Red Bull’s Max Verstappen accepts that there was some fortune involved with his victory at Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but puts the success down to having a superior car to Ferrari. Red Bull’s tyre management that they have shown throughout the season was always going to suit them well on race day in Azerbaijan, and
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff sympathised with Sir Lewis Hamilton after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix following the 37-year-old’s strong drive to fourth. Mercedes’ bouncing was arguably the worst it has ever been in Baku this weekend, and it got to the point where Hamilton was complaining of severe back pain during the race while he
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc could be facing a grid drop later this season after his engine failure in Azerbaijan that cost him victory. The Monegasque was given a new engine for the Monaco Grand Prix after the failure in Spain, but that was unable to last two races when he suffered a smoky exit from the
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Fans on social media have a tendency to kick people when they are down, and this has certainly been the case with Sir Lewis Hamilton this season. George Russell put in another mightily impressive performance in qualifying in Azerbaijan to start the race fifth, and he has out-qualified seventh-placed Hamilton for the fifth time in
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The stewards have cleared Sir Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris of any wrongdoing after the incident involving him and McLaren’s Lando Norris in qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Hamilton was eager to use the McLarens of Norris and Daniel Ricciardo behind him for a tow on his lap in Q3, but they stayed behind
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has revealed that Sir Lewis Hamilton was trying out some new parts on his car during qualifying in Baku, but they did not work as well as they would have liked as he qualified seventh. The “porpoising” has made a return for Mercedes this weekend as they continue to try
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There is currently a lot of noise going on in and around McLaren surrounding the immediate future of Daniel Ricciardo, but who will ultimately be the one to replace him if he leaves? Ricciardo’s contract expires at the end of the 2023, but he has had extreme difficulty finding his feet at the Woking side
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has revealed that there was an issue with re-fuelling on Sergio Perez’s car that meant he was late out for the final run in Q3 in Azerbaijan. Team-mate Max Verstappen asked the team on the radio why he was being sent out first after he looked across the garage
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Mercedes driver George Russell has suggested that action needs to be taken on the “porpoising” phenomenon before someone has a nasty accident. Mercedes have been bouncing off the track surface again in Baku this weekend as the issue makes a return, and it appears to be a fundamental issue with the chassis and floor itself,
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Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel has conceded that he does not know what he is going to do when he retires from Formula 1, and this is something that worries him slightly. The four-time world champion is out of contract at the British side at the end of the 2022 season, and there is no certainty
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