Red Bull are said to have been close to not making the start of the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday due to difficulty in getting the fuel temperature up to the minimum requirement. This is according to a report by Tobi Gruner of Auto Motor und Sport, who also indicates that Ferrari wanted the regulation
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Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel has revealed the extent of the tyre degradation in Barcelona last weekend, saying that the pace was hugely affected as a result. After a dreadful qualifying for both Vettel and team-mate Lance Stroll, they started the race 16th and 17th respectively, and the German took one of his three fresh sets of
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Sir Lewis Hamilton is elated with the comeback drive that saw him finish the Spanish Grand Prix in fifth following contact with Kevin Magnussen. Having started sixth, Hamilton found himself being challenged by the Dane into Turn Four on the opening lap, but the pair made contact, giving them both punctures. Subsequently, Hamilton was put
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Sir Lewis Hamilton staged an incredible comeback drive at the Spanish Grand Prix, after an opening lap collision dropped the British driver to the bottom of the field at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Hamilton’s start was messy; the Brit was the only driver who opted to start on the yellow-banded medium compound, whereas everyone else
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Sir Lewis Hamilton was significantly clear of the pace of Charles Leclerc during the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, but why was that? Partly, it is to do with setup. There is less disparity between the four engine manufacturers – Mercedes, Ferrari, Honda and Renault – this season due to the new technical regulations that
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Sir Lewis Hamilton is pleased his Mercedes team told him to stay out on track following his contact with Kevin Magnussen after he recovered to fifth in Barcelona. Having started the race sixth, Hamilton and Magnussen made contact with each other at Turn Four on the opening lap, and the subsequent puncture put the 37-year-old
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Former Formula 1 driver Jos Verstappen notes that there is more “respect” between Red Bull and Ferrari than the Austrian outfit had with Mercedes last year. Max Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton engaged in an extremely tense title battle with Sir Lewis Hamilton in 2021, and the pair won an astonishing 18 races of the
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Former Formula 1 mechanic Marc Priestly has gone into detail around the issues at the McLaren team in 2007, indicating that a lack of communication served to make the situation worse. McLaren came into the 2007 season needing an all-new driver line-up having lost Kimi Raikkonen to Ferrari, while Juan Pablo Montoya headed to NASCAR.
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer has sensationally called for the FIA to “look” into allowing teams a “third car”, following Esteban Ocon’s absence from qualifying at the Miami Grand Prix. Ocon crashed heavily during FP3 in Miami, leaving his team with insufficient time to fix the Frenchman’s cracked chassis. The Alpine driver was lucky to
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Carlos Sainz has conceded that his adaptation to the F1-75 under the new technical regulations has been a difficult one, but maintained that there is no lead driver at Ferrari. Sainz has been out-qualified and out-raced by Charles Leclerc in all five races so far in 2022, and his campaign has not been helped by
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