RaceFans Archives - SandJack TV https://sandjack.tv/tag/racefans/ Experience the game beyond the screen Sun, 14 Sep 2025 07:30:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://sandjack.tv/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-Sand-Jack-fav-32x32.png RaceFans Archives - SandJack TV https://sandjack.tv/tag/racefans/ 32 32 What’s the best way to run an F1 team? · RaceFans https://sandjack.tv/whats-the-best-way-to-run-an-f1-team-%c2%b7-racefans/ https://sandjack.tv/whats-the-best-way-to-run-an-f1-team-%c2%b7-racefans/#respond Sun, 14 Sep 2025 07:30:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/whats-the-best-way-to-run-an-f1-team-%c2%b7-racefans/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Should Formula 1 teams field the best two drivers available to them and let them fight it out? Or hire a star and build the team around their uncompromised pursuit of the drivers’ title? As there are two championships to win in Formula 1, teams have conflicting objectives. […]

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]]> https://sandjack.tv/whats-the-best-way-to-run-an-f1-team-%c2%b7-racefans/feed/ 0 59257 Hamilton seeking final tenths as he closes gap to Leclerc · RaceFans https://sandjack.tv/hamilton-seeking-final-tenths-as-he-closes-gap-to-leclerc-%c2%b7-racefans/ https://sandjack.tv/hamilton-seeking-final-tenths-as-he-closes-gap-to-leclerc-%c2%b7-racefans/#respond Fri, 12 Sep 2025 06:15:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/hamilton-seeking-final-tenths-as-he-closes-gap-to-leclerc-%c2%b7-racefans/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Lewis Hamilton would have started the Italian Grand Prix immediately behind his team mate Charles Leclerc. But his penalty from the Dutch Grand Prix one week earlier left him five places further back. He made amends soon after the start, working his way up to sixth place. Further […]

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]]> https://sandjack.tv/hamilton-seeking-final-tenths-as-he-closes-gap-to-leclerc-%c2%b7-racefans/feed/ 0 58953 Norris denies McLaren’s team orders set “stupid” precedent · RaceFans https://sandjack.tv/norris-denies-mclarens-team-orders-set-stupid-precedent-%c2%b7-racefans/ https://sandjack.tv/norris-denies-mclarens-team-orders-set-stupid-precedent-%c2%b7-racefans/#respond Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:41:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/norris-denies-mclarens-team-orders-set-stupid-precedent-%c2%b7-racefans/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Lando Norris rubbished suggestions McLaren’s use of team orders on Sunday set a potentially damaging precedent. McLaren swapped the running order of their drivers in the closing stages of the race after Norris suffered a slow pit stop which dropped him behind team mate Oscar Piastri. McLaren had […]

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]]> https://sandjack.tv/norris-denies-mclarens-team-orders-set-stupid-precedent-%c2%b7-racefans/feed/ 0 58578 All the data to follow the race with · RaceFans https://sandjack.tv/all-the-data-to-follow-the-race-with-%c2%b7-racefans/ https://sandjack.tv/all-the-data-to-follow-the-race-with-%c2%b7-racefans/#respond Sat, 06 Sep 2025 22:03:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/all-the-data-to-follow-the-race-with-%c2%b7-racefans/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags The drivers’ championship fight may be increasingly an all-McLaren affair but Max Verstappen has put himself in a strong position to beat them in Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix. Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri know they can’t afford to risk too much against the Red Bull driver as they […]

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]]> https://sandjack.tv/all-the-data-to-follow-the-race-with-%c2%b7-racefans/feed/ 0 58274 Cadillac confirms IndyCar race-winner Herta as 2026 Formula 1 test driver · RaceFans https://sandjack.tv/cadillac-confirms-indycar-race-winner-herta-as-2026-formula-1-test-driver-%c2%b7-racefans/ https://sandjack.tv/cadillac-confirms-indycar-race-winner-herta-as-2026-formula-1-test-driver-%c2%b7-racefans/#respond Wed, 03 Sep 2025 16:35:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/cadillac-confirms-indycar-race-winner-herta-as-2026-formula-1-test-driver-%c2%b7-racefans/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags IndyCar star Colton Herta has joined Cadillac as the new team’s test driver for the 2026 Formula 1 season. The nine-times IndyCar race winner is widely expected to step down into Formula 2 next season in a bid to secure the superlicence points needed to move into grand […]

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]]> https://sandjack.tv/cadillac-confirms-indycar-race-winner-herta-as-2026-formula-1-test-driver-%c2%b7-racefans/feed/ 0 57889 Alonso’s unheard rage over the Safety Car explained · RaceFans https://sandjack.tv/alonsos-unheard-rage-over-the-safety-car-explained-%c2%b7-racefans/ https://sandjack.tv/alonsos-unheard-rage-over-the-safety-car-explained-%c2%b7-racefans/#respond Sun, 31 Aug 2025 20:53:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/alonsos-unheard-rage-over-the-safety-car-explained-%c2%b7-racefans/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Fernando Alonso howled with rage when the Safety Car was first deployed during the Dutch Grand Prix. The Aston Martin driver had pitted just five laps earlier and he feared the appearance of the Safety Car had ruined his race. He got the first indication the bad news […]

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]]> https://sandjack.tv/alonsos-unheard-rage-over-the-safety-car-explained-%c2%b7-racefans/feed/ 0 57523 Leclerc admits problem which struck Ferrari in Hungary is likely to recur · RaceFans https://sandjack.tv/leclerc-admits-problem-which-struck-ferrari-in-hungary-is-likely-to-recur-%c2%b7-racefans/ https://sandjack.tv/leclerc-admits-problem-which-struck-ferrari-in-hungary-is-likely-to-recur-%c2%b7-racefans/#respond Thu, 28 Aug 2025 17:23:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/leclerc-admits-problem-which-struck-ferrari-in-hungary-is-likely-to-recur-%c2%b7-racefans/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Charles Leclerc doubts he has seen the last of the problem which struck during the Hungarian Grand Prix and cost him a podium finish. After claiming a shock pole position at the Hungaroring, Leclerc was overhauled by the McLaren drivers during the race. His pace dropped so badly […]

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]]> https://sandjack.tv/leclerc-admits-problem-which-struck-ferrari-in-hungary-is-likely-to-recur-%c2%b7-racefans/feed/ 0 57154 2025 Formula 1 mid-season driver rankings #1: Oscar Piastri · RaceFans https://sandjack.tv/2025-formula-1-mid-season-driver-rankings-1-oscar-piastri-%c2%b7-racefans/ https://sandjack.tv/2025-formula-1-mid-season-driver-rankings-1-oscar-piastri-%c2%b7-racefans/#respond Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/2025-formula-1-mid-season-driver-rankings-1-oscar-piastri-%c2%b7-racefans/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags For much of the season so far Oscar Piastri has looked like McLaren’s strongest championship contender. Oscar Piastri Best Worst GP start 1 (x4) 4 GP finish 1 (x6) 9 Points 284 He and team mate Lando Norris have often been nip-and-tuck in terms of pace, both over […]

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]]> https://sandjack.tv/2025-formula-1-mid-season-driver-rankings-1-oscar-piastri-%c2%b7-racefans/feed/ 0 56426 2025 Formula 1 mid-season driver rankings #6: Nico Hulkenberg · RaceFans https://sandjack.tv/2025-formula-1-mid-season-driver-rankings-6-nico-hulkenberg-%c2%b7-racefans/ https://sandjack.tv/2025-formula-1-mid-season-driver-rankings-6-nico-hulkenberg-%c2%b7-racefans/#respond Wed, 20 Aug 2025 06:16:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/2025-formula-1-mid-season-driver-rankings-6-nico-hulkenberg-%c2%b7-racefans/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Nico Hulkenberg’s long-awaited and – on the face of it – incredibly unlikely breakthrough podium finish at Silverstone was hailed by many as the ‘feel-good’ moment of the season. Nico Hulkenberg Best Worst GP start 11 20 GP finish 3 16 (x2) Points 37 However the 15 points […]

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]]> https://sandjack.tv/2025-formula-1-mid-season-driver-rankings-6-nico-hulkenberg-%c2%b7-racefans/feed/ 0 56092 Has the time come for F1 to introduce reverse grids to its sprint races? · RaceFans https://sandjack.tv/has-the-time-come-for-f1-to-introduce-reverse-grids-to-its-sprint-races-%c2%b7-racefans/ Sun, 17 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/has-the-time-come-for-f1-to-introduce-reverse-grids-to-its-sprint-races-%c2%b7-racefans/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Although they continue to provoke feelings of apathy for a large portion of Formula 1’s hardcore fanbase, sprint races have now become deeply ensconced as a sporting element of the modern world championship. Sprint races were brought in after Liberty Media assumed ownership of F1’s commercial rights holder […]

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