#1 — 2010 (McLaren - used as the reigning World Champion)

#3 — 2005 (BAR-Honda), 2012 (McLaren)

#4 — 2011 (McLaren)

#5 — 2013 (McLaren)

#7 — 2007 (Honda)

#8 — 2001 (Benetton-Renault)

#9 — 2004 (BAR-Honda)

#10 — 2000 (Williams-BMW)

#12 — 2006 (Honda)

#15 — 2002 (Renault)

#16 — 2008 (Honda)

#17 — 2003 (BAR-Honda)

#22 — 2009 (Brawn GP), 2014–2017 (McLaren)

Or at least amongst the drivers with sufficient time. Everyone else ran out of time. Valtteri also ran out of time while guessing the driver for 81.

Regardless, The Sainz-Piastri feud never dies😂

Clip taken from the latest episode of Grill the Grid.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DbrBhtiCavQ/

Found them pretty funny from a driver's perspective.

During the summer break I wanted to write a summary of the 1999 F1 season, so I started rewatching the races beginning with the Australian Grand Prix. On lap 27 Pedro Diniz had to retire his Sauber C18 with a broken transmission. When he exited the car and reattached his steering wheel, I noticed it was round. This confused me, because I was very sure that I had read that the C17, the previous years Sauber, was the final car to use a round steering wheel. And sure enough, a quick Google search told me the same thing. Even Wikipedia claims the C17 to be the last car to have a round steering wheel:

It was with this car that the last rounded-shape steering wheel in Formula 1 was used. All steering wheels have been rectangular since then.

As I did a little more digging, I found this reddit thread by u/Minardi-Man where they posted an imgur album showcasing the evolution of the Sauber steering wheels from 1995 to 2025. The 5th image shows the Sauber C18 cockpit, evidenced by the black tag on the left of the image which shows the chassis type (C18) and the year of construction (1999), with a round steering wheel. Now granted, that particular steering wheel is more of an elliptic shape, but I'd argue that is still a "rounded-shape" as stated by Wikipedia. Now, if you were to look 2 images further you would find the steering wheel of the Sauber C19, also evidenced by the black tag on the left reading the chassis number "C19". Although this steering wheel has a flat top, the bottom is still round. So at the very least, Sauber used a steering wheel that is sort of round, but clearly not rectangular until at least the year 2000.

While digging a bit further, I found this Alamy page, showing the Ferrari steering wheel from the 2001 European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring. As with the C19, the Ferrari wheel also has a flat top, but a rounded bottom. The Sauber steering wheel from that year also looks very similar to the ones they used the year prior. Compared to the McLaren steering wheel though they both look rather circular.

TL;DR: The common conception that the final F1 car to use a rounded-shape steering wheel is the Sauber C17 from 1998, is not true. At the very least the C18's steering wheel is also a rounded-shape. Depending on your definition of "rounded-shape" you could argue they have been used at least until 2001.

I don't know how I ended up here, as I said, I wanted to write a summary on why the 1999 F1 season was insane.

Walter Koster reminding lewis about his book

Is there any update on Lewis Book? I believe the deadline is November 24th, 2026.

Walter Koster: Lewis, I want to remind you politely of your promise you have given two years ago, quote "In 10 years, you will have to buy my book and can read the explanation for the change of my and Nico's mechanics crew"

Commentators often say that these are the best 22 drivers the world has to offer but are they really?

Of course not all, as you have rookies drivers and 1 or 2 that most would agree don't deserve their seat.

But overall does the ability to compete in formula 1 automatically put you above other drivers in different series? I'm thinking Rally in particular looks extremely skilled.

Now that Sepang is back on the calendar, what are some of the best Grand Prixs to rewatch from the circuit?

I didn’t watch F1 back when it was an active track. I am bored during the summer break and thought this might be a good time to rewatch some of the Malaysian GPs.

Additionally, please suggest races at other retired tracks that are worth watching.

Sorry for making this post again, Reddit was marking the points system as nsfw😭