Zhou Guanyu claimed ‘Rookie of the Year’ in 2022, of course, with Zhou having been the only rookie driver on the grid last season! Given that he was the only Formula 1 newbie last year, the Formula 2 graduate performed impeccably for Alfa Romeo, and certainly gained a new wave of fans. By joining Alfa
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Lewis Hamilton has revealed that an early fear of his in Formula 1 was that he wouldn’t have any fans, something which is certainly not the case, with the seven-time World Champion arguably having the biggest global fanbase. Many people were extremely excited ahead of his debut for McLaren in 2007, with the British driver
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2021 saw sprint races introduced into Formula 1 for the very first time, as the FIA sought to make race weekends more entertaining and increase viewer numbers on Fridays and Saturdays. Some fans prefer to only watch qualifying and the main race, choosing not to tune into Friday’s practice session, meaning that the introduction of
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Ferrari will be hoping for a better end to the season in 2023 than last year, as the early title favourites were forced to fend off a late advance from Mercedes just to hold on to the runner up spot in the championship. Strategic errors and an unreliable engine saw the team fall away from
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McLaren decided to tease fans following a recent social media post, where the Woking-based team showed off a Porsche 911; however, it wasn’t just any Porsche 911. The one shown by the British side was powered by a Formula 1 engine, an engine that was used by some of the greatest F1 drivers of all-time,
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2021 saw the introduction of a new race weekend format in Formula 1, with the sport trialling sprint races for the first time. Silverstone saw the first use of the format, with qualifying being move to Friday before a 100km race, requiring no pit stops, takes place on Saturday to decide the starting grid for
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has seemingly revealed that the Germans aren’t going to copy Red Bull’s successful 2022 design for 2023, with the Silver Arrows having kept the same shape from their W13 challenger. Red Bull boss Christian Horner is expecting to see many teams use their design philosophy for 2023, with the Austrians
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Alpine were left scrambling for a Fernando Alonso replacement earlier this season, after the Spaniard announced that he would be making a surprise move to Aston Martin in 2023 to replace the retiring Sebastian Vettel. A legal dispute with Oscar Piastri saw the Australian leave the Alpine driver academy to race for McLaren, leaving Alpine
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The Formula 1 world was saddened over the summer break, when fan favourite Sebastian Vettel announced that he would be retiring from the sport at the age of 35. The four-time world champion has been with Aston Martin for two seasons after challenging for race victories for the majority of his career with Red Bull
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has admitted that the Americans’ ‘momentum’ was staggered in 2022, with the side having started the season so strongly, before going off the boil. In his returning F1 season after being dropped by Haas at the end of 2020, Kevin Magnussen claimed three points finishes from the opening four rounds
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