Kimi Raikkonen has revealed that he has always had bigger things to focus on in life besides Formula 1, and stressed that he decided to retire at the end of 2021 because he had grown tired of certain aspects of the sport. The Finn revealed in F1’s season predictions YouTube video that his decision to
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As has now become tradition, the turn of the new year means that we are but a couple of months away from the premiere of the new season of Netflix’s Drive to Survive docuseries. Season 4 is set to be the juiciest one yet, with controversy running riot in the championship battle between Sir Lewis
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko believes that 22-year-old Lando Norris is closest to the level on which Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen perform, as he gives his predictions for 2022. The Briton ended the 2021 season sixth in the Drivers’ Championship, impressively out-scoring more experienced team-mate Daniel Ricciardo in the Australian’s first year
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Activists from PETA have called on Sir Lewis Hamilton to back their campaign against the Iditarod – a notorious dog-sled race which takes place in Alaska. PETA campaigners sent Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali a dead dog prop and a letter last week, urging him to end Liberty Media’s backing of the event. Buy an
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Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel “needs” to go back to Red Bull so he can have a competitive car at his disposal and once again demonstrate his speed, former Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has said. The German joined Aston Martin for 2021 after a torrid final season with Ferrari the year prior, during which
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Mercedes made the right call not to pit Sir Lewis Hamilton once the Safety Car was deployed at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, based on what the “rules suggested.” That’s according to motorsports journalist Peter Windsor, who believes that race director Michael Masi called the Safety Car in sooner than he should have, as
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McLaren F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo has been slammed for saying he believes he is the best driver in the pinnacle of motorsport. The Australian, who just completed his debut season with McLaren after switching from Renault, said he is the best driver on the Formula 1 grid, ahead of Max Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton.
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Mercedes couldn’t have vetoed Williams’ decision to sign Alex Albon for 2022, Jost Capito, the team principal of the Grove-based team, has insisted. Albon lost his Red Bull seat at the end of the 2020 season, following a poor campaign in which he was comprehensively outpaced by team-mate Max Verstappen. Buy an F1 TV Pro
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Five teams will do “something special” and be able compete for championship glory in 2022 as Formula 1 sees a major regulation shake-up, new Mercedes signing George Russell has speculated. The cars have been radically changed ahead of the new season, with the alterations intended to reduce the effect of dirty air through the corners
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Red Bull prioritised Max Verstappen’s fight against Sir Lewis Hamilton in the 2021 Drivers’ Championship over their battle against Mercedes in the Constructors’ Championship, former F1 racer Jolyon Palmer has said. Verstappen won 10 races last year, finishing on the podium 18 times while only failing to finish in the top two on four occasions.
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