In the latest round of social media banter, a fan endeavoured to find out if a plane can take off on the run-off area on the exit of Turn 11 in Le Castellet, but did they succeed? First of all, some context. Charles Leclerc had brilliantly taken pole position for the French Grand Prix in
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Mercedes’ Sir Lewis Hamilton believes the controversial end to the 2021 season in Abu Dhabi has had a knock-on effect on the team coming into this season. The seven-time champion was looking to add an eighth to his repertoire when he and Max Verstappen headed into the final round of the season level on points.
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo believes that his team anticipated too much from him when they signed him from Renault at the end of 2020. The Australian had suffered a difficult season with an underperforming Renault car in 2019, a year after he had been in talks with McLaren over a seat for that season, but turned
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Mick Schumacher turned a much-needed corner during the first half of the season, after looking at one point like he was set for an awkward summer break. Schumacher experienced huge crashes at both the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and the Monaco Grand Prix, resulting in a falling out with Haas F1 Team boss Guenther Steiner.
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer has conceded that Fernando Alonso’s signing for Aston Martin is the first time he has had to deal with such a bizarre turn of events in his career. Alonso came into the current season out of contract at the end of the year and, despite turning 41 in July, he
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Mercedes’ Sir Lewis Hamilton reckons that his team will taste victory this season despite a miserable start to the new era. The Silver Arrows managed a podium through Hamilton in the opening race in Bahrain after Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez both suffered reliability failures for Red Bull, but it went downhill from there. In
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Lando Norris has enjoyed a strong first half to 2022, after ending the first part of the season as ‘best of the rest’ in the Drivers’ Championship. The McLaren F1 Team driver hasn’t been able to fight with the frontrunners as often so far this season, with the Woking-based side having taken a step back
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With Sir Lewis Hamilton currently considering extending his career in Formula 1 beyond 2023, it’s always interesting to look back at how things could’ve turned out so differently had a different decision been made. The decision in question with Hamilton is what would’ve happened had he joined Red Bull Racing in 2013, and not the
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19 of the 20 drivers are on the cusp of receiving a 10-place engine penalty in the latter part of the season, while Lance Stroll is at risk of taking a five-place grid penalty. Where parts used to be put onto cars at will and money used to be spent by big teams like it
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Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack is looking forward to his working relationship with Fernando Alonso when the Spaniard joins the team next season. Sebastian Vettel announced his retirement from Formula 1 at the end of the season ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix and, just a few days later, Alonso was announced as his
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