After taking some time away from motorsport management, former Renault team principal Cyril Abiteboul has returned to management with Hyundai Motorsport, who compete in the world rally championship. The Frenchman became an iconic part in Netflix’s ‘Drive to Survive’, often being found arguing or making subtle digs against Red Bull boss Christian Horner, even bragging
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Formula 1 has been a very male-dominated sport since it began decades ago, with the majority of mechanics, bosses and drivers in the sport being men. Women have had small opportunities in F1 cars, with Toto Wolff’s wife Susie Wolff once taking part in a test for Williams, but these opportunities are nowhere near enough.
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Lando Norris has opened up on his battles with mental health, with the McLaren star having started to discuss the personal challenges he’s faced to the media. Being a Formula 1 driver is quite clearly no easy feat, with the job being so much more than just racing around a Grand Prix circuit at absurd
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Daniel Ricciardo was unfortunately a victim of the MCL36’s unique driving style requirements, with the car requiring a specific style of driver to extract the maximum performance. The car had a much stronger rear end than front, meaning that the McLaren drivers often had to take a softer approach to corners that the other teams.
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Following a number of reports and speculation, Mercedes have insisted that the rumours regarding Lewis Hamilton’s pending contract are “wild” and “completely unfounded”, with the British driver having been linked to a jaw-dropping deal. According to sports business outlet Sportune, Hamilton’s new contract with the Silver Arrows is set to cover 2024 and 2025, with the 38-year-old
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Sebastian Vettel’s announcement that he would be retiring at the end of the season came as a shock over last year’s summer break, as the German was still performing at a high level at the age of 35. Towards the latter stages of the season, Vettel picked up a number of Driver of the Day
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It has been reported by Italian site Formu1a.uno that Ferrari’s new team principal Frederic Vasseur won’t be making any ‘significant changes’ to the team’s personnel, with the Frenchman opting to start his life at Ferrari with the same colleagues that served under Mattia Binotto. Vasseur had been tipped to make a wave of changes ahead
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The Formula 1 world was shocked at the Singapore Grand Prix when rumours began to circulate that Red Bull had breached the cost cap during the season where Max Verstappen narrowly beat Lewis Hamilton to his first world title. The team were eventually found guilty of a minor breach of the cost cap, meaning that
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It has been revealed that Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has decided to sell his incredibly rare Ferrari F40. It is believed that 1300 F40s were built between 1987 and 1992, meaning that nowadays they sell for an extortionate amount. With that in mind, Wolff’s car has been put up for sale but without a
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Colton Herta is a very talented racing driver, who at the age of 22 has already competed four full seasons of IndyCar racing. The American was heavily linked to a move to Formula 1 to race for AlphaTauri this season to replace Pierre Gasly, who has move to Alpine to partner Esteban Ocon. The problem
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