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Matt Phelps

Matt Phelps

Sports Journalist · 61 articles

Proud writer for Fresh Press Media: ReadMotorsport, ReadCars, ReadFilm, ReadTV and Wasps content on ReadRugbyUnion. Aspiring journalist/writer/producer, Sixth Form student from Banbury, Year 12.

Formula Flashback: Ferrari (1970s)
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Formula Flashback: Ferrari (1970s)

A new decade had dawned upon us, and along with that, a new Formula One season. Ferrari had a new car and engine was made for the new season, the new car being the 312B. The 312B had a new Flat-12 engine – which was going to be used by the Ferrari team for the […]

Formula Flashback: Ferrari (1960s)
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Formula Flashback: Ferrari (1960s)

1960 was hardly an improved season for Scuderia Ferrari following their poor 1959 campaign. The Italian team did retain drivers Allison, Phil Hill and Wolfgang von Trips, along with adding Willy Mairesse – to drive their dated, front-engined 246s – and Richie Ginther, who drove Ferrari’s first rear-engined vehicle. Unfortunately for Allison, he was seriously […]

Do we need more drivers on the grid?
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Do we need more drivers on the grid?

This season the Formula One World Championship has ten different constructors participating the tournament: Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes, Williams, Lotus, Manor, Toro Rosso, Sauber, Force India and McLaren. Rewind a few years and the World Championship had an extra two teams battling it out, adding four more drivers to the field. Teams like HRT, Caterham […]

Formula Flashback: Ferrari (1950s)
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Formula Flashback: Ferrari (1950s)

1950 was the year in which the inaugural Formula One World Championship was hosted. Drivers such as Nino Farina, Juan Manuel Fangio and Alberto Ascari were dreaming of winning the first ever Formula One title. Scuderia Ferrari were one of the many teams who had entered as constructors for the 1950 World Championship. However, the […]

Formula Flashback: Fernando Alonso (Part Three)
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Formula Flashback: Fernando Alonso (Part Three)

2011 was another year for Alonso at Ferrari. Alonso started the season with fourth place in Albert Park, he was then out-raced by team-mate Felipe Massa in Malaysia and China – finishing sixth and seventh respectively. He took his first podium of the season with third in Turkey. In Catalunya, Alonso qualified third and took […]

Formula Flashback: Fernando Alonso (Part Two)
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Formula Flashback: Fernando Alonso (Part Two)

Be sure to have read the first part of this article before continuing on with this. Fernando Alonso failed to score points in the next two races at Montreal, Canada, and the controversial USA Grand Prix at Indianapolis. Michelin announced that the tyres, that all but three teams used, were deemed unsafe for the track. […]

Perez endures difficult weekend at Suzuka
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Perez endures difficult weekend at Suzuka

Last week out at Singapore, Mexican Sergio Perez showed us his strength again. A brave and impressive drive saw Perez grab a seventh place finish. “It’s a good feeling to end such a demanding race with seventh place and six points. The start was very important because I knew I had to get ahead of […]

Do European people watch IndyCar?
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Do European people watch IndyCar?

We all know the competitive world of Formula One, it’s an annual series which sees 20 of the best drivers in the world fight our for 16-18 races a season for the honour of being Formula One champion. An important question, though: If you’re European there’s a huge chance you’ll know what the Indianapolis 500 […]

Nico Hulkenberg gives Force India crucial points in Japan
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Nico Hulkenberg gives Force India crucial points in Japan

German Nico Hulkenberg was one of twenty drivers to participate in this year’s Japanese Grand Prix at the figure of eight track of Suzuka. Hulkenberg narrowly missed out on qualifying three, being eleventh fastest. The German lost out by just under two-tenths of a second on Daniil Kvyat – who started from the pits after […]

Formula Flashback: Fernando Alonso (Part One)
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Formula Flashback: Fernando Alonso (Part One)

Sometimes it’s hard to remember that 2005 was only ten years ago now, in Formula One terms we’ve only seen five different World Champions since then. 2005 was the year. Just to put 2005 into scope for some of you, this was the year Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans – it was also the year […]

Verstappen’s Future In F1
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Verstappen’s Future In F1

This weekend sees the Japanese Grand Prix dawn upon us, one year after the tragic death of Frenchman Jules Bianchi. We know this will be an emotional time for drivers and we know that whoever it is to win, all results this weekend will be in tribute to the ex-Marussia driver. One of these drivers […]

Are closed cockpits the future of open wheel racing?
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Are closed cockpits the future of open wheel racing?

Earlier this year the world of motorsport lost another innocent life. Towards the end of the penultimate round of the Verizon IndyCar series at Pocono raceway the leading car of rookie Sage Karam spun, striking the wall with a hard hit. British driver Justin Wilson, who raced in Formula One with Minardi and Jaguar, was […]