One of the more gratifying features of 1 April is watching people get caught out by April Fools’ announcements, particularly ones in the sporting world. Some are outstanding. They bait a great many sports fans, only to find out that they were a perfectly executed joke, or that they were posted by a parody account.
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has declared himself impressed with the performance of George Russell in the early going in 2022, and hopes to give him and Sir Lewis Hamilton a competitive car as soon as possible. Russell was signed over the winter from Williams to replace Alfa Romeo-bound Valtteri Bottas having been a part
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Volkswagen has reportedly given the green light to Audi and Porsche to proceed with plans to enter Formula 1 in 2026. An initial report claimed late last year that Audi had bought the McLaren Group, but it transpired that there was no weight to these rumours, and the Woking-based company denied them. “McLaren Group is
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George Russell says his Mercedes team have a lot of work to do if they are to match the performance of the Red Bulls on the straights. Despite Mercedes’ ongoing issues with “porpoising” as a result of the new technical regulations, they appeared to find a silver lining in the fact that they looked a
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Aston Martin reserve driver Nico Hulkenberg has revealed that he was “mentally done” with Formula 1 after his departure in 2019, but is always ready to snap up opportunities to race. Hulkenberg left Renault at the end of the 2019 season after entering 179 races with a combination of Williams, Force India and the Enstone
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Sergio Perez has blamed his fourth-placed finish at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix purely on misfortune as a Safety Car cost him his third career win. After 218 previous race entries in the pinnacle of motorsport, Perez took his maiden pole position in the most dramatic of circumstances at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, pipping
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Formula 1 announced on Thursday that it would be racing in Las Vegas in 2023, meaning that the United States will have three races on the calendar from next year. F1 held two championship races in Vegas in the early 1980s around Caesars Palace, with Alan Jones and Michele Alboreto claiming the wins in 1981
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Former Force India team principal Colin Kolles believes that Mick Schumacher will be starting to feel the pressure from Kevin Magnussen after the Dane’s excellent start to the season. Magnussen returned to F1 after a year away racing in IMSA following the sacking of Nikita Mazepin amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, and he has
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Former Formula 1 driver Jolyon Palmer has cautioned that Max Verstappen runs the risk of a penalty with his Safety Car restarts. In each of the opening rounds of the 2022 season, Verstappen has put his car alongside leader Charles Leclerc as they geared up for the restart, but the Monegasque has been wise to
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Christian Horner has revealed that a lucrative offer was put in front of Daniel Ricciardo in 2018, and cited one of the Australian’s reasons for leaving as being a fear of lack of performance from Honda. Ricciardo won seven races in five seasons with Red Bull, finishing on the podium at his home race in
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