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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Despite having used his LGBTQ+ inspired helmet at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix without any issues from the FIA, Lewis Hamilton has still hit out at the governing body for taking the sport “in the wrong direction”. One of the biggest stories of the off-season was the FIA’s range of updates to the International Sporting
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Mercedes’ 2022 was an absolute nightmare, with the team misunderstanding parts of the new regulations and creating a W13 riddled with issues. The Silver Arrows ended up finishing third in the constructors’ championship and were expected to make huge strides forward during the winter break to become a competitive team once again. Surprisingly, the team
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Sky Sports F1 pundit and racing driver Naomi Schiff believes double world champion Fernando Alonso “might just trump” Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, if they all drove for the same team. The thought of all three drivers in the same team is truly tantalising, with the trio boasting 11 world titles between them. Alonso has
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