Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has highlighted the “extraordinary inflation” and soaring energy bills as reasons for wanting to increase the budget cap. The budget was set at circa $140 million this season, down $5 million from last year, and this is allocated to development, damage repair, transport of freight and more. There is therefore
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Sergio Pérez has started his 2022 campaign in the form of his life; the Mexican driver currently sits third in the drivers’ championship just 15 points behind team-mate Max Verstappen who leads the standings. The Mexican driver has shown impressive pace in the early stages of the season, including victory at the recent Monaco GP
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Plenty has been made of Haas driver Mick Schumacher’s Formula 1 career so far, but with indications flying around that he might leave the team at the end of the season, is there a possibility that the American side might drop him? Schumacher has now gone 29 races without scoring a point in the pinnacle
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Esteban Ocon recently featured on the Beyond the Grid podcast, where he spoke all about his Formula 1 journey to date. The Frenchman, who is only 25 years old, has already had a turbulent career in the sport. Ocon’s F1 career appeared to be over before it had really gotten going, after being booted from
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Not for the first-time this season, the race directors came under fire yet again at the recent Monaco Grand Prix, resulting in a stark comment from the FIA president himself. Drivers and teams were left puzzled as to the lengthy delay of the recent race in Monaco, which started almost an hour after it should’ve
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Despite only being 24-years-old, reigning World Champion Max Verstappen has already discussed plans for his retirement, when it eventually comes around. The Dutchman is currently into the opening years of his enormous contract with Red Bull Racing, which will see him remain in Formula 1 until 2028 at the earliest. By then Verstappen will be
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Ferrari team principal Matti Binotto has again urged the FIA to reconsider the budget cap for the 2022 season, affirming that it has resulted in employees being let go. The revised $140 million cap this year, which is reserved for development, damage repair, transport of freight and man hours working on the cars – among
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Former Formula 1 driver Mark Webber says his old Red Bull team have recovered well from the shaky start they endured to the 2022 season. Ferrari recorded a one-two in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix after Max Verstappen suffered a reliability failure late on, and Sergio Perez later became a victim of the same fuel
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Four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel has spoken out in disappointment over the recent comments made about his Aston Martin F1 Team by Red Bull. Not for the first time, Aston Martin were accused of copying another team’s design at the recent Spanish Grand Prix. The British team brought several upgrades to the weekend in Spain,
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Formula E champion Nyck de Vries has reiterated that he is completely focused on the all-electric series as he continues to be linked with a move to Formula 1. De Vries won the 2019 Formula 2 championship, and spent large parts of his junior career as part of the McLaren young drivers’ programme. Sadly for
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