Mercedes’ head of trackside engineering Andrew Shovlin has revealed that the Silver Arrows upgraded the tools in their factory last season, with the Germans having been forced to look outside the box to get on top of their porpoising woes. The bouncing phenomena cost Lewis Hamilton and George Russell considerable performance in the first half
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Haas are a team on the rise going into 2023, as the team started the new era of Formula 1 strongly with an eight placed finish in the constructors’ championship. The team have replaced the promising but inconsistent Mick Schumacher with the experienced figure of Nico Hulkenberg ahead of the upcoming season, opting to prioritise
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer believes the bigger teams in Formula 1 are trying to “exploit” the budget cap rules by moving employees to different departments to ensure that they aren’t included in the budget. With the biggest teams in Formula 1 having multiple departments and other racing programmes, some of the current teams on
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When George Russell signed for Mercedes ahead of the 2022 season, he would have been excited at the prospect of learning from seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. As it turned out, the 24-year-old shockingly managed to outscore the 38-year-old in his debut season with the team, despite previously having only fought towards the back of
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McLaren star Lando Norris has revealed that he learned a “hell of a lot” from former team-mate Daniel Ricciardo, who he raced alongside in 2021 and 2022. The duo appeared to have a brother-like bond, with the pair having been inseparable off-circuit. McLaren’s decision to separate the two for 2023 wouldn’t have been easy to
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With Williams now filling their vacant team principal position with Mercedes strategy director James Vowles, only Alfa Romeo are yet to appoint a new boss for 2023. Vowles appointment came out of the blue this week, leaving Mercedes without a strategy director with only weeks to go until pre-season begins in Bahrain. Despite losing a
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Being a Formula 1 driver is an intense career, there is no hiding that; however, a large part of why the job is so strenuous is because of what happens before the season even gets underway. Gym sessions. Whilst some people across the world love training in the gym four or five times a week, they are able
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The last two Formula 1 season have been heartbreaking for Lewis Hamilton, as the Brit has been unable to win a record breaking eighth world championship. 2021 saw a controversial call from race director Michael Masi essentially hand the title to Max Verstappen as the season finale in Abu Dhabi and then Hamilton was not
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The 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will go down in history as arguably the most controversial title decider of all time, as Max Verstappen snatched the drivers’ championship title from Lewis Hamilton on the final lap of the race. A late safety car saw the race, which Hamilton had led since lap one, destined to
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It did seem as if Nyck de Vries’ window of opportunity in Formula 1 had passed, as no team had decided to take a gamble on the Dutchman in 2022 despite his championship victories in both Formula 2 and Formula E. The 27-year-old got a shock call up in Monza however, as the Williams driver
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