Max Verstappen joked with journalist Tom Clarkson about his language in the press conference following the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz both suffered reliability failures in Baku on Sunday, opening the door for Verstappen to lead home Sergio Perez for a Red Bull one-two – their third of
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has conceded that he is concerned about the health implications that driving the Mercedes W13 could have as the bouncing issues persist for the Silver Arrows. The abrasion between the floor and the track surface was worse in Baku that it has been all year for Mercedes, and even Red Bull and
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McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl is pleased Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris both respected the calls to stay put during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Ricciardo started the race on the Hards, with Norris ahead on the Mediums in Baku, but it was the Australian who appeared to have the upper hand on pace in the
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For the first time since the Miami Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo finished ahead of team-mate Lando Norris at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Ricciardo crossed the line at the Baku City Circuit in 8th, whilst Norris was right behind in 9th. However, it wasn’t as simple as that with team orders being needed to keep the
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Pierre Gasly was denied a fourth-placed finish in Baku after a Virtual Safety Car gave Sir Lewis Hamilton a cheap stop in the Mercedes. With just under 20 laps remaining of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Kevin Magnussen’s Haas ground to a halt just before Turn 15, bringing out the Virtual Safety Car. Hamilton was then
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Aston Martin have strengthened their strategy unit by promoting a former Red Bull simulation developer as their head of race strategy. After leaving Alfa Romeo as a strategy engineer for the Swiss team, Peter Hall joined the Aston Martin team in August of 2020 just after that season had gotten underway amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sir Lewis Hamilton made race engineer Peter Bonnington aware of the “dangerous” amount of bouncing going on for the Mercedes during qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The nature of the new technical regulations in Formula 1 means that the ground effect aerodynamics affect the cars’ performance on the straights, and the floor of the
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A huge part of setting a good lap at the Baku Street Circuit is the slipstream; if a driver has one on the main straight, they can gain around half a second in lap time. George Russell qualified fifth in Baku ahead of team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton after he took advantage of a tow from
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has expressed concern over Sir Lewis Hamilton’s physical condition ahead of this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix. Hamilton and team-mate George Russell both suffered from a lot of bouncing during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix this weekend, and it was by far the most aggressive due to the long straights, the bumpy
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Qualifying at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was just as frantic and chaotic as it always has been at the Baku City Circuit, something which wasn’t helped by a red flag with just under three minutes remaining in Q1. Lance Stroll crashed into the barrier at Turn 2 with just a few minutes remaining on the
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