It was a season-opening race to forget for McLaren, with the Woking-based side clearly having a mountain to climb, after Lando Norris was forced to pit six times during the Bahrain Grand Prix. The 23-year-old made a strong start to the race before a pneumatic problem was discovered by the team, which resulted in him
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Heading into the Bahrain Grand Prix, it was clear that Mercedes were behind Red Bull, Ferrari and even Aston Martin in terms of performance. With this in mind, Lewis Hamilton’s P5 finish looks relatively impressive, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc’s retirement from the race allowing Hamilton to move up one position. The 38-year-old finished above the
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At the ages of 38 and 41 respectively, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso are both veterans of Formula 1, with nine world championship titles between them. While Hamilton is on the hunt for a record breaking eighth title this year, it is Alonso who has got off to the better start in 2023, scoring a
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Max Verstappen took pole position during qualifying for the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix, with the Dutchman getting off to the best possible start as he looks to win his third drivers’ championship title in a row. The session as a whole was one of the most competitive qualifyings in recent years, with under a second
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Sometimes the Formula 1 dream does not quite go to plan, with the extremely competitive sport only allowing 20 drivers on the grid at a time. Former Toro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersauri’s F1 career looked to be going perfectly however, with the Spaniard even being linked with a move to Red Bull at one point
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Alex Albon was forced to restart his Formula 1 career with Williams last year, having spent a year on the sidelines in 2021. The Thai driver impressed enough with Toro Rosso to earn a move to Red Bull during his early F1 days, however his form with the energy drink giants was not as impressive
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Aston Martin have been the shock team of 2023 so far, with the AMR23 looking like a quicker car in terms of race pace than the Ferrari and the Mercedes. The team’s sudden rise to the top has been on the cards for some time however, with Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll funding the team’s project
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Now is not a good time to be a Mercedes fan, as the team have once again got their design concept wrong, leaving them lagging behind their rivals for a second season in a row. After the failures of the W13, this season’s car was expected to look radically different, but this was not the
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The 2008 F1 season was filled with drama and ended in spectacular fashion, with a young Lewis Hamilton overtaking Timo Glock on the final lap of the Brazilian Grand Prix to snatch the title away from Felipe Massa. This was the first of Hamilton’s seven championship victories, but former F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone has now
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The Lance Stroll saga was the talk of pre-season testing, with the Canadian driver reportedly breaking his wrist following a cycling accident in Spain. The 24-year-old did not take part in any of Bahrain’s pre-season tests, sparking rumours that he would not be fit to race in the first race of the season. Both Aston
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