrospective”

Wheel2Wheel Poems – #2 – Hamilton Pain in the Imola Rain

By Joe Murphy It was the first Sprint of the year, It was always going to rain. Charles overtook Max Only to see him pass again. When we got to Sunday, The weather dried a bit. Carlos’ race was over first, After him and Danny hit. Max raced away up front, It was the perfectContinue reading “Wheel2Wheel Poems – #2 – Hamilton Pain in the Imola Rain”

Winners and Losers from the 2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix

By Joe Murphy An unpredictable weekend in terms of weather offered a rather stop start feel to race and qualifying sessions alike. We saw multiple red flags and a safety car, mainly down to the fact that the track was visibly wet in places. The dry line offered a race that occurred primarily on dryContinue reading “Winners and Losers from the 2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix”

Seb returns! Max or Charles to Struggle? Hamilton Podium? – Predicting the 2022 Australian Grand Prix

By Joe Murphy With the third instalment of the 2022 Formula 1 season around the corner, all eyes will shift to Melbourne this weekend for the first Grand Prix in the country since the pandemic began. With the circuit modified since the last race at this venue, there is cause for optimism that the racingContinue reading “Seb returns! Max or Charles to Struggle? Hamilton Podium? – Predicting the 2022 Australian Grand Prix”

Winners and Losers of the 2022 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix

By Joe Murphy Round Two of the 2022 Formula 1 season is now officially in the books and we are not short of talking points or action after a pulsating weekend of racing. Firstly, the off-track incidents highlight the FIA’s priority of money over morals. The shady nature of dealings with Saudi officials threatened toContinue reading “Winners and Losers of the 2022 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix”

Max v Charles for the win? Can McLaren recover? Lewis to struggle? – Predictions for the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

By Joe Murphy With Bahrain still very much fresh on the minds of Formula 1 fans across the world, we already have to turn our attention to Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia, for Round Two. Occurring just a week after Leclerc’s statement-making win, there is much to ponder ahead of the next race. It’s that timeContinue reading “Max v Charles for the win? Can McLaren recover? Lewis to struggle? – Predictions for the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix”

Final thoughts ahead of qualifying – Practice 1 & 2 results analysis.

Testing is done, and it’s time for lights out! Did we really learn anything from testing this year? It’s all a bit hard to say at this stage, and we won’t really know anything for sure until qualifying begins. Ferrari have continued to show reliability, pace and confidence. We can only hope are back upContinue reading “Final thoughts ahead of qualifying – Practice 1 & 2 results analysis.”

Head2Head’s – Part 2 – Alonso v Ocon, Vettel v Stroll and more…

By Joe Man After last week’s first edition, we take a look at the head-to-head battles that lay ahead for the rest of the teams. Who will triumph between Estaban Ocon and Fernando Alonso? Will Sebastian Vettel conquer his young Canadian teammate? And how will rookie Zhou fare against Valtteri Bottas. Let’s discuss… Aston MartinContinue reading “Head2Head’s – Part 2 – Alonso v Ocon, Vettel v Stroll and more…”

Why Lewis Hamilton will never win another World Championship…

By Joe Murphy This piece could become redundant in as little as 9 months from the time of writing, should Lewis Hamilton win a record eighth Formula 1 Driver’s World Title later this year. However, this is anything but a certainty. In fact, there is a number of reasons why the record-breaking Brit may neverContinue reading “Why Lewis Hamilton will never win another World Championship…”

Leclerc? Norris? Russell? Who is the most likely to become the next “new” World Champion?

By Joe Murphy A disclaimer to start with. It is entirely possible, and arguably probable, that one of Max Verstappen or Lewis Hamilton, will be crowned World Champion for the 2022 season. Last year’s two title protagonists dominated proceedings and, aside from freak results in Hungary and Monza, were a level ahead of the restContinue reading “Leclerc? Norris? Russell? Who is the most likely to become the next “new” World Champion?”