AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly was seen having a chat with Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko in Baku, presumably to speak about the Frenchman’s next steps in Formula 1. Gasly was demoted back to junior team Toro Rosso – now AlphaTauri – midway through 2019 after a torrid half season with the Austrian side that year,
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Nicholas Latifi’s future in Formula 1 is currently one of the most spoken about topics in the paddock, only to be outdone by many teams’ ongoing porpoising issues. The Canadian driver is having a woeful 2022, where he has been outperformed by new team-mate Alex Albon at almost every round so far this season. Latifi
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Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari ICE and turbo unit used in Baku are completely destroyed and cannot be used again this season, according to reports from Italy. Leclerc started the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on pole position, but lost the lead to Red Bull’s Sergio Perez off the start. The first of Ferrari’s issues occurred nine laps into
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has revealed that he had the 2018 crash between Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen in his mind when making the call to tell his drivers not to fight in Baku. Ricciardo and Verstappen came together at Turn One in Azerbaijan four years ago, putting them both out of the
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Mercedes driver George Russell has cautioned that a major incident is bound to take place because of the “porpoising” phenomenon that the Silver Arrows are struggling with this year. The reintroduced ground effect aerodynamics, which had been banned for forty years, mean that the downforce on the 2022 cars is generated by the floors of
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Max Verstappen remains on seven penalty points after the opening eight rounds of the 2022 season, with the Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz still on zero. Therefore, should the Dutchman pick up another five penalty points in the coming races, he will be handed a one-race ban. Verstappen’s title rival from last
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An amusing team radio message has surfaced from Sergio Perez after his crash during qualifying at the Monaco Grand Prix. Perez had generally been quicker all weekend than team-mate Max Verstappen in Monaco, and he had set a quicker lap than the Dutchman to go third fastest after the opening run in the third and
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1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill is concerned that Sir Lewis Hamilton may eventually suffer a concussion as a result of the “porpoising” he is experiencing in his Mercedes W13. The seven-time champion complained of severe back pain during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as he finished fourth behind team-mate George Russell, who got his third
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Spanish Newspaper La voz de Galicia (the voice of Galicia) has brilliantly added a few new drivers to the grid in their classification of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Max Verstappen led home Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez for the team’s third one-two of the 2022 season, but behind them was an unfamiliar name in the
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Ryanair’s social media admin has made a name for themselves in savagery and banter, and they continued that trend of Tuesday when they got involved with Formula 1 Twitter. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc missed his flight to Montreal ahead of this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, making for a less than ideal start to the week for
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