Aston Martin have confirmed that Sebastian Vettel has tested positive for coronavirus, and will therefore miss the opening round of the 2022 season in Bahrain. Vettel completed 340 laps between the two pre-season tests in Bahrain and Barcelona, as he and team-mate Lance Stroll attempted to get to grips with an erratic car. The four-time
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One of the more amusing parts of Sky Sports’ coverage of the pre-season test in Bahrain was an array of stories about any peculiar encounters with Formula 1 drivers, particularly in lifts. The conversation started when David Croft recalled meeting Fernando Alonso in their hotel on day two of testing when the Spaniard was set
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner is unsure whether he feels any sympathy for Nikita Mazepin following his sacking from the team. Mazepin claimed two race wins in the 2020 Formula 2 season, and made his way into Formula 1 by virtue of his father Dmitry’s money, a Russian oligarch who part owns the Russia-based Uralkali
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The Twitter campaign demanding that the FIA publicly reveal their findings of their enquiry into the controversial end to the 2021 season is stronger than ever ahead of the new season. There are now just to days to wait until new FIA President Mohammed ben Sulayem concludes his team’s investigation into the events at the
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Lando Norris has said he enjoyed the fourth season of Drive to Survive, but noted that they misplaced a team radio message in an attempt to create drama between him and team-mate Daniel Ricciardo. The fourth season of the popular docuseries was released last week during the second day of pre-season testing in Bahrain, and
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has revealed that his team had taken the unique “zero pods” now being exploited by Mercedes under consideration last year, but found that wider sidepods would make for a more efficient chassis. Mercedes rolled into the second pre-season test in Bahrain with extremely thin sidepods on the car to the
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Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel has suggested that any pressure on Max Verstappen will have been alleviated now that he has won a world title, and he does not believe the Dutchman will feel the weight of the champion label. Verstappen claimed 10 wins and took 18 podiums in 2021 en route to one of
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New Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer has broken his silence on the end of his relationship with his former Aston Martin team, indicating that he was crowded out by too many key figures. Szafnauer was brought in by Vijay Mallya in 2009 when they were known as Force India, and he helped oversee 11 podiums
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Former Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean has revealed that he would not have taken the opportunity to return to the sport with Haas, insisting that he has now moved on. Grosjean signed for Haas in 2016 having managed 10 podiums between 2012 and 2015 with Lotus, and scored points on 24 occasions with the American
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Daniel Ricciardo will be able to race in this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix after missing the entire test in Sakhir having tested positive for COVID-19. The Australian was part of the united messages from Formula 1 drivers against the war Russia has started on Ukraine on Wednesday evening, but fell ill that night and was
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