Photographer in Perth, Western Australia
Mark Webber
Despite not being able to watch or monitor the race live, I was not surprised by how the United States Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend for this year unfolded. Red Bull lead driver and defending World Drivers’ Champion Max Verstappen put in a superlative performance to take pole position and victory in both the short-form… Continue reading No surprises at the United States Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025
Following a disastrous qualifying result in Azerbaijan for the championship-leading McLaren-Mercedes team, with relatively lowly seventh and ninth positions on the starting grid, the situation became even worse as the team’s championship-leading driver Oscar Piastri false-started and then crashed out of the race on Lap 1. The normally reliable Mr. Piastri, and we must remember… Continue reading A scintillating Azerbaijan Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025
Yesterday’s Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix was a rather pedestrian affair, and simply boring for what was meant to be a race at the pinnacle of motorsport. Formula 1’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), mandated a minimum of two pitstops per car in an attempt to make the race more exciting, but… Continue reading A dull Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025
A few days ago, Australian Formula 1 driver Oscar Piastri won his third race in a row, at the Miami Grand Prix. Although not a Formula 1 historian by any means, I was hard pressed to think of the last time any Australian driver won three consecutive Formula 1 races. Only two notable Australian Formula… Continue reading Oscar Piastri wins three races in a row
At yesterday’s Saudi Arabian Formula 1 (F1) Grand Prix race, young Melburnian Oscar Piastri became the first Australian driver in 15 years to lead the F1 drivers’ championship standings. The last time this happened, apparently, was late in 2010 when Mark Webber held the lead in that year’s drivers’ championship standings. (And it happens that… Continue reading Oscar Piastri leads the Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship