McLaren’s Oscar Piastri had a tough weekend in Azerbaijan on and off the track, as the Australian driver battled with health issues, hurting his performance. The Papaya team only managed to leave Baku with 2 points after failing to score points in the Sprint race and Lando Norris only just managing to secure P9 in
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Last weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix certainly wasn’t one for the record books, unless the book in question is for the most boring races in Formula 1. The Baku City Circuit is usually one of the highlights of the season, with the mix of high and low speed corners at the challenging street circuit typically resulting
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has urged Formula 1 officials to step in to make the sport more entertaining for the fans after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix proved to be a boring affair with little drama despite a shake-up of the sport’s format. As Mercedes once dominated the sport, barely threatened by its competitors, Red
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Max Verstappen has accepted that his double defeat in Azerbaijan was down to his struggle to fight the right setup to mount an effective fightback. Having worked throughout the weekend to get on his teammate’s level, Verstappen admits that he was “playing around with the tools” inside the RB19, only finding the right set up
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Following Sergio Perez’s victory at last weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, several Dutch newspapers have stated that the Mexican must be able to beat Max Verstappen at a normal circuit in order to challenge for the title, with the belief being that until then, Verstappen ‘will not worry’. Perez claimed his second win of the year
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher believes Red Bull should “part ways” with Sergio Perez should the Mexican and Max Verstappen have any further issues this season, with the pair having clashed off-track multiple times in the past few months. Perez slashed Verstappen’s lead in the Drivers’ Championship to just six points on Sunday at the
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Despite Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff having assured the media that a new deal will be signed eventually, the seven-time World Champion’s future remains a huge talking point, especially given how big a seat he’d be vacating if he were to leave Mercedes. Unless something drastic happens, Hamilton isn’t leaving the Silver
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Azerbaijan has proved to be a tricky experience for Mercedes, with a mixed bag of results throughout qualifying and the sprint race. On Saturday, George Russell lined up and finished in P4, while Lewis Hamilton started in P6 but dropped down one place to end the sprint in seventh The Grand Prix proves an opportunity
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Charles Leclerc has certainly been enjoying himself at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with the Ferrari driver having performed better than he has done all season. The Monegasque is seemingly the ‘King of Baku’ when it comes to one lap pace, given that on Friday he claimed his third consecutive pole position at the Baku City
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AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has defended his team’s decision to poach Laurent Mekies from Ferrari, as the Red Bull junior team looks to desperately improve its poor performance on track. Laurent Mekies was announced as Tost’s replacement ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with AlphaTauri’s long-serving team principal stepping away from the team at
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