McLaren CEO Zak Brown has said he is not of the opinion that race director Michael Masi deliberately cost Sir Lewis Hamilton the 2021 championship and threw it Max Verstappen’s way. Hamilton and Verstappen entered the final round the season in Abu Dhabi level on points following an intense year of racing, and the Briton
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Had Renault manufactured the best power unit in 2021, Alpine “would not have been so far behind Ferrari and McLaren throughout last season,” a source has told Spanish publication AS. Renault have not made any significant updates to their power unit since 2018, when they began developing it for the 2019 season. Work was done
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Former Formula 1 driver Mario Andretti is unconvinced by the notion that new world champion Max Verstappen did not feel any pressure during his title fight in 2021. The Dutchman beat Sir Lewis Hamilton to the championship last season, with the fight going right down to the wire in Abu Dhabi. Throughout the year, Verstappen
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Pirelli’s head of Formula 1 and car racing Mario Isola is pleased with the work his team have put into the new 2022 tyres, and he is hopeful they will have the desired effect. F1 will undergo radical change in 2022, as the aerodynamic efficiency of the cars will be reduced and the ground effect
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Kimi Raikkonen retired from Formula 1 for the second time last month, after spending close to two decades in the sport during which he raced in 349 grand prix. The Finn made his debut in the pinnacle of motorsport in 2001 with Sauber (now called Alfa Romeo), and went on to race with McLaren and
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has called for tangible change from the FIA following the contentious end to the 2021 championship. Sir Lewis Hamilton was denied his eighth Formula 1 title at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix following a strange Safety Car restart by race director Michael Masi. With a handful of laps remaining
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McLaren CEO Zak Brown has said he cannot rule out the possibility of there being no sprint racing action this year, owing to disputes within Formula 1 over the budget cap. Every F1 team will be working on a $140 million budget over the course of 2022, which is down by $5 million from last
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The FIA and Formula 1 should back race director Michael Masi and not give in to calls for the Australian to be sacked. That’s according to former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, who believes that Masi made the right call at the season-ending 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen entered the
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Mercedes’ 2022 power unit is a major improvement on last season, with their new-specification turbo reportedly significantly “enhancing” it. The Mercedes engine was sometimes matched by the Honda power unit in the back of the Red Bull last season, but the team still managed to claim nine race wins on their way to a record-eighth
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Former Formula 1 driver John Watson believes the dramatic element that Netflix’s Drive to Survive series has brought to the sport affected the stewards in the closing stages of the 2021 championship. Sir Lewis Hamilton was comfortably leading Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in the dying laps of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and team
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