Ex-Formula 1 driver Emmanuele Pirro has warned new Ferrari boss Frederic Vasseur not to change much amongst the Maranello-based team, who started the 2022 season exceptionally. Whilst Ferrari started last season with two wins from the opening three races, strategic errors, reliability issues and driver blunders saw the Italians fall well behind Red Bull in the Constructors’ Championship.
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The value of Formula 1 continues to increase year after year, as the sport continues to grow and spread all over the world. Since Liberty Media purchased Formula 1 in 2017 for £6.4bn, Netflix’s ‘Drive to Survive’ has seen the audience for the sport grow in regions such as the USA, who previously preferred IndyCar
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FIA steward Emmanuele Pirro has questioned FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s intent on sticking with two race directors for 2023, after admitting that the system simply “cannot work”. Several drivers hit out at the FIA last season for the inconsistency seen by race direction, with Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas having shared the role. Whilst
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There has been a lot of change in the paddock ahead of the 2023 season, with drivers, engineers and team principals all making moves between teams. Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, McLaren and Williams will all have a new team principal leading them this season and new Williams boss James Vowles is the most recent of these
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Drivers in the majority of motorsport series have the privilege of picking their own driver number, allowing them to add some sentimental value to their cars. Lewis Hamilton for example chooses to run the number 44 on his car, in reference to his first ever karting number which he picked because of the number plate
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With only 100 days to go until the Miami Grand Prix makes its second appearance in Formula 1, Alpine driver Pierre Gasly has headed over to the city to visit the Miami Dolphins’ Baptist Health training complex. The Frenchman had a laugh and a joke with some members of the team before challenging NFL speedster
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2023 looks set to be an enormous year for Red Bull for several reasons, the biggest of which being if they can maintain a working relationship between Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez. The Austrians were imperious in 2022 and on the whole unbeatable, with Verstappen having entered a completely new league. Verstappen destroyed the records
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Formula 1 is often the home of numerous massive car brands, with the likes of Ford, Honda and Audi making up the past, present and future of the sport. Ford have been a large part of Formula 1’s rich history, being involved in Cosworth engines and being a part of the Jaguar team until 2004,
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The relationship between Toto Wolff and Christian Horner is a fascinating one, with both team principals coming from very different backgrounds. The Mercedes boss is from much more of a financial background than his Red Bull counterpart, meaning that the approaches of the pair towards their teams are very different. The pair have come to
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has called on the FIA, Formula 1 bosses and the teams to sit down and have a “sensible conversation”, with tensions continuing to build between the pinnacle of motorsport and its governing body. The FIA haven’t been in Formula 1’s good books as of late, with FIA president Mohammed Ben
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