Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has confirmed that the team have upgrades planned for the next two races in a bid to haul themselves out of the dire position they are currently in. The arrival of the new technical regulations saw the return of ground effect aerodynamics, and Mercedes have been struggling immensely with “porpoising”
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has insisted that it is not his place to reveal any details about Porsche’s potential interest in partnering with the Milton Keynes-based side in 2026. Volkswagen chairman Herbert Diess has recently confirmed that their subsidiaries, Porsche and Audi, are seeking to join the pinnacle of motorsport in four years,
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has disregarded comparisons between Charles Leclerc and legendary Formula 1 racer Gilles Villeneuve. Villeneuve took six wins and eight podiums in a career that spanned just over four seasons, and yielded a second-placed championship finish in 1979. The Canadian was notorious for his nonchalant and, at times, perceivably arrogant approach
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Red Bull designer Adrian Newey has indicated that Sir Lewis Hamilton’s actions at last year’s British Grand Prix were perhaps on the naughty side, but accepts that Max Verstappen was also antagonistic towards the Briton during their title fight in 2021. Verstappen and Hamilton went head-to-head for the world championship in a dramatic, enthralling and
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Both Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen have suggested that the weekend format should be changed amid the amount of media commitments the drivers are undertaking every weekend. Ahead of the new season, race weekends were officially condensed down to just three days, with the media obligations, including the press conference, taking place on Friday morning
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McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo hopes that Monaco still has a place on the Formula 1 calendar as the sport evolves and continues to shift towards new markets. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has previously spoken of his plan to open out the racing schedule to 30 rounds as the pinnacle of motorsport seeks to re-establish its
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Toto Wolff is again standing guard for Sir Lewis Hamilton after criticism of the seven-time champion following the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. As Mercedes tried to find ways to mitigate the “porpoising” incited by the new technical regulations, Hamilton and team-mate George Russell were forced to close DRS early and lift off on the straights
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McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has revealed that the team are working on accommodating for IndyCar driver Colton Herta, but did not specify whether this will be at the expense of Daniel Ricciardo. Ricciardo has not had an easy time of it since his arrival at McLaren, and he scored points on 13 occasions last
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Former Formula 1 driver John Watson has praised Max Verstappen for his more measured approach to racing this year after the highly combustible rivalry he had with Sir Lewis Hamilton last season. Verstappen has won two of the opening four rounds of the 2022 season, with Charles Leclerc taking the other two for Ferrari amid
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Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel has indicated that he would like to experiment racing without the Drag Reduction System [DRS] to make drivers work harder to pull off overtakes. DRS was introduced in 2011 in a bid to improve the racing spectacle, and there were 1250 overtakes in the 19 races that year, compared to
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