The 2019 Super Bowl may be over but there still remains the matter of ranking the automotive commercials that aired during the game and, in true automotive racing style, ASN will only award the top three podium finishes. Finishing atop the podium was the Pinball Wizard-themed ad for the new $55K BMW-themed Toyota Supra – […]
The 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix is in the books and what looked like it was going to be a victory for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen turned instead into another win for the 2018 F1 world champion, Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes. Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen claimed the third and final podium position. Hamilton sat on pole for […]
The 2018 Japanese Grand Prix is in the books and it was a snoozer of a victory for Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, who is on his way to another F1 world title. Meanwhile, the second and third positions of Hamilton’s Mercedes’ teammate, Valtteri Bottas and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen contained slightly more drama. While Hamilton was […]
The 2018 Russian Grand Prix is in the books and it was mostly another 1-2 Mercedes snoozer won by Lewis Hamilton after his teammate Valtteri Bottas was ordered to move aside and allow Hamilton to win. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel claimed the third and final podium position. The driving points are fairly straightforward for this race […]
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The 2018 British Grand Prix is in the books and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel beat Mercedes’ pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton off the line to win while Hamilton spent most of the race recovering from absorbing a first lap hit from Vettel’s Ferrari teammate, Kimi Raikkonen, who went on to finish third after being dealt a 10-second penalty […]
The 2018 Austrian Grand Prix is in the books and what at first appeared as though was going to be an easy 1-2 win for Mercedes [as they dominated qualifying and sat on the first row] instead turned into what is referred to nowadays as a “shitshow” with both Mercedes being eliminated on Lap 14 […]
The 2018 French Grand Prix is in the books and unsurprisingly, Lewis Hamilton won easily with a new engine in his Mercedes, while Red Bull’s Max Verstappen managed not to crash for the second race in a row and claimed second, followed by Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen in the third and final podium position. The race’s […]
The 2018 Monaco Grand Prix is in the books and – as usual – it was one of the more predictable races of the season, with the top six racers finishing in exactly the same order as which they started. Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo won the race with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel in second and Mercedes’ […]
The 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix is in the books and although there was some chaos in the race itself, the ASN driver standings remained relatively stable. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton won the race, but it was as a result of early Christmas gifts from his teammate, Valtteri Bottas, Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and both Red Bull drivers […]
With the 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix in the books, Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel has taken complete control of the season race so far. Vettel has won both races outright after this weekend’s effort in Bahrain where he somehow coaxed 39 laps out of the soft compound tires to fend off the hard-charging Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes […]
Picking up where he left off in 2017, Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel won the 2018 Australian Grand Prix and immediately took the lead in AutoSportsNation’s annual Formula One driver rankings. ASN’s 2017 defending champion, Vettel, took advantage of a timely deployment of the virtual safety car to surpass Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton mid-race and then held off […]
The 2017 Japanese Grand Prix is in the books and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton cruised to victory after his main rival – Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel – encountered spark plug issues that took him out of the race early on. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed second and his teammate, Daniel Ricciardo, was third. The race was only […]
The 2017 Singapore Grand Prix is in the books – and that’s good news for Lewis Hamilton but bad news for Sebastian Vettel – Hamilton won the race after Vettel’s self-inflicted first-turn crash eliminated what was looking like it was going to be an easy victory for him. Vettel’s Ferrari sat on the pole and […]
The 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix is officially in the books and what a wild ride it was – with Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo eventually coming out on top followed by Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas in second and Williams’ Lance Stroll in third. Current ASN and F1 driver leader Sebastian Vettel and challenger Lewis Hamilton had a […]
The 2017 Russian Grand Prix is in the books and Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas won his first-ever Grand Prix, edging out Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel for the victory with Vettel’s teammate, Kimi Raikkonen taking a distant third to finish out the podium. After all was said and done, the race essentially boiled down to a single maneuver […]
The 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix marked the end [some might say, thankfully] of the Formula One season and in perhaps the most fitting ending – it was another Mercedes 1-2 finish – with Lewis Hamilton winning and his teammate Nico Rosberg in second with Sebastian Vettel finishing in third. The race was not the […]
The 2016 Mexican Grand Prix is in the books – now that F1 race stewards have finally determined the top five finishers – and surprise, surprise, it was another Mercedes 1-2 snoozefest. But the real drama occurred in the battle for the third and final podium position between the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel and two […]
The Malaysian Grand Prix is all over and there was actual excitement in a Formula One race this time as the race did not involve a Mercedes running away with the victory – or even winning it for that matter. Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo won the race with his teammate Max Verstappen in second – […]
The 2016 British Grand Prix is in the books and if you thought anything different was going to occur other than a Mercedes car being the winner then maybe you should consider joining the film industry and selling your fantasy-based ideas to a studio. As it has been for the vast majority of the year, […]
Another week, another Formula One race, another Mercedes win. The 2016 European Grand Prix held the promise of excitement as it was the debut of the unfamiliar Baku City Circuit in Azerbaijan. Alas, all drama left after approximately the third lap – depending on how long you could stay awake – as Nico Rosberg paraded […]