Mercedes’ head of trackside engineering Andrew Shovlin has revealed that the team didn’t think they were in a “bad place” with the W13 pre-season, with their 2022 struggles having appeared to be a shock to the usually unstoppable Germans. Since the start of the hybrid era in 2014, Formula 1 fans have become used to the Brackley-based outfit
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2022 was a mixed season for McLaren, with the Woking-based side having been dragged into a season-long fight with Alpine for fourth in the Constructors’ Championship. Despite Lando Norris’ best efforts, the British side fell short of P4 and had to settle for fifth place, a place lower than they managed in 2021. The new
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The last two years have been an emotional rollercoaster for Daniel Ricciardo, as the fan favourite has struggled relentlessly to extract any real performance out of his McLaren, excluding one magnificent day at Monza. Winning the 2021 Italian Grand Prix was easily Ricciardo’s defining moment at the Woking-based team, as he showed the world that
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Formula 1 lost a number of drivers at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with Mick Schumacher, Nicholas Latifi and Daniel Ricciardo all being replaced at their respective teams ahead of the 2023 season. Sebastian Vettel went out on his own terms however, calling time on his stellar career in a bid to spend more time
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Williams’ quest to replace the disappointing Nicholas Latifi for 2023 was an unorthodox one to say the least, as the team were forced to wait until the conclusion of the Formula 2 season in Abu Dhabi to know the future of their driver line-up. The team had selected 21-year-old Logan Sargeant to replace the Canadian
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Ferrari, McLaren and Aston Martin have been praised by the Standard Ethics group, who have asked the remaining F1 teams to become more transparent and to improve their governance, in order to make for a more sustainable future for the pinnacle of motorsport. The research group analysed all the teams’ operations to determine their ESG, something which is made up
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Three-time Formula 1 World Champion and former chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association Jackie Stewart has called for the GDPA to have “more influence” over decisions regarding the pinnacle of motorsport. The current head of the GDPA is Mercedes’ George Russell; however, Stewart believes the organisation has less power nowadays, something which is “wrong”, according to the Scotsman.
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The reigning Constructors’ Champions certainly appeared to enjoy their Christmas, following a tweet that poked fun at Mercedes, Ferrari, and themselves. 2022 was a remarkable season for the Austrians, who claimed their first Constructors’ Championship since 2013 with relative ease, thanks to 15 victories from double World Champion Max Verstappen and two from Sergio Pérez.
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tIn a social media competition carried out by respected broadcaster Jennie Gow, Fernando Alonso has been dubbed the Formula 1 World Cup winner, with the Spaniard having beaten his foe in the final. With Alonso having beaten the entire grid, all he had to do was be voted as the winner against Lewis Hamilton, his
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2022 was a mixed year for Charles Leclerc, with his season having been ridiculed by a plethora of errors and reliability troubles. The Vice-Champion suffered from poor reliability, strategic errors, and driver errors this year, all of which allowed double World Champion Max Verstappen to cruise to a second consecutive Drivers’ Championship. Leclerc started the
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