As Formula 1 gears up for the 73rd championship British Grand Prix next weekend, a text message from Max Verstappen to Tom Coronel has emerged after the Dutchman’s crash with Sir Lewis Hamilton in Silverstone last year. Verstappen was sent into the wall in a 51G crash after he and Hamilton collided on the opening lap
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was unimpressed by the fact that Mercedes happened to have a second floor stay ready for the Canadian Grand Prix following a technical directive from the FIA. Due to the unsafe levels of “porpoising” and bouncing so far this season under the new technical regulations, the governing body has
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We have seen plenty of videos of what might happen if Formula 1 cars physically had zero grip, what would transpire if the engines had double the horsepower, and even how a car weighing absolutely nothing would get on around a racetrack. What we have not laid eyes upon yet though is how it would
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Valtteri Bottas has been discussing the mental hardship he went through while at Mercedes, and reveals that he almost walked away at the end of 2018. Bottas was promoted as a last-minute replacement for the retiring Nico Rosberg ahead of the 2017 season, and he would partner Sir Lewis Hamilton, who was eager to win
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Former Formula 1 driver Jolyon Palmer reckons that the FIA are taking a harsher view on car damage now than they did last year, as evidenced by Kevin Magnussen’s pit stop in Canada. Magnussen started the Canadian Grand Prix fifth behind the Mercedes of Sir Lewis Hamilton, and the pair found themselves going side-by-side into
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has criticised the technical directive introduced by the FIA during last weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix. Mercedes drivers George Russell and Sir Lewis Hamilton both endured physically demanding races in Baku due to the bouncing issue which is caused by the low ride height of the ground effect-based cars. Having
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Mercedes technical director Mike Elliott has confirmed that the Silver Arrows will be installing upgrades onto their W13 for next weekend’s British Grand Prix. The Silver Arrows have been inconsistent so far in 2022, with their misbehaving car working well at some circuits, but horribly at others as they endeavour to put a stop to
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Haas driver Kevin Magnussen has revealed that Alpine’s Esteban Ocon joked with him about exaggerating his damage to gain a position at the Canadian Grand Prix. Magnussen had started the race in fifth ahead of team-mate Mick Schumacher and Ocon, and behind the Mercedes of Sir Lewis Hamilton. The Dane went side-by-side with Hamilton into
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Triple world champion Sir Jackie Stewart believes that Sir Lewis Hamilton should consider retiring from Formula 1 amid Mercedes’ tough start to the 2022 season. Hamilton has scored just two podiums in an underperforming Mercedes car, which has been suffering from “porpoising” and bouncing all year. The consequence of that has been severe discomfort and
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A misogynistic joke by Sergio Perez in 2014 has resurfaced amid the controversy surrounding Red Bull junior driver Juri Vips. Vips has been suspended by the Austrian outfit after he used a racial slur during a livestream with fellow Red Bull and Formula 2 driver Liam Lawson. That also came after he allegedly made a
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