Joe Holding

London

Digital Reviews Editor at BBC Top Gear

Digital Reviews Editor at @BBC_TopGear. Writes about racing. And cars. And people who go racing in cars.

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Articles

Lego built 10 functioning cars for the Miami Grand Prix*

1 week ago | topgear.com.ph | Joe Holding |Anton Andres

Lego has really outdone itself this time. Three years on from its incredible but very stationary full-size F1 McLaren build, the world’s premier manufacturer of barefoot hazards has constructed 10 fully operational F1 cars for the Miami Grand Prix. Obviously, they’re not for racing—although you have to wonder if Sauber might be keen—instead bringing a bit of novelty factor to the drivers’ parade ahead of this weekend’s race. ‘Hang on,’ we hear you say.
Why is Lewis Hamilton struggling so much at Ferrari?

2 weeks ago | topgear.com.ph | Joe Holding |Anton Andres

This wasn’t in the script, was it? Five races into his fairytale move to Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton’s season is – much like his rear tIres – sliding towards nightmare status after another chastening result at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The seven-time champion finished in P7 more than 30 seconds behind teammate Charles Leclerc – who piloted the other Ferrari to the podium – having been half a second off the Monegasque in Q3 and outqualified by the chap he replaced… in a Williams. Awkward.
Could Oscar Piastri be an early favorite for the 2025 F1 title?

3 weeks ago | topgear.com.ph | Joe Holding |Anton Andres

Oscar Piastri became the first repeat winner (and, er, fourth pole-to-flag victor in a row in what was billed as the closest, most unpredictable F1 season in yonks), by dominating the Bahrain Grand Prix, closing to within three points of Lando Norris. Ergo, the Aussie is now the early favorite for the 2025 title. Yup, this is the ridiculously early conclusion we’ve reached based on four whole races of evidence.
Project Safari: Turning the Lotus Elise S1 into a rally-ready machine

4 weeks ago | topgear.com.ph | Joe Holding |Anton Andres

Get Lost... No, not like that. Get Lost is the name of the all-new design and engineering brand responsible for this, a Lotus Elise S1 reimagined for road trip schenanigans and off-road funsies. Heritage be damned, we want it. It’s called Project Safari, and much has been done. Running all-terrain tires, a new, bespoke suspension system raises the ride height by 100mm, with the aim of ‘refining the body control’ and inspiring confidence. Not things the original was lacking, exactly.
We’re obsessed with this rally-inspired Lotus Elise S1

1 month ago | msn.com | Joe Holding

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Carlos Sainz could be fined for swearing over his bathroom fine

1 month ago | topgear.com.ph | Joe Holding |Anton Andres

Williams driver Carlos Sainz looks set to be fined for the second week running after dropping an (undeniably amusing) expletive in an FIA press conference in the build-up to Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Last weekend, the Spaniard was fined €10,000 (P647,440) for missing the start of the pre-race national anthem in Japan, having had a stomach bug that caused an unplanned pit stop… in the toilet.
Which driver stood out in the uneventful Japanese Grand Prix?

1 month ago | topgear.com.ph | Joe Holding |Anton Andres

Oscar Piastri summed it up perfectly after the highlights reel in the cool-down room ended painfully quickly. “That’s all the highlights?” asked the puzzled Aussie. “For a race that felt like it was pretty flat out, nothing happened.” He wasn’t wrong. There was only one overtake in the top 10—Lewis Hamilton’s early move on RB’s Isack Hadjar—and outside the points, the most places anyone gained was four, with Jack Doohan lifting his hastily repaired Alpine from 19th on the grid to P15 at the flag.
Who was your standout driver at the (entirely uneventful) Japanese Grand Prix?

1 month ago | msn.com | Joe Holding

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Yuki Tsunoda shares thoughts on his Red Bull Racing move

1 month ago | topgear.com.ph | Joe Holding |Anton Andres

Yuki Tsunoda has been tasked with being “as close to Max as possible” following his controversial switcheroo with Liam Lawson at Red Bull ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix. The team made the brutal call to drop Lawson last week after only two races, in which the New Zealander qualified 18th and then last, DNFing on his debut in Australia and scoring no points in China.
Red Bull has demoted its livery for the Japanese Grand Prix

1 month ago | msn.com | Joe Holding

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