With Mercedes having won every championship since 2014 going into the 2021 season, the FIA decided that they would need to intervene to prevent the gap between the bigger teams and the smaller teams becoming too large. A budget cap of $145m was introduced in 2021 in order to prevent the bigger teams such as
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Formula 1 drivers and the FIA are set to clash once again, with the governing body having gone against feedback from GDPA director George Russell, who shared the drivers’ wish for one race director, not two as seen last season. The drivers’ wish has been crushed by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, who has confirmed
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Lewis Hamilton has had a tough time in Formula 1 since he won his record equalling seventh world championship title in 2020. A controversial safety car procedure saw the Brit miss out on a record breaking eighth world title on the final lap of the 2021 season, a heartbreak that Hamilton has claimed that is
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The Fiorano circuit is a private racetrack owned by Ferrari, in close proximity to their factory in Maranello. Ferrari have now confirmed that their drivers will now make a three-day appearance at this circuit at the end of January, as Fred Vasseur looks to give his drivers some time on the track before F1 heads
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The 2022 season was much more straightforward for Max Verstappen than the previous campaign, as he cruised to his second consecutive world championship title under the new regulations. The Dutchman won a record shattering 15 races last year as Mercedes and Ferrari struggled to even lay a glove on Red Bull for the majority of
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Daniel Ricciardo’s career has now come full circle, as the Australian finds himself back at Red Bull having left the team four years ago specifically to break away from the energy drink giants. The 33-year-old had grown tired of the team’s decision to favour a young Max Verstappen and left Red Bull for Renault, then
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After Michael Masi was sacked in 2021 following the controversial Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem decided to split the race director role between two alternating officials. Eduardo Freitas and Niels Wittich will both be replaced after only a year in the role after catastrophic errors from both race directors last season.
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George Russell has sent a warning to reigning Constructors’ Champions Red Bull, with the 24-year-old having said that Mercedes are targeting the Austrians in 2023. The former Williams driver’s comments come on the back of a woeful 2022 campaign, which saw the usually imperious Germans slump to third in the standings, whilst Red Bull eased to their
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has joked that ex-Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel is “annoyingly good at anything”, with the Brit believing that the German would make a “very good” addition to a team’s management. When Vettel’s retirement from F1 was announced prior to the Hungarian Grand Prix last year, the likes of Lewis
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Charles Leclerc has revealed his newfound love for fashion, and how he is often discussing clothing brands with seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton, whom he labels as having “good taste” and a “lot of guts”. The Monegasque driver has praised the 38-year-old for wearing the “weirdest looks” during Grand Prix weekends, with the Ferrari star
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