1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve has joked that Max Verstappen will not be a “true champion” until he is collected by the infamous wall of champions. The tricky final chicane has caught out many a champion, including Damon Hill, Michael Schumacher, Jenson Button, Sebastian Vettel and Villeneuve himself. Button was the only one of those
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has revealed that the American side plan to bring their next batch of upgrades to the Hungarian Grand Prix just before the summer break. The Banbury-based side are likely to be forced to make changes to their plans this year after Mick Schumacher took a hefty amount out of their
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George Russell appeared to agree with team principal Toto Wolff’s assessment that Mercedes’ pace did at times look fairly strong, but he warns that they are still some way off Red Bull and Ferrari. Russell took a gamble in wet conditions on Saturday to go onto Slicks, but his late qualifying gamble did not pay
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Red Bull junior and Formula 2 driver Juri Vips has been suspended by the team for using a racial slur during a livestream. Vips was playing Call of Duty with fellow F2 and Red Bull understudy Liam Lawson when he said the offensive term, and Lawson replied by shouting Vips’ name to warn him of
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Spa Francorchamps is expected to lose its place on the Formula 1 calendar in 2023 due to the influx of new and returning venues. F1’s stock has risen exponentially in recent years, partly because of the introduction of the Netflix docuseries Drive to Survive, so interest in the pinnacle of motorsport, particularly in America, is
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A frustrated Lando Norris has declared that McLaren must improve their car after a disappointing Canadian Grand Prix. Norris endured a tough weekend having looked relatively strong in Friday practice, as he was eliminated in the second qualifying session when he suffered from engine issues. Some changes were made in the back of his car
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Williams driver Nicholas Latifi sounded audibly distressed after running down a groundhog during practice ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix. The race in Montreal has always been known for the presence of groundhogs, or marmots, who will frequently risk it all by venturing out onto the racetrack in front of passing cars, forcing drivers to
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“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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