Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko is expecting the times to quickly tumble at pre-season testing this week, with there being such a short turnaround from the three days of testing to the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. Thursday morning saw the first green light of 2023, as pre-season testing officially got underway. Unlike last season
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With Season Five of Formula 1-based hit Netflix docuseries ‘Drive to Survive’ to be released today, double World Champion Max Verstappen will finally discover if his concerns have been addressed. The Dutchman has returned to the newest series having refused to take part in Season Four, with the 25-year-old having been frustrated by the storytelling
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With pre-season testing having officially started at the Sakhir International Circuit in Bahrain, reigning champions Red Bull have finally taken the curtain off their actual 2023 car, after keeping it hidden during launch season. Unlike their immediate rivals at Ferrari and Mercedes, the Austrians decided not to use their actual car at their launch event,
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With the first day of pre-season testing in Bahrain complete, there are many talking points to be analysed and looked at in more detail. Every driver in attendance managed to take to the track other than Sergio Perez, who is schedule to jump into the cockpit of the RB19 from Friday afternoon onwards, as Red
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Ahead of pre-season testing getting officially underway, McLaren became the latest side to hide a vital part of their 2023 car from their competitors, by blurring footage of their shakedown test. After arriving in Bahrain at the Bahrain International Circuit, McLaren conducted 100km of running as part of a filming shoot and a shakedown test,
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With the 2023 season edging ever closer, pre-season testing has now officially begun, giving teams three days to give their new cars and drivers a run out in Bahrain before the first Grand Prix of the year. Haas will boast a much more experienced driver lineup this season, with Nico Hulkenberg coming into the team
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When the COVID 19 pandemic hit back in 2020, the Australian Grand Prix was one of the casualties, with the race being abandoned as the season ground to a halt. The race in Australia would not be seen again until last season, when the Australian Grand Prix returned to the calendar with a number of
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Heading into the 2023 season, fan favourite driver Daniel Ricciardo will unfortunately not be on the grid, following his release from McLaren. The 33-year-old signed for the Woking based team ahead of the 2021 season but unfortunately other than a shock win in Monza, Ricciardo’s time with McLaren has been underwhelming. The Australian has been
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Mercedes technical director Andrew Shovlin believes the team’s former reserve driver Nyck de Vries “has the talent to win races” in Formula 1, given the “experience” that the Dutchman boasts. De Vries, of course, departed the Germans at the end of 2022 to take a race seat at AlphaTauri, meaning he’s entering the forthcoming season
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Pre-season testing can be an absolute maze of information, with every team taking different approaches to getting the most out of their three days on track in Bahrain. With every team taking different paths, the timing screens become more or less irrelevant, leaving fans to look for small details in the designs and performances of
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