1997 Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve believes that Charles Leclerc’s crash at the French Grand Prix was demonstrative of the gap between himself and Max Verstappen right now. Leclerc had started the race on pole following a scintillating qualifying performance, and withstood heavy pressure from Verstappen in the opening stages. Verstappen pitted early while Leclerc
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc got up to some mischief ahead of the French Grand Prix on Sunday when he tried to spin McLaren driver Lando Norris’ hat. The Briton was giving an interview to Sky Sports’ Rachel Brookes, explaining that he did not have any serious concerns about the high temperatures for the race after the
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Alpine F1 Team reserve driver Oscar Piastri is looking increasingly likely to be racing in Formula 1 next season, but potentially not at Alpine. Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi currently finds himself in a difficult position, of having two extremely talented drivers without a seat for 2023. As well as Piastri, double World Champion Fernando Alonso is also
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Sergio Perez believes that race control is partly responsible for him losing third place to George Russell in the closing stages of the French Grand Prix. Perez was passed off the start of the race by Sir Lewis Hamilton, and fell back from the seven-time champion as Mercedes’ race pace shone through again. He started
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has revealed that Sir Lewis Hamilton was helping Nyck de Vries during the Dutchman’s outing at the French Grand Prix last weekend. As part of the new rules this season, all teams are required to run a development driver during practice on at least two occasions over the course of
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was extremely hard on himself after his crash at the French Grand Prix, saying that he might as well not be racing at the level he is if he is making mistakes. The Monegasque made only his second major error of the season in France on Sunday as he lost control of
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Recently appointed interim FIA secretary general, Shaila-Ann Rao, simply allows criticism of her position to roll off the shoulder. Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto conceded that he was ‘concerned’ when the FIA replaced the departing Peter Bayer with Rao who, prior to re-joining the FIA, had been special adviser to Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff. An
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Kevin Magnussen will have new parts on his Haas car at this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, but team-mate Mick Schumacher will have to wait for his, according to Autosport. While Schumacher has often shown tremendous pace since the start of his career last season, he has also been involved in several crashes, including two this
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Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell secured the Mercedes F1 Team’s first double-podium of the season, after the young Briton completed a late move on Red Bull Racing’s Sergio Pérez to claim third. Russell made his move on the penultimate lap of the race, after catching the Mexican driver napping. The British driver pounced on
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Former Force India driver Paul di Resta appeared to tell former Williams, McLaren ad Red Bull driver David Coulthard to shut up during the post-race interviews at the French Grand Prix. Max Verstappen cruised to victory in Le Castellet after polesitter Charles Leclerc had crashed out of the race from the lead. Sir Lewis Hamilton
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