It was an Azerbaijan Grand Prix to forget for Kevin Magnussen, after the Dane was forced to retire from the GP with a suspected power unit failure. Out of the five drivers to retire from the race, four were powered by Ferrari PUs; though not all DNFs appeared to be PU related. Magnussen’s, however, most
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Sir Lewis Hamilton was “praying” for the end of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as he pulled through the pain barrier to finish fourth. Mercedes’ bouncing was the worst it has been all year so far down the long straights of the Baku City Circuit, and Hamilton was suffering from intense back pain throughout the afternoon.
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It was the worst possible Azerbaijan Grand Prix not just for Ferrari, but also for Ferrari PUs, as four of their powered cars retired from the race. Carlos Sainz was the first to retire from the race on Lap 9, the Spaniard ran straight on at Turn 4 after suffering from a hydraulic fault. Next
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The Mercedes F1 Team are once again scratching their heads and looking for answers, as the W13’s porpoising issue reached its worst stage yet at the Baku City Circuit. Despite the team hoping they’d solved the issue at the Spanish Grand Prix, the team suffered from bouncing both in Monaco and now in Azerbaijan. Both
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has banned all public screenings of Lightyear, which features Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz as voice actors, due to a scene involving two lesbian women kissing. The media regulatory office confirmed that the scenes depicted do not conform with its “content standards.” “[The movie] is not licensed for public screening
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner smiled as he praised Sebastian Vettel’s performance at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, joking that Aston Martin have a “good car.” Vettel started the race in Baku in P9, but climbed above Yuki Tsunoda off the start, before jumping Sir Lewis Hamilton in the pit stop phases. As he was
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Formula 1 fans on Reddit have been mocking Ferrari after their latest calamity at Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Charles Leclerc had started on pole from Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen after a mistake by Carlos Sainz on his lap sent him to fourth have been on provisional pole after the opening run in Q3. Leclerc
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With Formula 1 teams becoming increasingly under financial strain, Mercedes F1 team principal Toto Wolff has expressed his support of the controversial proposed driver salary cap. Teams have threatened that they may miss the final rounds of the championship, should the $140 million budget cap not be increased. The dramatic inflation which has hit every
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Charouz Formula 2 driver Cem Bolukbasi has been fined and his father banned for Silverstone after the Turk’s collision with Dams driver Roy Nissany in Baku. During the feature race, Nissany attempted to go round the outside of Bolukbasi at Turn Two, but the front of the Israeli’s car made contact with the back of
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The Azerbaijan Grand Prix saw the ongoing porpoising issue appear worse than ever before, with a number of drivers speaking out over the “not healthy” problem. However, Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner believes drivers are being instructed to complain about the problem in order to slow Red Bull down. Red Bull are seemingly
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