Alberta energy minister Sonya Savage has told Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel that he is a hypocrite for questioning the mining of Tar Sands in the region of Canada. Vettel has long used his position within F1 to campaign for causes such as equality, social justice, and environmental awareness. The four-time world champion worked with children
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko is not impressed with the changes made by the FIA to try to clamp down on “porpoising” and bouncing. Mercedes’ George Russell and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz have been vocal in recent months over the potential health risks attached to the “porpoising” phenomenon that arrived with the new ground effect
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Sir Lewis Hamilton was left lamenting a horrible day during the first two practice sessions at the Canadian Grand Prix as the bouncing issues showed no sign of relenting for Mercedes. The Silver Arrows tried something different between Hamilton and team-mate George Russell regarding the floor in a big to understand why, having mostly solved
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Sir Lewis Hamilton was not a satisfied customer after an experimental floor did little to improve the bouncing on his Mercedes during practice ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix. The FIA have introduced a new metric this weekend to prevent the cars from bouncing too much, meaning that some will be forced to run higher
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Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel has reiterated that there are bigger things in life than Formula 1 in a retort to some bizarre comments by FIA President Mohammed ben Sulayem. Vettel and Mercedes driver Sir Lewis Hamilton have become renowned for their campaigns for social justice, equality and environmental awareness, while McLaren’s Lando Norris raises
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Life at Mercedes has started well for George Russell. He has been on the podium three times, he has out-raced team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton in each of the last seven, and he is the only driver to finish in the top five at every grand prix this year. Albeit, one or two of those results
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After a disastrous start to the season with three DNFs between their two drivers from the opening three rounds, Red Bull Racing have gone on to become title favourites once again in 2022. The Austrian team have an 80 point lead in the Constructors’ standings, whilst Max Verstappen leads the Drivers’ championship by 21 points.
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Former Formula 1 driver Nikita Mazepin would leap at the opportunity to return to Formula 1, but is not sure what his next steps are as he looks for a return to racing. Mazepin joined the Haas team last year, and brought in a lot of funding through his father Dmitry’s Uralkali company. The Russian
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Mick Schumacher’s future in Formula 1 is becoming evermore uncertain, after a recent falling out with Haas team principal Guenther Steiner. However, both Sebastian Vettel and Ralf Schumacher have vocalised their support of the young German who needs the team “to have his back”. Tensions between Schumacher and Steiner grew after the Monaco GP, where
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff does not believe that “porpoising” is an issue for the Silver Arrows any longer. Mercedes have suffered from a significant lack of performance due to the ground effect aerodynamic this year, and their ultimately flawed design aerodynamically meant that the floor was violently hitting the track surface in the first
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