Pre-season testing in Bahrain was generally a success for Ferrari, who did not encounter many issues over the course of the three days. The Scuderia will be looking to put together a more meaningful title charge this season, after last year’s efforts were derailed by terrible reliability issues. The SF-23 was very reliable in Bahrain,
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The 2022 season was a disaster for Mercedes, as the team’s design for the W13 simply was not the best way to tackle the major regulation changes. Mercedes have admitted that the misinterpreted the physics surrounding the new regulations and ultimately this condemned them to a third-place finish in the constructors’ championship as Ferrari and
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Drive to Survive is one of the most popular sports series available to watch, as it gives fans access to behind the scenes footage that is inaccessible anywhere else. The Netflix cameras follow the drivers and team bosses in the paddock, the factory and even in their homes as it looks to tell the full
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Alpine have promoted Jack Doohan from their academy to serve as the team’s reserve driver this season, with the Australian replacing young Oscar Piastri who made a controversial move to join McLaren. Doohan’s promotion was the most logical move for Alpine to make, as the Australian is clearly the most talented and race ready driver
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Endorsements in Formula 1 make up a huge portion of the income of both the teams and drivers, with multi-million pound deals being signed all the time. Lewis Hamilton is one of the most successful athletes in the world with regards to endorsements, with his deal with Monster Energy and Tommy Hilfiger making up a
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Over the course of the three-day pre-season in Bahrain, teams were able to run a whole variety of testing plans to try out their new cars. Different run plans, tyre compounds and fuel loads mean that lap times and results have to be taken with a pinch of salt however, after all three days of
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Former team owner Eddie Jordan has given a rare health update on seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher, with little having been revealed of his condition since his skiing accident in 2013. The German suffered serious brain trauma following an accident whilst skiing in the French Alps with his son Mick Schumacher, with the former Ferrari
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The budget cap that was introduced in 2021 limits teams to spending a certain amount over the course of the season, with $145m being the target figure in the first season. This cap was introduced to bring the field closer together, as the difference in performance between the teams at the top such as Red
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At last season’s Mexican Grand Prix, Mercedes turned up with an interesting prototype front wing, which never actually made it onto the car due to concerns that the FIA would find their invention illegal. The front wing featured a large number of slot gap separators, which main purpose is to keep the gap between the
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Having a strong relationship with your race engineer is key to success in Formula 1, with champions such as Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen having worked with the current race engineers, Peter Bonnington and Gianpiero Lambiase, for a number of years. Bonnington has been working with Hamilton ever since he signed for Mercedes, with the
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