The Aston Martin F1 Team will be keeping an eye on Mercedes’ performance gains this season, as both team’s 2021 cars have a similar aerodynamic design philosophy and share numerous components, team principal Otmar Szafnauer has said. Mercedes and Aston Martin have both been hit hard by the 2021 regulation changes, which mandated cuts to
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Senior Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has no sympathy for the Mercedes F1 Team following them losing performance as a result of the 2021 regulation changes. Last year, the FIA mandated cuts to the rear floor and other downforce-generating components on the rear of the cars in a bid to reduce cornering speeds and
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Mercedes are still yet to extract all of the available performance from their 2021 car despite them making a big step forward after pre-season testing, Andrew Shovlin, the team’s trackside engineering director, has said. Red Bull’s 2021 challenger, the RB16B, was more competitive than the Mercedes W12 during the season-opener in Bahrain last month, though
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Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has refused to publicly voice his views on Formula One’s proposed driver salary cap. “It is an issue that we should discuss among ourselves as drivers and then with the FIA,” Leclerc replied when asked for his thoughts on F1 imposing a driver salary cap. Follow us on Google News to
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has admitted that he sometimes managed the tensions between Sir Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg with an “iron fist” to ensure they both respected the team. Wolff said he felt there was “some selfish behaviour” by Mercedes’ drivers – and he was prepared to take action to ensure the team’s interests
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The car which Mick Schumacher drove during his 2018 FIA Formula Three European Championship-winning campaign was entirely legal, according to Rene Rosin, team principal of the Italy-based Prema Powerteam. Follow us on Google News to never miss an F1 story! In 2017, Schumacher finished his maiden season in F3 12th in the standings, making him
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Hundreds of F1 fans have slammed senior Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko on social media for his recent remarks about Pierre Gasly’s qualifying performance in the 2021 season-opener. Specifically, Dr Marko said he believes Max Verstappen would have managed to set a faster lap time than Gasly’s best effort – which was good enough
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Sir Lewis Hamilton is a “great spy” and he has previously provided Mercedes with information that has led to them making improvements, according to former Silver Arrows engineer Philipp Brandle. Follow us on Google News to never miss an F1 story! Speaking to Austrian broadcaster Servus TV during the season-opener in Bahrain last month, Brandle
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McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo has said he is keen to achieve success with his new team and put an end to his recent spell of moves which were made in the hunt for a World Championship. Follow us on Google News to never miss an F1 story! Ricciardo left Red Bull for Renault at the
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Red Bull aren’t ruling out axing Sergio Perez at the end of the season and promoting Japanese F1 rookie Yuki Tsunoda, senior team advisor Dr Helmut Marko has said. Follow us on Google News to never miss an F1 story! The 20-year-old is racing with Scuderia AlphaTauri this season – and he impressed many in
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