Having gone the entirety of last season without a win, Lewis Hamilton would have hoped to fly out of the blocks this year with a victory at the season opener in Bahrain. Unfortunately for the 38-year-old, Mercedes look some way away from challenging Red Bull for race wins this year, with Red Bull, Ferrari and
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Heading into the Bahrain Grand Prix, not much was expected of McLaren, with the team already admitting that they had missed a number of targets in pre-season testing. The team had the season opener from hell however, with both of their cars struggling from different issues. Rookie Oscar Piastri was forced to retire from his
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Last summer, it seemed all but certain that Fernando Alonso would extend his contract with the high-flying Alpine team. Sebastian Vettel’s shock retirement from F1 started a domino effect however, resulting in Fernando Alonso being tempted into a controversial move to Aston Martin to replace the German. This move looked strange at the time, with
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The 2023 season has started disastrously for Charles Leclerc, with the Monegasque driver walking away from the Bahrain Grand Prix with zero points to his name. Ferrari were quick last season but were hindered by a series of reliability issues and poor strategy calls, leaving the team some way off eventual champions Red Bull by
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Aston Martin have been the surprise team so far this season, having carried their impressive pre-season form into the first race of 2023. Fernando Alonso managed to pick up only Aston Martin’s second podium in F1 while Lance Stroll impressively managed to finish in P6 despite undergoing keyhole surgery for a wrist injury only 12
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Judging by the results from the Bahrain Grand Prix, the 2023 season could be dominated by Red Bull as the team look to retain both the constructors’ and drivers’ championship. Max Verstappen led his team to a front row lockout in qualifying before pulling away at the start of the Grand Prix to win by
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When Aston Martin joined F1 in 2021 as a rebrand of Racing Point, it was expected that the team would use the financial backing of Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll to quickly battle for podiums. This appeared to not be the case however, as the team remained in the shadows with back-to-back seventh place finishes in
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Having dominated 2022, it looks very much like Red Bull have picked up where they left off this season, with the RB19 looking head and shoulders above every other car on the grid. Red Bull locked out the front row during qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix and went on to score a one-two during
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Lewis Hamilton has come full circle in terms of his F1 teammates, going from the young rookie to the veteran over the course of his career. The seven-time world champion started his F1 career with McLaren and was partnered with the legendary Fernando Alonso, before spending time as teammates with Heikki Kovalainen and Jenson Button.
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After only scoring a single win last season, it was expected that Mercedes would enter 2023 with a brand new and competitive idea, having learned from the failures of the W13. Last year’s car struggled with a major porpoising problem and a general lack of performance, therefore leaving fans shocked when the W14 drove out
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