Former W Series driver turned Sky Sports F1 analyst Naomi Schiff believes Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff’s “body language speaks one thousand words”, following an interview he did after the Italian Grand Prix. It was a disappointing afternoon at Monza for Mercedes, who found themselves third in the pecking order. George Russell failed to turn
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The FIA announced on Tuesday morning that they’d given certificates of compliance to all 10 teams in Formula 1, as their calculations discovered that every team kept within the budget cap in 2022. Unlike last season, there is no controversy over any team breaching the budget cap, which was set at $140 million for 2022.
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa has revealed that he’s expecting help from Ferrari in his pursuit to have the 2008 World Championship overturned, amid the recent ‘Crashgate’ drama. Massa has put together a “team of very strong lawyers” to fight the results of the 2008 championship, which was ridiculed by controversy. The former Ferrari driver
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Nico Hulkenberg was left incredibly frustrated after the Italian Grand Prix last weekend, to the extent where the German insisted that Haas are currently “really bad”. Yet again, Haas were unable to convert their one-lap pace into decent race pace, due to shocking tyre preservation. All season, the American side have struggled to look after
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has offered praise to Lewis Hamilton for his admirable display of sportsmanship in acknowledging his mistake during a battle with Oscar Piastri at Monza. Hamilton, who was employing an unconventional hard-to-medium tire strategy rather than the preferred medium-to-hard, utilised the softer rubber to challenge Piastri for the eighth position on
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Alexander Albon revealed that he sensed Lando Norris’s frustration during their hard-fought battle at the Italian Grand Prix, where Albon successfully fended off Norris’s relentless attempts to overtake him. In yesterday’s race, Norris ultimately secured eighth place, but for most of the event, he found himself in close pursuit of Albon, who managed to maintain
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In the wake of Max Verstappen’s historic 10 consecutive wins, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has voiced his opinion, labelling the achievement as “completely irrelevant”. Verstappen’s triumphant performance at Monza over the weekend not only surpassed the previous record set by Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel in 2013 but also highlighted a remarkable feat that eluded
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Ted Kravitz has responded to Christian Horner’s criticism of Carlos Sainz’s defensive driving at the Italian Grand Prix, defending Sainz’s actions and emphasising that it’s precisely what the Ferrari driver is paid to do. During the race at Monza, Red Bull expressed their discontent with Sainz’s defensive manoeuvres, especially against Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.
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AlphaTauri’s Australian driver, Daniel Ricciardo, faces an extended period on the sidelines following a crash at the Dutch Grand Prix that left him with a fractured metacarpal bone in his left hand. The unexpected turn of events has prompted Red Bull to rely on their reserve drivers, with 21-year-old Liam Lawson stepping up to the
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The Italian Grand Prix left Mercedes with yet another perplexing outcome, as they secured fifth and sixth positions, which team principal Toto Wolff admitted is not the kind of result they aspire to celebrate. Nevertheless, given the circumstances where all Red Bull and Ferrari cars completed the race, it was the best Mercedes could achieve.
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