Former race director Michael Masi reportedly signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) after his removal as race director by the FIA. Masi was the centre of controversy at last season’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix when he made a bizarre call to allow a limited number of lapped runners to pass the Safety Car ahead of the
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Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA) chairman, Alex Wurz, posted a video of the drivers voting on who should replace Sebastian Vettel in the union. Vettel and Mercedes driver George Russell are currently the two directors of the association after the young Briton took over from the departing Romain Grosjean at the end of 2020. Vettel
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Sky Sports reporter Ted Kravitz spotted an error in an official FIA document during the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend. When referring to Lando Norris in a document this weekend, the governing body made a typo, calling him “Landi” instead of Lando. When speaking about Norris’ fantastic performance in qualifying that will see him start the
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Max Verstappen has grown frustrated at the stewards after the recent increase in track limits penalties. Verstappen was on the verge of a penalty in Austria a few weeks ago after team-mate Sergio Perez was sent down to 13th for cutting Turn Eight. Mick Schumacher lost a qualifying lap of his own in France last weekend
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Charles Leclerc’s chances of becoming the 2022 Formula 1 Drivers’ World Champion have taken a nose-dive as of late; however, not entirely through his own doing. Leclerc had made his way to the front of the field at the Hungarian Grand Prix, whilst championship leader Max Verstappen was busy overtaking the top five. The Monegasque driver looked
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Criticism of Ferrari has been difficult enough for the Scuderia to take in recent months, but it has reached a new level of pain, and that is ridicule. Carlos Sainz started the Hungarian Grand Prix second and third respectively, and they looked in prime position to beat Mercedes’ polesitter George Russell to the win, with
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Porpoising is once again a hot topic in the paddock, as a number of teams have called for the FIA to drop a set of new regulations for 2023 which are targeted at eliminating porpoising. The bouncing phenomenon has caused chaos for some, and absolutely nothing for others, with the latter being the ones who are rallying
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No table thumping could be seen from Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff after George Russell took pole for the 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix. It had actually been a relatively concerning day for the Silver Arrows on Friday as they appeared to be around a second off the pace in practice. Their one-lap pace appeared to
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Aston Martin have announced the signing of Fernando Alonso on a multi-year deal from the 2023 season. Alonso returned to Formula 1 last year with Alpine after taking a two-year sabbatical having left McLaren at the end of the 2018 season. After winning Le Mans for the second time and attempting to qualify for the
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff had some words of encouragement for Sir Lewis Hamilton after a DRS failure left the seven-time champion in seventh place in qualifying for the 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix. Mercedes, who had looked significantly off the pace in practice, came into qualifying unsure of how their car would perform, but they
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