George Russell has spoken out in support of junior drivers after two of them were used during FP1 at the Spanish Grand Prix. For 2022, the FIA introduced a brand new rule regarding teams’ use of young drivers during the season. It was announced that all teams must use a junior driver in FP1 twice
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Former Formula 1 driver and Max Verstappen’s father, Jos, is concerned by the lack of grip the drivers had on the extreme wet tyres during the Monaco Grand Prix. The start of the race in Monte Carlo was delayed by over an hour due to rain that had started falling just before 3 PM local
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was left wondering why Williams were not punished when Nicholas Latifi held him up at the Monaco Grand Prix last weekend. Sainz had an eventful Saturday in Monaco as the team earned a 25,000 euro fine for giving the Spaniard “grossly incorrect” messages as to how much clear air there was behind
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Former Ferrari driver Gerhard Berger has asked fans and pundits not to be too hard on Ferrari’s strategists after a tricky afternoon in Monaco last weekend. Charles Leclerc was leading the race in changing conditions having started on pole ahead of team-mate Carlos Sainz, and the Red Bull pair of Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen
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Max Verstappen is one podium away from equalling Sebastian Vettel’s record at the team between 2009 and 2014. Vettel’s first Red Bull podium was also a victory at the Chinese Grand Prix in 2009, much like Verstappen’s when he won the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix. The German added another 65 podiums to his tally over
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Former Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher is struggling to see a future for Daniel Ricciardo at McLaren next year in light of his current form. Ricciardo has been out-qualified in 10 of the last 11 races by team-mate Lando Norris, and has only managed points in three of the last 12 race weekends. By contrast,
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Over recent years, drivers have been seen demonstrating support for various campaigns and global issues, something which never used to happen in Formula 1. Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel have been two key activists, who have both demonstrated their support through action and words. Prior to the Spanish Grand Prix, Vettel even made a surprise
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Former Formula 1 driver Jolyon Palmer believes that Alex Albon can count himself slightly fortunate that he was not investigated for holding up Charles Leclerc in Monaco. Leclerc had been brought in by Ferrari at an inopportune moment in changing conditions, and Sergio Perez undercut him as a result, putting him into second place. Albon
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Formula 1 journalist Joe Saward has indicated that Haas are beginning to grow impatient with Mick Schumacher’s mistakes, and could give him his marching orders at the end of the year. Schumacher has cost Haas over $2 million in damage since his arrival at the team last year, with the latest major accident arriving at
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Former Jordan team principal Eddie Jordan is intrigued to see how Sir Lewis Hamilton is going to respond to his tough start to the season having been knocked off his “perch” by team-mate George Russell. Russell leads Hamilton 4-3 after he out-qualified the seven-time champion in Monaco last weekend, and he has now out-raced him
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