After struggling so much in 2022 with the W13, it was expected that Mercedes would turn up to pre-season testing in Bahrain this year with a radically different car. To many fans’ surprise, other than the colour, the W14 did not look too dissimilar to the W13, which struggled with a major porpoising problem and
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Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton has warned Mercedes that they must find some downforce “ASAP” if they are to challenge the frontrunners, with the 38-year-old having finished the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix in fifth. It was a disappointing weekend for Mercedes, who have seemingly slipped to fourth in the pecking order behind Aston Martin, given
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Lance Stroll’s heroic return to action almost ended in embarrassing fashion at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, after the Canadian clipped new team-mate Fernando Alonso at Turn Four on the opening lap. Given his condition, Stroll had been performing incredibly at the Bahrain International Circuit, given that he had surgery to fix his broken wrist.
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Having spent the entirety of the 2022 season without a win, Lewis Hamilton would have hoped that Mercedes would have been able to provide him with a championship contending car once again this year. Unfortunately for the 38-year-old, this is not at all the case, with Mercedes looking miles behind their rivals in terms of
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Coming into the 2023 season, many fans expected Mercedes to take a massive leap forward and return to race winning contention following their disappointing 2022. This was not the case however, as the Silver Arrows actually took a step backwards in Bahrain to become the fourth fastest team on the grid. The team were never
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Former Formula 1 team owner Eddie Jordan has admitted to once telling a BBC producer to “get stuffed”, after he decided to speak Irish to X-Men star Michael Fassbender. The former Jordan F1 Team owner carried out the grid walks for the BBC during 2013, where at the Canadian Grand Prix he spoke Irish to
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The Bahrain Grand Prix could not have gone any better for Aston Martin, with their drivers finishing in P3 and P6 after a competitive race. Despite having surgery for a broken wrist only a couple of weeks ago and missing all of pre-season testing, Lance Stroll held off George Russell to finish in sixth, a
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With the 2023 season getting underway at the Bahrain International Circuit, a somewhat comical clip has resurfaced from the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix, where Red Bull somewhat shot themselves in the foot. The 2021 Bahrain GP was the first taste of Lewis Hamilton’s and Max Verstappen’s 2021 title battle, with the duo having enjoyed an
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Formula 3 driver Christian Mansell has been granted permission to have a mobile phone in his car this weekend at the season-opening round of the junior championship in Bahrain, as a result of his medical condition. The FIA have massively clamped down on what a driver can have in a cockpit with them, resulting in the governing
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Formula 1 fanatic Jeremy Clarkson praised the new aerodynamic regulations at last weekend’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, as reigning World Champion Max Verstappen stormed to his first ever victory at the Bahrain International Circuit. Clarkson is, of course, best known for being a former presenter of Top Gear and now one of the hosts of
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