Carlos Sainz had to deal with a rather bizarre situation after exiting the pits in the opening stages of Free Practice 1 at the Japanese Grand Prix, after he was blinded by flow-viz paint. The Singapore Grand Prix winner exited the pits in FP1 behind McLarens, which had been covered in flow-viz paint to allow
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Following the Singapore Grand Prix, which saw Max Verstappen’s uncharacteristic absence from the podium, speculation abounds, particularly concerning Red Bull Racing. However, Verstappen swiftly quashed any doubts during Friday’s practice sessions in Japan, showing he remains a force to be reckoned with. Verstappen’s dominance was on full display during FP1 on Friday as he posted
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In the wake of his crash on the final lap of the Singapore Grand Prix, George Russell is gearing up for redemption at the Japanese Grand Prix, with the full backing of his Mercedes team. The British racer’s unfortunate mistake left him visibly devastated, but Mercedes’ Trackside Engineering Director, Andrew Shovlin, assures that Russell knows
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Lewis Hamilton has admitted that Mercedes are a “long way off” their rivals at the Japanese Grand Prix, following a “pretty bad” opening day at the Japanese Grand Prix. Hamilton entered the weekend on a real high of having demonstrated exceptional pace at the Singapore Grand Prix, which would’ve arguably been enough for victory had
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Lewis Hamilton is proud of retired four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel for having “found his purpose”, with the German having introduced his ‘Buzzin corner’ project to all 20 drivers at the Japanese Grand Prix. Vettel is at Suzuka this weekend due to having unveiled his ‘insect hotels’ project, which has seen 11 habitats built on
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AlphaTauri have taken to social media to apologise for creating a poster for this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix which many fans have found offensive, due to it including the Rising Sun flag. With this weekend being Yuki Tsunoda’s home race, there is an increased amount of attention surrounding the Red Bull sister team. Tsunoda is
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It’s been reported ahead of this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix that several Formula 1 teams have called for the FIA to explain the reasoning behind some of their recent decisions at the Singapore Grand Prix last weekend. According to Auto Motor und Sport, teams have called for incidents from last weekend at the Marina Bay
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Kevin Magnussen was left frustrated with Carlos Sainz during Free Practice 2 on Friday at the Japanese Grand Prix, in what was a challenging day for Haas. Whilst approaching the opening two corners after just starting a hot lap, Magnussen was forced to suddenly abort his lap, due to Sainz having poorly placed his car.
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Max Verstappen was left frustrated with George Russell on the opening day at this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix, after feeling like the Mercedes driver “dangerously” got in his way. The incident occurred during Free Practice 1 at Suzuka, a session which Verstappen topped by a staggering six-tenths of a second. During the session, he felt
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was full of praise for Max Verstappen ahead of this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix, following an event to forget to Singapore. Just as Red Bull predicted, the Austrians struggled massively last weekend at the Singapore Grand Prix, where their 15-race winning streak finally came to an end. The low-speed
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