Following recent speculation that James Allison was set to re-join the Mercedes F1 Team, Toto Wolff has clarified that the German manufacturer’s chief technical officer will not be returning to the Brackley-based team, due to his roles elsewhere. Allison was promoted to chief technical officer at Mercedes AMG in 2021, with him having initially joined
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The ending of the 2021 Formula 1 season remains a sore point for Lewis Hamilton, as it saw him lose out on a record-breaking eighth world championship at the very last moment. Having fought closely with Max Verstappen all season, it came down to a last lap race to the finish following then-race director Michael
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Reigning World Champion Max Verstappen certainly made the most of Ferrari’s seemingly endless errors last season, with the Dutchman having won the 2022 title with a record number of points. Verstappen was imperious last season, with the 25-year-old having claimed a record-breaking 15 wins. He was seemingly unstoppable in 2022, with Charles Leclerc having been
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Nico Hulkenberg’s return at Haas has got tongues wagging, as he performs better than expected with the car, outshining his teammate Kevin Magnussen in every race of the season so far. Hulkenberg, who holds the unfortunate record of most F1 starts without a podium, came close to raising the third place trophy at Australia. Getting
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Double World Champion Fernando Alonso is expecting the pecking order to start changing on a “race-by-race” basis when the championship moves into the European rounds, where upgrades will start to be installed more often. With the first three races of the season having all been flyaways, teams haven’t been able to introduce significant upgrades, only
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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton might have a long history with Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso but that didn’t stop the Spanish driver snubbing the Brit in a recent interview. Speaking to Bang & Olfusen, Alonso was asked about his toughest opponent around an F1 circuit, spurning Hamilton in favour of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher. Alonso
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Sergio Perez has played down rumours of tension between himself and Max Verstappen at Red Bull, speaking out on the relationship between the pair. The Mexican has proven a very capable understudy to Verstappen in the last two seasons with the Dutchman becoming a two-time world champion, but their relationship appears to have strained in
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After a mostly positive inaugural race in 2022, the Miami Grand Prix is hoping to go to another level next month, as the venue prepares itself to host the fifth round of the 2023 F1 season. Last season’s Miami GP saw huge crowds, great weather and an interesting marina, which certainly grabbed the spotlight on
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Eight-time race winner Daniel Ricciardo has admitted that he doesn’t look back on his time at McLaren “with regret”, with the Australian instead taking some “responsibility” for the partnership having failed. Excluding his shock win at the 2021 Italian Grand Prix, Ricciardo’s two-year spell at McLaren was miserable, with the 33-year-old having been very much
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Former Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo has claimed he is keen on a return to Formula 1, but reiterated his desire for that return to be with a ‘top team’. The Australian driver is without a seat for the 2023 season after leaving McLaren at the end of 2022 following an underwhelming two years for
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