Nicky Haldenby

After graduating in 2015 with a First Class honours degree in English Language and Literature, Nicky Haldenby, a lifelong fan of Formula 1, founded the Lights Out F1 Blog in 2016. The blog has become a firm fan-favourite, delving deep into the sport's history books and lifting the cover on unusual F1 statistics and trivia. Nicky also writes at F1Destinations and Motorsport Guides and can be heard as the resident stats man on the 2 Soft Compounds Podcast. His work has appeared on WTF1, BadgerGP, motorsport.com, Sky Sports F1 and BBC Radio 5 Live. Nicky is also the host of the F1 Rewind Podcast.

Your 2018 #AzerbaijanGP Predictions: The Results

Before the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend began, I posted five prediction polls on the Lights Out twitter account. How many of the questions did you get right? Find out below! 1. Will Max Verstappen have a trouble-free weekend? 1. Will Max Verstappen have a trouble-free weekend? #AzerbaijanGP #LightsOutPredictions #F1 — Lights Out ●●●●● (@LightsOutF1Blog)

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Baku City Circuit Track Stats

Round Four of the 2018 F1 Championship takes place at the Baku City Circuit in Azerbaijan. Here are all the stats you need ahead of the sport’s third visit to the country! ?? BAKU RACE WINNERS From two previous runnings of a Grand Prix at this track, each have had a different winner. There’s only one

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The Final Word on China 2018

Dear Reader, What. A. Race. For two weekends in a row we’ve been treated to a spectacle. For all the doubts after Australia about the quality of the show, Formula One is looking better than ever after three rounds in 2018. So much happened in the Chinese Grand Prix that it’s difficult to know where

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Shanghai Track Stats

Formula One rolls in to Shanghai for the third round of the 2018 championship this weekend. Here are all the stats you need ahead of the fifteenth running of the Chinese Grand Prix! ?? SHANGHAI RACE WINNERS In fourteen races in Shanghai, there have been eight different winners of the Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton has the

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The Final Word on Bahrain 2018

Dear Reader, The 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix had all the makings of a show-stopper after Saturday’s Qualifying session. Sebastian Vettel took his first pole of the season and had a quick Kimi Raikkonen alongside him on the first row. Valtteri Bottas was looking to make up for his misdemeanours in Australia from third on the

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F1 set for Qualifying shake up?

Reports in Germany suggest Formula One is looking at changing the way the grid for the Grand Prix is formed. According to AMuS, F1’s bosses are planning to scrap Free Practice Three on Saturday mornings and replace it with the current knockout Qualifying session. As a grid is formed from this, the cars would then

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Bahrain Track Stats

Formula One heads to Bahrain for the second round of the 2018 season, and the first race of the year to be held under floodlights. Here are all the Bahrain Grand Prix stats you need! ?? BAHRAIN RACE WINNERS Since the event started in 2004, seven different drivers have won the Bahrain Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso

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The Final Word on Australia 2018

Dear Reader, Isn’t it great to have Formula One back? It’s been a long winter of waiting and Melbourne certainly offered up an intriguing curtain raiser for the 2018 season. For the second year in a row, Sebastian Vettel pitted and emerged ahead of Lewis Hamilton during the Australian Grand Prix to go on and

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