The W13 has now officially been retired by Mercedes, with the team suggesting that while it was not one of their most successful designs in recent years, it could be one of the most important because of the lessons 2022 taught the team. The major shakeup in regulations at the start of the year gave
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When Daniel Ricciardo moved to McLaren to replace the Ferrari-bound Carlos Sainz, many fans anticipated that the Australian would strike up a strong relationship with his new teammate Lando Norris. The age and experience gap proved a stumbling point for the pair however, as their first year was overshadowed by a slight friction between the
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George Russell enjoyed a sensational first season at Mercedes, with the 24-year-old having ended the year above team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the Drivers’ Championship, a feat only Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg can boast about. However, whilst Russell’s 2022 campaign was a largely successful one, the British driver did play a crucial role in the biggest crash
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Mick Schumacher has undoubtedly the most famous surname in motorsport history, one which understandably comes with a daunting level of pressure. Mick’s father is, of course, seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher, who is regarded as the greatest F1 driver of all-time by many. Michael was an unbelievable talent that saw Germany have some of the biggest Grand
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Lewis Hamilton has admitted that he felt more “internal strength” in 2022 than “many other years”, with Mercedes having endured their toughest season of the hybrid era to-date. The seven-time World Champion is used to fighting for pole positions and victories on a Grand Prix basis, let alone third row starts and top-five finishes. Nobody
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With major changes to Formula 1’s rules and regulations coming in effect at the beginning of the 2022 season, teams were given the opportunity to be creative and design a car different from the rest in an attempt to gain an advantage. Some cars sported creative sidepod designs during some runs in pre-season testing and
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McLaren will be replacing one Australian with another in 2023, as Oscar Piastri is drafted in to replace Daniel Ricciardo who is returning to Red Bull to serve as the team’s third driver. Piastri was initially announced as an Alpine driver for next season over the winter break, forcing the 21-year-old to release a statement
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher has hailed his nephew’s move to Mercedes as a “great opportunity”, especially as a racing seat at the Germans could open up in the near future. Mick Schumacher’s move to Mercedes comes after Haas opted not to renew the 23-year-old’s contract, with the Americans preferring the experienced Nico Hulkenberg over
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean has hailed Max Verstappen’s 2022 campaign as “the best” he’s ever seen in F1, with the Frenchman labelling it as “99-percent perfect”. Verstappen has been imperious this season, with the Dutchman having claimed a second consecutive Drivers’ Championship with relative ease, given that he won 15 races in 2022. Verstappen’s 15 wins
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Despite McLaren enduring a difficult start to the new regulations in 2022, Lando Norris was once again one of the shining stars of the sport. The Brit single handedly took the fight in the constructors’ championship to Alpine and finished above both Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon in the drivers’ championship. Norris was the only
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