Alvin's Formula One Blog

The 2026 Formula 1 season is shaping up to be one of the most exciting championship battles in recent memory. Mercedes have emerged as the benchmark team, Kimi Antonelli has established himself as the current Drivers' Championship leader, Max Verstappen continues to keep Red Bull firmly in the fight, and Ferrari are gradually finding the consistency they have been searching for all season. Right in the middle of that battle is Lewis. After enduring a challenging first campaign with Ferrari in 2025, many questioned whether the seven-time Formula 1 World Champion would ever challenge for another title. Critics believed his best years were behind him, while others wondered if the move to Ferrari had come too late. Lewis has answered those doubts in the best possible way. A breakthrough victory in Barcelona, multiple podium finishes, and consistently strong performances have firmly placed him back among Formula 1's elite. As the championship battle heads into the second half of th...

There are certain moments in Formula 1 that feel bigger than just another race weekend. The British Grand Prix at Silverstone has always been one of those special occasions, a place where legends are created and where the greatest drivers in the sport’s history have delivered unforgettable performances. For Lewis, Silverstone is not just another circuit on the Formula 1 calendar. It is a place where he has created a legacy unlike any other driver before him. Now, as he prepares for another British Grand Prix weekend with Ferrari, Lewis has the opportunity to write another incredible chapter in his already historic career. The numbers alone are almost impossible to believe. No driver in Formula 1 history has ever won the same Grand Prix ten times. No driver has dominated one circuit to that level. But Lewis has a chance to achieve exactly that at Silverstone. After securing his breakthrough Ferrari victory at the Barcelona Grand Prix, confidence is growing around Lewis and...

For more than a year, Formula 1 fans have debated whether Lewis could truly succeed at Ferrari. The move from Mercedes to the most famous team in motorsport was one of the biggest stories in F1 history, but the journey was far from smooth. There were difficult weekends, frustrating results, and moments where even Lewis himself openly questioned whether he could return to the very top. The seven-time Formula 1 World Champion endured a challenging first season with Ferrari, and there were times when the dream of winning races in red felt further away than many fans expected. But Formula 1 has a funny way of changing narratives very quickly. One victory can completely transform the mood around a driver, a team, and an entire championship campaign. That is exactly what happened at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, where Lewis finally delivered his first Grand Prix victory for Ferrari. It was a result that sent shockwaves through the Formula 1 paddock. More importantly, it remind...

Formula 1 is often decided by the smallest details. A tenth of a second in a corner, a perfect strategy call, a better understanding between driver and engineer. For a driver like Lewis, who has spent more than a decade operating at the highest level of motorsport, the relationship with his race engineer is one of the most important pieces of the puzzle. After a difficult first season with Ferrari, Lewis appears to have found the missing link that can help him unlock his full potential in red. The seven-time Formula 1 World Champion believes a major change behind the scenes has played a huge role in improving his performances during the 2026 F1 season. That change has been the arrival of Carlo Santi as his race engineer. Lewis has described Santi as his “Italian Bono”, a reference to his legendary Mercedes race engineer Peter “Bono” Bonnington, who played a crucial role throughout Lewis’ record-breaking years with Mercedes. The comparison is a huge compliment. Bono was not just an ...

The start of the F1 2026 season has already given Formula 1 fans something fascinating to watch — Lewis looking comfortable again. For anyone who followed Lewis closely during the previous generation of ground-effect Formula 1 cars, that sentence alone feels significant. The last few seasons were frustrating at times. The cars didn’t always respond the way Lewis likes. Balance issues, heavy downforce dependency, and unpredictable handling characteristics often worked against his natural driving style. But the new era of Formula 1 may be changing that story. After finishing fourth at the Australian Grand Prix, Lewis walked away from the opening race weekend of the F1 2026 season with genuine positives. The Ferrari looked competitive, the pace was there, and perhaps most importantly, Lewis looked far more comfortable behind the wheel. And according to former Formula 1 driver and veteran analyst Martin Brundle, the new generation of F1 cars could be exactly what Lewis needs. A Pr...

The 2025 Formula 1 season was supposed to be the rebirth of Ferrari. With fresh momentum from their strong end to 2024, renewed belief under Fred Vasseur, and—most importantly—the arrival of Lewis—many fans dared to dream again. After 17 long years without a championship, Ferrari looked like a team ready to fight. The tifosi were excited. The global F1 community was buzzing. And Lewis supporters worldwide believed this was finally the moment the greatest driver of all time would bring glory back to Maranello. But as the season unfolded, that dream dissolved into another painful chapter in Ferrari’s modern history. Instead of a revival, Ferrari endured a campaign defined by inconsistency, missed opportunities, internal friction, and a car that seemed determined to betray both its drivers. For Lewis, it became—by his own admission—one of the hardest seasons of his legendary career. For Ferrari, it was further proof that the issues holding them back have deeper roots than many care to adm...

Ferrari entered the 2025 Formula 1 season with the kind of optimism only Maranello can project—big dreams, big promises, and the belief that bringing Lewis into the team would spark a new era of dominance. Instead, what followed has been a season so brutal, so chaotic, and so emotionally draining that even the most loyal Tifosi are struggling to make sense of it. Lewis joined Ferrari with the intention of building something meaningful. He wasn’t looking for nostalgia, PR glory, or a retirement lap. He wanted to win. He wanted to ignite Ferrari’s title hopes, shake the foundations of the Scuderia, and bring championship glory back to the most iconic brand in motorsport. But as we sit just one race away from the season finale, Ferrari finds itself stuck in fourth place in the Constructors’ Championship, winless, inconsistent, and visibly lost. The team that once terrified the grid now struggles to escape Q1 with one of the greatest drivers in history behind the wheel. And Lewis—never one...

Every so often, an F1 weekend doesn’t just end with race results — it sends a shockwave through the sport. That’s exactly what happened after the São Paulo Grand Prix, when Ferrari president John Elkann delivered blunt comments directed at both Lewis and Charles Leclerc. It was the kind of statement that instantly grabs headlines, sends social media into a frenzy, and sparks endless debates among fans like us. Ferrari had endured a painful double DNF at Interlagos, an outcome no one in red expected or wanted. But the drama that followed became even louder than the race itself. Elkann told both drivers to “focus on driving, talk less,” a brutally short directive that echoed around the world. As an F1 fan who has followed Lewis through every triumph, heartbreak, and historic victory, those words hit hard. Because while Ferrari is a team built on passion and pressure, telling a seven-time World Champion to “talk less” is bold — maybe too bold. Yet buried inside Elkann’s message is somethi...