“There is something strange with the engine.” These were the playful words of Charles Leclerc in the dying stages of the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix as he won the opening round of the year. It came after a reliability failure had cost him victory in the same race three years ago as Sir Lewis Hamilton
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Alpine’s Fernando Alonso could be seen beating his wheel in frustration in the aftermath of the Canadian Grand Prix as more misfortune befell him on Sunday. Alonso had earned his first front-row start since 2012 on Saturday in wet conditions as he beat Carlos Sainz to second behind Max Verstappen, and he expressed his intent
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has suggested that Mercedes team-mate George Russell should be the “guinea pig” in the second half of the season after the team carried out a series of experiments on the 37-year-old’s car. Mercedes have been severely lacking performance and comfort in their 2022 challenger due to “porpoising” and bouncing this year, but
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes that Mercedes are beginning to make more of an dent on the advantage Red Bull and Ferrari have over them after Sir Lewis Hamilton’s podium in Montreal. Hamilton qualified fourth in wet conditions in Montreal, and passed Alpine’s Fernando Alonso to take third away from the Spaniard as misfortune
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It has become apparent in the last few races that Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell have essentially been driving different race cars. The reason for that has been their general struggles in 2022, suffering with a pace and performance deficit, as well as poor stability and consistency on their W13. One thing they have
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Dominic Perrottet, Premier of New South Wales in Australia, has criticised Formula 1 for extending its deal with Melbourne until the end of 2035. From next year, the two main feeder series to F1, Formula 2 and Formula 3, will be heading down under to contest support races in Melbourne, while the pinnacle of motorsport
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Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz and Sir Lewis Hamilton took a few moments to look back on the Canadian Grand Prix in the cooldown room before the podium ceremony. Verstappen had started on pole, and pitted under a Virtual Safety Car after team-mate Sergio Perez came to a stop following a gearbox issue. It was fairly
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Charles Leclerc was pleased to recover to fifth place in Canada on Sunday after spending portions of the race stuck in DRS trains. Leclerc picked up an engine penalty ahead of the weekend that saw him start on the back row of the grid in 19th as Max Verstappen took pole, and he gained handful of
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Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack has suggested that tyre pressures were too high during qualifying, which is why both Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll were dumped out in the first phase. The British side had looked relatively strong all weekend, and Vettel even managed P3 in the third and final practice session on Saturday
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer was not convinced by the FIA’s initial decision to allow Mercedes to run an extra stay on their car during the Canadian Grand Prix weekend. A new metric was brought in last weekend to determine how much oscillating movement the cars are producing over several health concerns were raised regarding
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