Ferrari and Carlos Sainz are close to agreeing a new deal to keep the Spaniard at the team beyond 2022, but there is reportedly a disagreement over the length of the new contract. Sainz signed from McLaren ahead of the 2021 season to replace the departing Sebastian Vettel, and he managed four podiums last campaign
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Former Formula 1 driver Marc Surer is thoroughly impressed with the job George Russell is doing at Mercedes, but maintains that the Silver Arrows will not be looking at prioritising either of their drivers just yet. Russell joined Mercedes over the winter to replace Alfa Romeo-bound Valtteri Bottas, and he has out-qualified team-mate Sir Lewis
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes that the rules need to be tweaked to prevent “some of the teams” from sharing critical information with each other. Mercedes and Racing Point were the centre of attention in 2020 when the British team were found to have directly copied the 2019 Mercedes car illegally, leading to a
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Three Formula 1 teams have asked the FIA for clarification over the legality of the 2022 Haas car, according to a report by Auto Motor und Sport. Haas spent the majority of last season developing for the new technical regulations introduced this year, and thus became the first scoreless team in six years as Nikita
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has assured Romain Grosjean that he will get his opportunity to drive a Formula 1 car again after promising him a test at the end of 2020. Grosjean was set to contest the final two races of his F1 career at the Sakhir and Abu Dhabi Grand Prix before he
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Alfa Romeo driver Valtteri Bottas is pleased to see the eagerness of Porsche and Audi to enter Formula 1, but concedes he would like to see more than 10 teams on the grid. Audi and Porsche have confirmed their interest in entering the pinnacle of motorsport, but with slightly different intentions to what were initially
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has responded to 1997 Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve’s comments about his poor adaptability to the 2022 Mercedes car. Mercedes have been adversely affected by the arrival of the new technical regulations as they attempt to get to the bottom of a litany of issues such as “porpoising” and other handling
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Ferrari have signed a new aerodynamicist from Mercedes as they look to press home their advantage in 2022. New technical regulations have been introduced this year, meaning that designers and engineers have had to adopt an entirely new philosophy to extract maximum performance from the cars. The Scuderia spent much of last year developing for
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Double Formula 1 world champion Mika Hakkinen believes that Sir Lewis Hamilton will be struggling to deal with Mercedes’ lack of pace thus far in 2022. Mercedes have made a dire start to the 2022 season. Hamilton and team-mate George Russell have been somewhat fortuitous to pick up a podium a piece, and victories earned
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has warned that his team will have “very little time” to test any new parts that they might bring to the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The race in Imola this weekend is Formula 1’s first voyage into Europe this season, meaning that it is about the time the
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