Last weekend’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix was a nightmare for Ferrari, after Charles Leclerc retired from the race with a power unit-related failure, and the Monegasque is now facing a likely grid penalty in Saudi Arabia. After working so hard on repairing their engine’s reliability issues from last season during the winter break, there was
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Having finished in seventh place across both of their seasons in F1 so far, not much was expected of Aston Martin heading into 2023. The team are backed by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll but have just been unable to provide their drivers with a race winning car so far. Behind the scenes, Aston Martin have
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Having won eight constructors’ championship titles in a row over the last decade, Mercedes have remained incredibly consistent behind closed doors, with their staff and driver lineups remaining very similar. In recent years some changes have begun to be made however, with chief technical official James Allison having move to work on the INEOS Team
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A seat at Red Bull Racing is one of the most coveted prizes in Formula 1, with every driver dreaming of driving the fastest car on the grid. The position of Max Verstappen’s teammate has been somewhat of a curse however, with Daniel Ricciardo, Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon all struggling during their time partnering
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Double world champion Mika Hakkinen believes McLaren star Lando Norris is “on the same level” as both Ferrari drivers and friend Max Verstappen, with the Finn labelling the 23-year-old as a “super-talented” driver. Norris has certainly achieved an incredible amount since moving to the Woking-based team in 2019, with the British driver having led the
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Last season, Mick Schumacher showed dramatic improvement at Haas, even securing a P6 finish in Austria after a series of impressive on-track battles. The downside to Schumacher’s game however was his constancy, with the German’s impressive results often being matched by an equal low. High-profile crashes in Monaco and Saudi Arabia made Schumacher an expensive
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Alex Albon has shared that himself and rookie team-mate Logan Sargeant so far have a “good relationship”, and that the American’s instant pace might have come as a shock to the paddock. Many didn’t expect a lot from Sargeant ahead of last weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix; however, Albon knew that the American was “naturally quick”,
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It has been reported by Brazilian newspaper O Globo that former Formula 1 world champion Nelson Piquet is being pushed to pay £1.6 million in compensation for moral damages to several social organisations, following his racist and homophobic rant whilst discussing seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. When talking about Hamilton’s 2016 defeat to Nico Rosberg,
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Lando Norris is certain that McLaren can replicate Aston Martin’s rapid progress, with the British driver believing that “50% or 75%” of their progress can be made during the current season, rather than the winter break at the end of the year. Aston Martin have made monumental strides over the recent off-season, with the Silverstone-based
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Local newspapers in Dubai reported this morning that the son of FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has tragically passed away following a traffic accident, announcing a mourning schedule as per Islamic traditions. The FIA and the Ben Sulayem family has now both confirmed the passing of Saif Ben Sulayem and have requested that their privacy
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