Ben Stevens, Author at GRAND PRIX 247

2019 Team of the Year: Mercedes AMG F1

Taking their sixth-straight Formula 1 World Championship double in 2019, it should come as no surprise that the team of the year is Mercedes. Even if their car might not have been quite as strong as some... Read More...

2019 Rookie of the Year: Lando Norris

An award that often is often easy to decide, in 2019, Rookie of the Year was one of the hardest, but in the end, we decided to go with Lando Norris. Really you can’t go wrong with either George Russell o... Read More...

2019 Unsung Hero of the Year: Sergio Perez

Now six years removed from his lone season with McLaren, it’s safe to say Sergio Perez’s star is not sitting quite as high as it once was, but that said, the shine certainly hasn’t come off his skills as a ... Read More...

2019 Villain of the Year: William Storey

A villain more in a cartoon sense than a real one, no one wore the black hat during the 2019 Formula 1 season quite like Rich Energy founder William Storey. The owner of an energy drinks company with no ... Read More...

2019 Race of the Year: German Grand Prix

A year with more than its fair share of classic races, in the end, it was hard to look past the wet weather chaos that took place at Hockenheim during the 2019 German Grand Prix. Won by Max Verstappen in... Read More...

2019 Disappointment of the Year: Ferrari

An award that goes hand-in-hand with Car of the Year, the 2019 Formula 1 season seemed like it would be Ferrari’s best chance yet to snag their first championship in over a decade. Instead, it was another y... Read More...

2019 Shock of the Year: Three Untimely Deaths

The Formula 1 community may stretch far across the globe, but it can also be a tight-knit bunch akin to family, and that makes any death tough to stomach. Unfortunately, 2019 had three of them. Charlie W... Read More...

2019 Newsmaker of the Year: Toto Wolff

A man who has presided over the most successful winning run in the history of the sport, Toto Wolff was a headline-grabber unto himself in 2019. While unlike previous winners -- including his good friend... Read More...

2019 Car of the Year: Ferrari SF90

You may be thinking: how did a car that lost the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship by 235 points win this award? And you’d be right to do so. But here’s the thing: this is no honour, but it is us recogni... Read More...

2019 Surprise of the Year: McLaren

Over half a decade removed from Formula 1 title contention, McLaren finally took a step towards regaining its former place of prominence in 2019, and it was no small step, either. Having ended their ill-... Read More...

2019 Story of the Year: Vettel’s Montreal Meltdown

Not the first – or the last – time Sebastian Vettel made a glaring mistake in his career, none made waves quite like this one. The error that launched a thousand comments, Vettel’s lap 48 off at turn t... Read More...

Outside Line: Reviewing My Bold Predictions

As 2019 comes to a close, the time has come to reflect on the year that was. For us media types, that usually means looking-back and critiquing the teams and drivers on how they performed over the course of... Read More...

Midweek Wrap: Lewis to Ferrari, Vettel-Leclerc Free to Race, Latifi Signs for Williams

It might have been the final race week for the 2019 season, but the past seven days kept the F1 news wire humming along in mid-season form. Lewis to Ferrari: Well, this kind of exploded this week, didn’t... Read More...

The Day After: One Final Reminder

Dominating the race from start to finish, Lewis Hamilton was for one more time at his impervious best in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. And just like that, the 2019 F1 season – and therefore, the decade as a whole... Read More...

Morning After: The Drought Is Over

Taking his first pole position in ten races, Lewis Hamilton was back to his hammer-time best on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. Possibly the biggest oddity of the 2019 season, Lewis Hamilton’s drought of pole pos... Read More...

Abu Dhabi FP3: Verstappen Edges Hamilton and Bottas

The top-three separated by less than a tenth of a second, the stage is set for a competitive qualifying after the final session of practice on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. Leading the way with a time of 1:36.5... Read More...

Morning After: Fastest at the Back

It’s not often in F1 you get to say the fastest car will be at the back of the grid, but it’s certainly shaping up that way in Abu Dhabi. Topping the timesheets in both sessions on Friday, Valtteri Botta... Read More...

Abu Dhabi FP1: Bottas Out in Front, Vettel in the Barriers

Taking full advantage of his new spec-4 engine, Valtteri Bottas led the way amidst a relatively subdued first practice in Abu Dhabi on Friday. Ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen by 0.535 seconds, the Fin... Read More...

Author Ben Stevens