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So, what do you do when it's the second long break of the F1 season and there will be no action on track until COTA at the end of October?    Maybe creating a fictional football club (soccer for those Dirty Siders from the US) on EAFC24 on the PS4 where the only players you are allowed to have in your squad must have names linked to Formula 1 isn't the first thing that springs to mind.  However, that's exactly what Rob did. The mission was to create a new team and place them in League Two before embarking on a campaign to reach the Premier League before lights out at COTA. This is the story of the epic journey one man and a football club went on... First things first - I needed a manager, team name, stadium name, and kit designs.  The first name that came to mind was Brackley FC who would play their home games at Silverstone. Then it was on to the design process for the kits.  As this was trying to be a generic F1 themed team I decided to try and incorporate a f...

  F1 trucked up in Austin this week to be met by a barrage of cowboy boots & hats....and that was just the drivers! It was a sprint weekend so we had an action packed Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the guys to discuss. The guys pull apart the weeks news as well as doing break down of all the main events over the race weekend.   They will cover questions such as.... Who got pole position and who won the US GP in Austin? Why did Lewis Hamilton & Charles Leclerc get disqualified? Who won the Sprint and did we even enjoy it? Plus many more you didn't even know you needed the answers to ;-) Episode running order: News & Social Review of the latest F1 news that caught our eye on the internet and social media channels Brian's Video Vault or maybe not - Brian didn't get a chance to watch any this week US GP Weekend Review Review of the whole race weekend from practice to podium King of the Pits vs The Pits Pitlane Paul Our man on the inside gives us his view of the rac...

Max's secret identity revealed Anyone who watched the Brazil GP last weekend, and maybe some that didn't, will have seen two main stories taking up the column inches.  First up was the superb showing for Mercedes and specifically George Russell as he secured his first victory in Formula 1. Secondly was the murkier side of F1 as we heard Max refuse to follow team orders and give up his place for Checo. For those not familiar with the history of team orders, and maybe for those who want a stroll down memory lane, we have compiled a quick overview of team orders in F1 and also picked out some memorable ones. So, what are team orders? We need to remember that while each driver is trying to win for themselves, they are part of a team and the team wants to maximize it's points total for the constructors championship.   In addition, there are also times when the team might be trying to ensure maximum points for one of the drivers, especially if only one of them is in contention ...