Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has revealed that Mick Schumacher was delighted when he was told he would be partnering Kevin Magnussen this season. Schumacher was initially going to be paired with Nikita Mazepin for the second year running having out-qualified the Russian 20 times last year, but the 23-year-old was dropped amid his country’s
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It is testament to the brilliance and the magnificent achievements of Sir Lewis Hamilton that every time he makes a mistake, it draws no shortage of shock from the Formula 1 community. The distasteful cheering from the grandstand aside, this was the general feeling after the seven-time champion put his car into the wall during
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Red Bull’s engine consultant, Masashi Yamamoto, believes that Ferrari will have the upper hand in Hungary just before the summer break, but anticipates a strong performance from Red Bull in France this weekend. Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez have, between them, won seven races this season, and six of those were consecutive after the Scuderia
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has made a reputation for himself by being extremely hard on his drivers over the years, and Daniel Ricciardo was no exception. The Australian was promoted from Toro Rosso to replace the departing Mark Webber for the 2014 season, and Sebastian Vettel had a new Australian to contend with
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Plenty of work has been going on at Brackley in recent weeks to solve the endemic problem running through the Mercedes team of late. The German side have had all hands on deck since the beginning of the season trying to eradicate “porpoising” and bouncing which, as well as costing them bags of performance, have
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Mercedes’ George Russell is not resting on his laurels at the Silver Arrows following a tremendous start to the season for the 24-year-old. Russell was signed by the German team after impressing for three years at Williams, and he has out qualified team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton six times, finishing ahead in seven races. The young
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2016 world champion Nico Rosberg believes that Sebastian Vettel and Mick Schumacher would share a more hostile relationship were they to fight each other for the title. Vettel had a close bond with Schumacher’s father and seven-time champion, Michael, and this legacy continued when he formed a close friendship with Mick. The pair have contested
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Alpine have spent much of the season looking as though they could potentially be a challenger for best of the rest behind Red Bull and Ferrari, but rarely have they been able to truly show it. Be it pole position being snatched away from Fernando Alonso after an oil seal failure, or ill-timed Safety Cars
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Alpine driver Fernando Alonso feels a responsibility to repay motorsport for allowing him to have such a magnificent career in Formula 1, which is why he is heavily involved with developing young talent. Alonso has been working with a number of aspiring racers, including Formula 2 talent Clement Novalak and Bulgarian driver Nikola Tsolov, who
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AlphaTauri technical director Jody Egginton has praised Pierre Gasly for his attitude after returning to the junior side having been dropped by Red Bull. Following a solid season with Toro Rosso – AlphaTauri’s previous guise – in 2018, Gasly was promoted to the main fold to replace Daniel Ricciardo when the Australian left for Renault.
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