Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff does not believe that Sir Lewis Hamilton has lost any of his pace since the end of the 2021 season. Hamilton was cruelly denied an eighth world title last year on the final lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix following a controversial Safety Car restart by now former race
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Giedo van der Garde believes that Carlos Sainz needs to relax more, as he is putting too much emphasis on beating Charles Leclerc at Ferrari. The Spaniard has suffered a series of mistakes and reliability failures so far in 2022, and is yet to win a race after not quite finding the necessary performance in
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Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles has conceded that the Silver Arrows were too aggressive with their set-up in Baku, leading to severe back pain for Sir Lewis Hamilton. Having perceivably sorted their “porpoising” issue in Spain a few weeks ago, Mercedes felt able to adjust the setup and run the cars lower to the ground
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Nigel Mansell has sold the Ferrari 640 that he used in the 1989 Formula 1 season for 3.6 million euros using the Himalayan Dollar [HDO] cryptocurrency. The Briton sold the car to auction house RM Sotheby, who reckon that this is the first time a Ferrari Formula 1 driver has offered up a semi-automatic car.
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Former Formula 1 driver Nikita Mazepin says that Mick Schumacher’s results at Haas “speak for themselves,” and reveals that no one at the team has reached out to him since his release. Mazepin entered F1 with the Haas team last year thanks in part to the oligarch money paid to the American outfit by his
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David Coulthard has made an amusing video remixing former Red Bull team-mate and Channel 4 colleague Mark Webber’s scream from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in 2021. Max Verstappen had caused a red flag in Baku last year when he suffered a puncture late on while leading, and the subsequent collision with the barrier on the
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After winning three of the last four races, Max Verstappen is virtually in complete control of the 2022 World Championship, however, the Dutchman believed his title defence was over after just three rounds. The start of the season was horrific for the 2021 World Champion, after suffering two reliability-based DNFs in the opening three rounds
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Mercedes driver George Russell has rallied the troops after his third podium of the season in Baku last weekend. The 24-year-old qualified fifth after Ferrari and Red Bull locked out the front two rows for the sixth time this season, but he capitalised on reliability woes for the Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Carlos
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Sebastian Vettel was given a peculiar request by Aston Martin race engineer Tim Wright during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend. During free practice in Baku, the four-time champion was asked to remove one of his hands from the steering wheel, possibly in an attempt from the team to see how the car was behaving in
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Dr Helmut Marko does not believe Ferrari’s form in the last three races is entirely reflective of how the 2022 title fight is going to go down. Charles Leclerc retired from the lead of the race in both Spain and Azerbaijan after suffering reliability failures. Team-mate Carlos Sainz suffered the same fate last weekend in
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