Ferrari’s season is quickly dwindling into one where they’ll be asking themselves “what could’ve been”, after a double DNF at the Azerbaijan GP saw the Italian team fall 80 points behind Red Bull Racing. The team have got a mountain to climb, not only to catch Red Bull but also to keep the incredibly reliable
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner is not entirely convinced by the new regulation aimed at limiting “porpoising” and bouncing. Mercedes in particular have struggled with heavy contact with the track surface this year, primarily due to their aerodynamic deficiencies that led to the floor hitting the track surface, and this phenomenon is known as “porpoising.”
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Former Formula 1 driver Johnny Herbert has warned Lance Stroll that he is not immune from losing his Aston Martin seat despite the ownership of the team by his father, Lawrence. Lance has scored points in Imola and Miami this season, and has out-qualified team-mate Sebastian Vettel once in the six races they have had
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Former Formula 1 driver Christian Danner doubts that he would have kept his seat had he endured the start to the 2022 season that Haas’ Mick Schumacher has. Schumacher has been involved in two major crashes this season and, while team-mate Kevin Magnussen has put 15 points on the board, the 23-year-old’s scoreless streak since
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The Mercedes F1 Team are doing all they can for porpoising to be eliminated from Formula 1, even going to the lengths of asking the FIA to change the current regulation rules. The W13’s bouncing was the worst it’s been so far this season in Azerbaijan, to the point where Sir Lewis Hamilton struggled to
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The FIA have brought in a new directive at this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix to ensure that the cars are as stable as possible in a bid to look out for driver welfare. Mercedes’ George Russell and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz have been outspoken about the long-term health affects “porpoising’ and bouncing can have on drivers,
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo believes that George Russell is showing just how good he is at Mercedes this year, and that Sir Lewis Hamilton has not lost any of his ability. Hamilton and Russell have not been dealt the easiest hand at Mercedes this season, losing bags of time to Ferrari and Red Bull due to
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The FIA have released a new regulation that aims to look after the drivers’ welfare amid the brutal bouncing that has plagued some of the teams this year. Both Mercedes’ George Russell and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz have called for action in recent weeks over the “porpoising” and bouncing on the cars under the new technical
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has no immediate plans to discuss a future seat with Pierre Gasly as the Frenchman looks to tie up his future beyond the end of next year. Gasly has impressed immensely since his return to Red Bull’s junior team AlphaTauri, and his P5 last weekend in Baku was the epitome
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Mercedes may have to sacrifice some of their results in 2022 by working on their design ideas for next years machine, according to a report by the Italian edition of Motorsport.com. The new technical regulations introduced this year brought about the return of ground effect aerodynamics, which had previously been banned for 40 years. Mercedes
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