The Bahrain Grand Prix was full of ups and downs for Ferrari, who were hoping to start the 2023 season with a win. Qualifying was relatively successful for the Scuderia because whilst they were unable to take pole position away from Red Bull, they were able to lock out the second row. The Bahrain international
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The 2023 season was supposed to represent a fresh start for Ferrari, with new team principal Fred Vasseur hoping to lead the team away from last season’s problems. Ferrari were generally very quick last season but reliability issues and strategic blunders cost Charles Leclerc and the team a shot at both championships, despite building up
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher has continued to slam Haas team principal Guenther Steiner for treating his nephew, Mick Schumacher, poorly. The young German was, of course, sacked by Haas at the end of 2022, with Schumacher having been informed by the team that he’d lost his place after no other first team seats were
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The F1 world came to a standstill last season when it was announced that Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz had tragically passed away. The Austrian affected so many people in motorsport, with his death causing many individuals up and down the paddock to come out and share heart-warming stories about his life. The Red Bull
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The 2016 F1 season saw Nico Rosberg finally step out from the shadow of his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton and win the drivers’ championship. The German shared a very tense relationship with Hamilton following a series of high-profile collisions and it all nearly boiled over at the season finale in Abu Dhabi. Rosberg entered the
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Mercedes had some big decisions to make over the winter break, with the team needing to drastically improve their performance after finishing third in the 2022 constructors’ championship. The Silver Arrows decided to stick with their zero sidepod concept despite Ferrari and Red Bull proving in 2022 that their more detailed designs led to high
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Following last season’s struggles, Ferrari were expected to improve dramatically this season and truly challenge for the title. Their 2022 title charge was derailed by strategic blunders and reliability issues and it was expected that both of these problems would be solved under the new leadership of Fred Vasseur. This was not the case at
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Ex-Formula 1 driver David Coulthard believes Frederic Vasseur can use his nationality to his advantage in his role as Ferrari team principal, with the Frenchman not having to be “culturally aware” of what’s going on. Vasseur is the first non-Italian team principal at Ferrari since fellow Frenchman Jean Todt was replaced by Stefano Domenicali in
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Over the winter break, all of the talk was about Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes contract, with the Brit promising to extend his current deal towards the end of last season. Despite both Hamilton and his Mercedes boss Toto Wolff claiming that a deal was pretty much certain, the 2023 season has now started and the Brit
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Ex-McLaren coordinator Jo Ramirez believes double world champion Max Verstappen is the “modern” day version of Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna, who is considered as one of if not the greatest racing driver of all-time. Senna tragically died as a three-time world champion following his crash at Imola in 1994, with Verstappen set to join
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