Sergio Pérez recovered brilliantly in Saturday’s Austrian Grand Prix Sprint race, after a controversial track limits call saw the Mexican start from 13th place. Pérez managed to recover a 5th place start for Sunday’s traditional race, with a podium at the team’s home event very much on the cards. The Red Bull Racing driver was
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has criticised the fans who cheered his crash in qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix on Friday. Hamilton and team-mate George Russell had both made it through the third and final qualifying session in Spielberg but, on his first real attempt at a push lap, the seven-time champion lost control of the
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Former Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has expressed his repent for his comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin after he appeared to defend the war he has started on Ukraine. Putin ordered his troops to cross the border and start a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and the subsequent war has now been raging for over
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Sir Lewis Hamilton had nowhere to go at the start of the Austrian Grand Prix sprint race on Saturday as contact with Pierre Gasly hindered his afternoon. Having crashed in qualifying on Friday, the seven-time champion qualified in ninth, but got a poor start as 10th-placed Gasly and 11th-placed Alex Albon came up alongside him.
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Sebastian Vettel has voiced his defence of the FIA, who allowed a number of tough overtakes to take place without awarding a penalty at the recent British Grand Prix. Some of the overtakes in question involved both Red Bull Racing drivers, with Max Verstappen in particular having infuriated Haas team principal Guenther Steiner. Verstappen virtually
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes Haas had an advantage over the Silver Arrows at the Austrian Grand Prix due to their pace in a straight line. The Red Bull Ring is predominantly a power track, so it requires good engine performance as well as a chassis catered to pace in a straight line, and
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Formula 1 is set to investigate reports of “unacceptable behaviour” amongst fans at this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, after the organisation released an official statement over the matter. We have been made aware of reports that some fans have been subject to completely unacceptable comments by others at the Austrian Grand Prix,” F1 said. “We take these matters very
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The stewards have once again made themselves the centre of attention at this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix with a series of confusing calls. Multiple drivers in Formula 1, 2 and 3 had been given penalties on Friday for exceeding track limits, and there had been a lot of deleted laps in qualifying for the sprint
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FIA president Mohammed ben Sulyem was on the receiving end of some agitation from Formula 1 fans after his message to Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell following qualifying in Austria. Both Russell and Hamilton lost the rear of their Mercedes cars and slammed into the barrier during Friday’s qualifying session to set the grid
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Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel has been given a suspended fine by the stewards for his “behaviour” during the drivers’ meeting on Friday. On every Friday of a race weekend, the drivers are mandated to arrive at the briefing room to be told of any important information for the remainder of the weekend, and discuss anything
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