George Russell has called for the FIA to issue harsher penalties to teams who breach the budget cap, following rumours that three teams exceeded the 2022 cap. It’s been reported by multiple media outlets that three teams have breached last season’s cap; however, the FIA have insisted that the rumours regarding the cap are “unfounded”.
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Lando Norris wandered into Lewis Hamilton’s media session on Thursday ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend, with the seven-time World Champion having embarrassed the young Brit. Hamilton shouted “wrong team” to the McLaren driver when he noticed that Norris had walked into Mercedes’ hospitality area, resulting in laughter from those in attendance. Norris
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George Russell is targeting back-to-back pole positions at the Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend, 12 months on from his first Formula 1 pole. Russell defeated reigning World Champion Max Verstappen and both Ferrari drivers to pole at the Hungaroring last season, in what was his first qualifying P1 at the pinnacle of motorsport. At last
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Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time Formula One world champion, has taken a sharp dig at rival team Red Bull for their hasty decision to remove Nyck de Vries after just 10 races in his rookie season with AlphaTauri. The 28-year-old Dutchman struggled to score points, and the team’s management, following the precedent of dismissing young talents
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Ahead of this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has confirmed that a new contract for Nico Hulkenberg is set to be worked on in the “coming weeks”. Since returning to the grid this season after three seasons on the bench, Hulkenberg has performed brilliantly. The German has been a qualifying star
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Ahead of this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, Yuki Tsunoda has informed new team-mate Daniel Ricciardo that he has the same target as the Australian: to move to Red Bull. Ricciardo will be completing the remainder of the 2023 season for AlphaTauri following the firing of rookie Nyck de Vries, who was axed last Tuesday whilst
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Christian Horner has admitted that Daniel Ricciardo’s first sim test run upon rejoining Red Bull was disastrous. The Australian driver replaced Nyck de Vries following the British GP. He was a back-up driver to Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez and now drives for AlphaTauri, Red Bull’s junior outfit. Ricciardo returned to Red Bull after losing
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Ex-Toro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersuari has insisted that Red Bull’s chief technical officer Adrian Newey is the man behind Red Bull’s success, due to him “making such perfect cars”. Since Newey joined the Austrians in 2006, he’s designed six championship-winning cars for the team, with that number set to become seven given that Max Verstappen
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Nyck de Vries might be making a return to racing sooner rather than later, following his “brutal” sacking from AlphaTauri last Tuesday. It was confirmed last Tuesday that De Vries had been sacked from AlphaTauri after just 10 races, with him to be replaced for the remainder of the season by Red Bull development driver
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Lewis Hamilton has come under fire for his proposed F1 rule changes, with some suggesting he was being absurdly unrealistic. Hamilton has said that all F1 teams should be banned from working on next season’s car until later in the summer. The British driver believes this would stop dominant teams, such as Red Bull, from
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