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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2022 was a sensational season for Max Verstappen and Red Bull, with the Dutchman having defended his 2021 Drivers’ Championship with relative ease. After a tight title battle in 2021 against Lewis Hamilton, Verstappen cruised to the crown last season, after smashing multiple records along the way. The imperious Dutchman broke the records for most
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa has admitted that it wasn’t “difficult” to get over losing to Lewis Hamilton in the 2008 Drivers’ Championship, with the British driver having pulled off one of the most famous overtakes in F1 history to snatch the title from Massa. Massa won the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix with ease, despite
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Alpine driver Esteban Ocon has claimed that he put the French side “in the right direction”, having previously accused former team-mate Fernando Alonso of having not done his fair share of work behind-the-scenes. Ocon performed very well in 2022 and was a consistent points finisher, with the Frenchman having finished ahead of Alonso in the
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