Riddhi Mondal

Aug 27, 2024 | essentiallysports.com | Riddhi Mondal

The year was 2008, and Lewis Hamilton was still just a fresh face in Formula 1. Now, we might know him as a global athlete whose fame has grown way out of the bounds of the F1 world, but it started way back. In just his second year as a McLaren racer, Lewis’ reputation had already started spreading to other forms of sports. So, he got an invitation to take part in a sailing competition for Hugo Boss, one of his sponsors.

Aug 27, 2024 | essentiallysports.com | Riddhi Mondal

“I don’t want to take any emotional decisions now“, Williams boss James Vowles had said while pondering over Logan Sargeant‘s F1 future. Well, the recent race results have driven the Briton to make the scathing decision on his recruit’s career. In a shocking turn of events, Williams has now announced that they will sack Logan Sargeant midway through the season, just ahead of the Italian GP. He will be replaced by the 21-year-old Argentine wonderkid, Franco Colapinto.

Aug 27, 2024 | essentiallysports.com | Riddhi Mondal

Get ready to behold a sea of Ferrari red at the Italian GP! After an exciting show in Max Verstappen‘s home country, the F1 circus will arrive at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza next weekend. The circuit is Internationally famous for being home to Scuderia Ferrari, F1’s oldest and most successful team. Now, Monza in itself is one of the oldest circuits that are currently operational in the sport, and it is also one of the fastest. Thus, it is famous as the ‘Temple of Speed’.

Aug 27, 2024 | essentiallysports.com | Riddhi Mondal

McLaren is the new talk of the F1 town thanks to its phenomenal rise in performance. With upgrades that have increased the capacity of the MCL38 by leaps and bounds, the papaya army has completely turned around its scores. Now, both its racers, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, regularly vie for race wins and this sometimes even leads to conflicts between them. At the Hungarian GP, the Woking outfit almost had to strongarm Lando into conceding the lead to Oscar.

Aug 26, 2024 | essentiallysports.com | Riddhi Mondal

“We are not a disaster” – Carlos Sainz once defended Ferrari’s strategy calls in 2022, when everyone came at the team for making the worst decisions for their racers. Since then, two years have passed by but some Scuderia critics might still claim that strategy is the biggest cause for the Maranello outfit’s downfall. Who can forget the brilliant pace that Charles Leclerc showed at the 2024 season opener in Bahrain?