Sir Lewis Hamilton declared himself pleased after he finished fourth behind George Russell in Australia following a difficult weekend for Mercedes. The Silver Arrows were over a second off the pace of Ferrari during Friday practice, but managed to pull some of that time back during qualifying as Hamilton ended Q3 just under a second
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Fans had a mixed reaction to the crash during qualifying between Nicholas Latifi and Lance Stroll, and a former Red Bull engineer settled on both of them being at fault. Stroll had already crashed earlier in the day when he found the wall at Turn 11, leaving his Aston Martin team with a massive repair
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto sympathises with Carlos Sainz after the Spaniard retired early on from the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. Truth be told, Sainz’s third race of the season was straight out of a horror movie. He looked competitive during Friday practice, but saw his first Q3 lap abruptly ended just before the timing
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Alex Albon was pleasantly surprised by the performance of the hard tyres after his mammoth stint that helped him score a point at the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. The Thai-Brit was disqualified from qualifying on Saturday after he ran out of fuel at the end of Q1, but he waited 57 laps to pit, stopping
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Max Verstappen suggests that there is no point thinking about the championship until his Red Bull team get their reliability issues fixed. Verstappen was running in second place for much of the Australian Grand Prix and, despite two Safety Cars neutralising the pack, he could only watch as Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc sailed off into the
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Lando Norris has revealed that there was nothing significantly different with his McLaren car at this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, despite the extraordinary gains they appeared to enjoy. McLaren got both cars into the final phase of qualifying on Saturday for the first time since the end of 2021, and Norris led Ricciardo home as
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz reveals that he had to change his steering wheel ahead of the start of the Australian Grand Prix, but takes the blame for the spin that put him out of the race. A red flag caused by Fernando Alonso followed by a starter issue meant that Sainz began the race in Melbourne
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has indicated that there might have been another fuel problem for Max Verstappen as he was forced to retire for the second time in three races at the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. The Dutchman was trailing leader Charles Leclerc by a considerable margin in Melbourne before he ground to
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IndyCar driver Colton Herta hopes that a bit of fortune falls his way in the form of a McLaren seat, but maintains that he does not wish any misfortune on anyone personally. Daniel Ricciardo has struggled for form since joining McLaren ahead of the 2021 season, and he was out-qualified 15-7 by team-mate Lando Norris,
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Zhou Guanyu hopes to acclimatise himself to the start procedure of a Formula 1 car over the next few races as he aims to avoid a repeat of the opening lap of the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Zhou will be contesting his first-ever Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne this weekend, as none of the
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