Motorsport journalist and podcaster
When newly minted champion Nico Rosberg vacated Formula One at the end of his title-winning 2016 season he handed Valtteri Bottas the second-biggest prize of the season — a seat at dominant constructors champion Mercedes.
Newly crowned world champion Lewis Hamilton has recorded Mercedes’s 100th pole position in Formula One at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
We release the Brazilian GP Review podcast eventually. Michael’s still away, Rob is recovering from the flu and Pete is recovering from mowing the lawns. Oh, and Mercedes wins another championship.
It’s hard not to think 2018 was supposed to be Ferrari’s year, yet motorsport’s most famous team has walked away from the season empty-handed yet again.
Lewis Hamilton wasn’t able to celebrate his driver championship on the podium in Mexico, but in Brazil the stars aligned to ensure the Briton could lead his Mercedes team to a fifth constructors title with an unlikely victory in Sao Paulo.