Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said that anything is possible as the Silver Arrows ponder the changes they might make in a bid to improve the performance of the car. The new technical regulations have caught the Brackley-based side out early in 2022, with “porpoising,” adverse corner handling, tyre warmup and straight-line speed all
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff concedes that Sir Lewis Hamilton is in a “different situation” now than he has been for much in his career, but maintains that this is not going to demotivate him. Hamilton sits sixth in the Drivers’ Standings having achieved a best finish of third at the Bahrain Grand Prix, and
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Sebastian Vettel has earned himself a new nickname from Formula 1 fans after his defiance of the reinforcement of the fireproof regulation. Ahead of the Australian Grand Prix earlier this year, race director Niels Wittich reminded the drivers of the importance of removing all jewellery before entering the car to prevent fire hazards. Sir Lewis
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Mercedes driver George Russell does not know if he would have been able to catch Sergio Perez for fourth place in Miami had he been able to pass team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton earlier. Having been eliminated in Q2, Russell started the race on Hards, and was able to capitalise on a late Safety Car to
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Dr Helmut Marko has said that Max Verstappen’s performance in the Miami Grand Prix was exemplary of a driver that is able to deliver under intense pressure. Verstappen crashed during practice on Friday, before a hydraulic issue compounded what was already a difficult day’s running, so he was left relatively unprepared heading into qualifying. A
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Williams team principal Jost Capito has come to the defence of Nicholas Latifi after a troubled start to the 2022 campaign for the Canadian. Latifi has suffered three significant crashes so far this season, with two of them coming in one weekend in Saudi Arabia, before a bizarre crash with Lance Stroll in qualifying in
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Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz is pleased to have returned to the podium in Miami after a difficult last couple of races in Australia and Italy. The Spaniard suffered a heavily disrupted qualifying in Australia before crashing out of the race early on, and a further crash in qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix preceded
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Following Ferrari’s post-Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Pirelli test, the Italian outfit have been cleared of any wrongdoing after questions were asked about the different floors used at the test. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner emphasised his point that the Pirelli tests are “up to the FIA to police”, after Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz
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Mercedes driver Sir Lewis Hamilton has no intention of removing his jewellery when he steps into a race car despite the clampdown by race director Niels Wittich. Wittich sent out a reminder to the drivers of the 2005 regulation that jewellery is not to be worn in the car. At the time, both Red Bull
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Sergio Perez is said to have opened up conversations with Red Bull regarding a new contract that would keep him at the team beyond the end of this year. During the 2021 season in which he scored five podiums, a race win and 19 points finishes, Perez was awarded a new contract until the end
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