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Winners and Losers from the British GP

British GP reflection

By: Jake Rajala

The British Grand Prix came and went in a flash. So, I’m going to lay out some winners and losers from the July 4th event.

Winner: British Drivers

It was a day to remember for British drivers. George Russel, Lewis Hamilton, and Lando Norris took second, third, and fourth place. Russell is now second in the standings, Hamilton is third, and Norris is fifth place. Russell and Hamilton both have five podiums.

Loser: Max Verstappen

What in the bloody heck? Verstappen went from second in the Austrian Grand Prix to not placing in the British Grand Prix. He spun out in the dirt. It was reported as a “right wing” failure. He lost his podium spot and he wasn’t too happy about it, as he kept swearing.

Winner: Charles Leclerc

This is a no-brainer. Charles Leclerc won the GP and earned his spot in the history of the British Grand Prix. Charles is now fourth place in the overall standings. That was his first win. ‘You have to start somewhere”.

Loser: New Zealand drivers

Look away New Zealand drivers. The first Zealand driver was Liam Lawson, who came in sixth place. Oscar Piastri came in 11th. It wasn’t an inspiring night for New Zealand racers.

Loser: A.K. Antonelli

A.K. didn’t win in the Austrian GP and then he didn’t place in the British GP! He had a front left shield failure, which forced him into many pit stops. Thankfully, he is noticeably ahead of every other F1 driver in the standings. He still can’t afford to let Russell get a few more wins. He has the best chance of catching up to him.

There are more winners and losers that can be recorded from this pivotal race. I just wanted to highlight the biggest winners and losers. I hope there will be intense and a bit dramatic racing in Belgian Grand Prix.

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Winners and losers from the Austrian Grand Prix

Winners and Losers from Austria

By: Jake Rajala

It was another beautiful, intense Formula 1 race in Austria. It was in the Red Bull Ring. With that simply, said I’m going to lay out some winners and losers from the GP.

Winner: Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen was fifth in qualifying, but that didn’t stop him. He took second in the race. He sits at seventh in the standings. If he can finish strong and crack a spot in the Top-5, I believe that’s impressive. Max passed Kimi early on in the race and kept his distance.

Loser: Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton was a stud early on in the race. After all, he is third in the season. Hamilton and Max were passed by Verstappen early on and he never recovered. He ended in fifth place. It was disappointing for Ferrari, as the other F1 driver for Ferrari was Leclerc (who came in eighth).

Winner: Mercedes

Mercedes had quite the day. George Russell came in first and A.K. Antonelli was third place. If AK is going to lose, (which isn’t common), than it better darn be to his friend Russell. The top two drivers on the season are Russell and Antonelli.

Loser: Charles Leclerc

Charles Leclerc needed to cut some distance today and be above Norris in the standings. After all, they both sit with 79 points. Leclerc had four points today while Norris had six points today.

Winner: Austria

We asked for a tight, intense race in Austria. We were given it. More fans are going to flock to the race next season. We need more prolific racers from Austria. We were given Niki Lauda, but that’s not enough.

Loser: P. Gasly

I would have enjoyed to see P. Gasly get on the scoreboard. He had 41 points on the season. He is right behind I. Hadjar, who sits with 42 points. To make matters worse, the other Alpine driver (F. Colapinto) merely has 16 points.

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Who is “Italian Bono” Carlo Santi?

Who is “Italian Bono”?

By: Jake Rajala

Lewis Hamilton may be one of the very best sports figures to walk the earth. Well, let it be known that he doesn’t do everything for his team. He has a crew that does the “dirty work”. In particular, he has an “intern” by the name of “Carlo Santi”, who is the lead engineer for Ferrari. There should be a statue of him in Hamilton’s lawn, as he’s half the reason Hamilton won his first race with Ferrari. This comes after Hamilton replaced Ricciardo Adami with Santi.

It’s been widely shown that his first win with Ferrari was his first win since 2024! He has 106 F1 victories.

Hamilton has emphasized the importance between engineer and driver. Per F1, Hamilton said, “The driver-engineer working together is very, very important. I think last year, Adami and I had a really good relationship. He’s a lovely guy. We worked relatively well together.

Hamilton also said, “I chose a different set-up this weekend, just ciphering through the data, working really well with my engineer, he’s absolutely awesome, and I really love working with him”.

The 2025 season featured Hamilton struggling when the driver-engineer goes wrong. Hamilton and Riccardo Adami struggled with communication. He said he “felt like he was along for the ride”.

He also suggested to the team that “they should have a tea break, while they are at it”. It feels like Aaron Rodgers getting upset with Mike McCarthy when they were both on the Green Bay Packers.

We’ve seen sports figures change agents when they don’t get the contract offer they want. We also see them find a new training program if they want to upgrade their body in new ways. This is similar to F1 drivers changing their lead engineer.

Hamilton noted that a change after another short while would be detrimental to the team’s chances. In other words, they are going to work with what they’ve got.

So, what personal details should we know about this rising genius?

Well, he is 52 years old. So, he’s 11 years older than Hamilton. He was also born in Verona, which has a population of 255,000 people.

He studied mechanical engineering, specialising in vehicle engineering and dynamics, at Polytechnic University of Milan. In 2016, he became the performance engineer for Kimi Raikkonen. He got a taste of the Ferrari life when he had a leadership role with the “remote garage”.

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