Technical director at Mercedes, Mike Elliott, reckons that Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were not a million miles away from the front-running pace at the Austrian Grand Prix last time out. Russell qualified fourth for the sprint as Sergio Perez was penalised for a track limits infringement, and that came after both he and
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner is pleased to see the back of the budget cap saga after it was raised by 3.1 percent. The budget was initially set at $140 million for the season for every team, and has to be spread out between damage repairs, car development, freight travel and more – drivers’ salaries
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen believes that the stewards were too harsh on track limits in Austria up and down the racing ladder after multiple penalties and lap time deletions were handed out. Several drivers in Formula 2 and Formula 3 had their lap times taken off them in the support races, before a series of
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Lando Norris has empathised with McLaren team-mate Daniel Ricciardo, insisting that the car is a “difficult” one to get used to. Norris managed a podium finish at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in the fourth round of the season, and has ended up in the top 10 nine times in the opening 11 rounds of
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes that the issues around track limits are set to be amplified this weekend when the circus visits the Circuit Paul Ricard. In Formula 1, 2 and 3 last time out in Austria, multiple lap times were deleted for exceeding track limits, and multiple penalties were handed out during
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Carlos Sainz believes he will be at his strongest in the latter stages of the season as he seeks to continue his consistent form at Ferrari. The Spaniard won the British Grand Prix in Silverstone having pushed Max Verstappen hard for the win in Canada, and he looked as though he was going to pass
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Mercedes driver George Russell does not believe he was completely at fault for the incident that put Sergio Perez out of the race in Austria, and wants there to be more consistency from the stewards. Even before the Austrian Grand Prix weekend had started, controversy was brewing in the paddock following Fernando Alonso’s bemusement at
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Sir Lewis Hamilton is enjoying his partnership with George Russell at Mercedes after a solid start to the year from the 24-year-old. Mercedes are evidently not where they want to be after half of the 2022 season; they sit third in the Constructors’ Standings, 122 points off leaders Red Bull. The German side have managed
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Reigning world champion Max Verstappen has generally adopted a less aggressive approach to wheel-to-wheel racing against Charles Leclerc so far this season relative to how he raced Sir Lewis Hamilton in 2021. The Dutchman went up against the seven-time world champion last year as he battled for his maiden Formula 1 crown. Verstappen ultimately came
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Aidan Louw, an ex-contractor at Aston Martin Racing who received racist and homophobic abuse from other employees, was fired for poor performance earlier in the year, the Silverstone-based team has revealed. In an interview with Sky Sports, the 25-year-old revealed that the abuse began immediately after he joined Aston Martin in February while working as
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