Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz has spoken on the controversy surrounding the finish to the 2021 championship, suggesting that a red flag would have been the fairer option after Nicholas Latifi’s crash. Sainz was involved in an enthralling final lap at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in December, battling with Yuki Tsunoda and Valtteri Bottas on
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has no interest in weighing in on the current tensions between the United States and Russia, but said they are ready to deal with any eventuality. Started by Gene Haas, who already had previous exploits in NASCAR, the Haas Formula 1 team is American in its roots, but is based
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Red Bull sporting director Jonathan Wheatley has suggested that Ferrari will be an imposing presence amongst Formula 1’s leading fight in 2022. Sweeping changes to the technical regulation will see a massive distinction between this year’s cars and those of 2021 as the ground effect returns and the tyres get bigger. Mercedes team principal Toto
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner is hesitant to overly involve himself in matters concerning the FIA following the controversial end to last year’s championship. Race director Michael Masi sparked controversy in the world of motorsport when he allowed a limited number of lapped runners to overtake the Safety Car ahead of the final lap of
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Dutch racing driver Jos Verstappen is set to jump back behind the wheel of a race car, but this time he will try his hand at rallying. Verstappen scored two podiums in 106 Formula 1 starts between 1994 and 2003, and his son Max entered F1 12 years after Jos’ retirement. He has watched the
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Mercedes EQ Formula E driver Nyck De Vries has maintained his ambition to one day compete in Formula 1, and said he has been practising on the team’s F1 simulator since his arrival into the all-electric series. The Dutchman claimed victory in the 2019 Formula 2 championship, but unfortunately was unable to secure a seat
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Red Bull sporting director Jonathan Wheatley has jumped to the defence of race director Michael Masi, indicating that the FIA underestimated the role they were plunging him into. Masi was involved in several contentious moments last season, not least at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix when he contradicted an earlier decision by allowing a
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said that any of the 10 Formula 1 teams could win the 2022 championship, as the shake-up of the technical regulations provides a lot of scope for teams to move up or down the sport’s pecking order. The sweeping changes – which were initially set to be introduced in
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Red Bull have said that they feel Pierre Gasly is “ready” to return to the senior team, after a very impressive two-and-a-half years with Scuderia AlphaTauri. The Frenchman was signed by Red Bull’s main outfit ahead of the 2019 season from Scuderia Toro Rosso (as their sister team was then called), but his career at
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Former McLaren driver Jenson Button has revealed a hilarious encounter with fellow former F1 racer Kimi Raikkonen, who somehow ended up in his house one morning. Nicknamed “the Iceman,” Raikkonen was one of the most unique characters in Formula 1 and was known for not being keen on interviews and in general being a man
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