Mercedes endured a horrific start to 2022, and it wasn’t just thanks to the new aerodynamic regulations which were introduced into the sport. The Silver Arrows were the worst hit team by the shocking porpoising phenomena, something which saw the Germans have to prioritise eradicating the issue, rather than car development. Whilst their porpoising issues were well documented,
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Audi are certainly expecting a lot from their “strategic” partnership with Sauber in Formula 1, with Audi managing director Tom Baker having revealed that the German manufacturer are targeting victories “after three years”. Apart from Red Bull Powertrains, Audi are the only new power unit supplier to have been confirmed for 2026, when the new
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AlphaTauri looked to be a team on the up in 2021, scoring 142 points and finishing an impressive sixth in the final year of F1’s previous era. Despite naming an unchanged driver lineup of Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda in 2022, Red Bull’s sister team struggled to adapt to the major regulation changes that came
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The 2022 season presented engineers of teams up and down the paddock with the daunting yet exciting task of designing a car under drastically different regulations, as Formula 1 begins a new era. Different teams took different approaches as every team attempted to outwit the rest at the start of the season, with some teams
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Daniel Ricciardo’s two-year stint as a McLaren driver is up, with the Australian returning to the side he knows best for 2023. Returning to Red Bull is arguably the best option for the 33-year-old, who just didn’t seem to click with the Woking-based outfit. It wasn’t through a lack of trying, though, with McLaren and
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The last four years of Daniel Ricciardo’s life have been hectic, with the Australian driver having made the bold decision at the end of 2018 to leave Red Bull, in favour of midfield side Renault (known now as Alpine). Many were left in shock that the 33-year-old had decided to give up a rare seat at the
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher believes George Russell performed better in 2022 than Nico Rosberg did during his triumphant 2016 campaign, with Lewis Hamilton having been warned that a rivalry is on the cards. Following his switch from Williams to Mercedes for 2022, most expected Russell to occupy some sort of a number two role
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New McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has tipped Ferrari to have a “competitive start” to 2023, with the Italian having heard that the Maranello-based team are “very happy” with their new challenger. 2022 was a mixed season for Ferrari, with the side having been hailed as the early title favourites, after Charles Leclerc won two of the
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It has been a tough couple of years in Formula 1 for Lewis Hamilton, missing out on his record breaking eighth world championship in 2021 in controversial and heart breaking fashion, before being forced to drive an uncompetitive car in 2022 and watch his rivals pass him by. While this much disappointment would see many
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There was only one rookie on the grid in 2022 in the form of Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu, meaning that the spotlight was on the Chinese driver in his debut year in F1. Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi were replaced by Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu for the 2022 season, as Alfa Romeo looked to
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