Following reports that Ferrari will announce Mattia Binotto’s replacement before Christmas, time is running out for the Italians to name who’ll take over the poisoned chalice, as the end of yet another year edges ever closer. Binotto’s departure from the Maranello-based team will be an emotional one, given that the Italian has called the team
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The Formula 1 world was saddened in 2018, as then McLaren driver Fernando Alonso announced his retirement from Formula 1. The Spaniard had grown frustrated by McLaren’s lack of competitiveness during his four years with the team, never finishing higher than tenth since his move from Ferrari. Alonso was tempted back to the sport after
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Toto Wolff is one of the most successful team principals of all time in Formula 1, so it makes sense that the Austrian would see similarities between himself and the greats of other sports. Pep Guardiola was spotted by Martin Brundle on his grid walk in Abu Dhabi, and was also filmed deep in conversation
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FIA single-seater technical director Nikolas Tombazis has confirmed that wheel arches are being considered going forward when heavy rain appears, in order for the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix to never be repeated. For a sport deemed to be the pinnacle of motorsport, the championship has looked embarrassing in recent years when met with a wet race.
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Lewis Hamilton was one lap in Abu Dhabi away from becoming the most successful Formula 1 driver of all time, however a controversial safety car procedure from disgraced race director Michael Masi means that the Brit is currently tied with Michael Schumacher on seven championship victories. The beneficiary of Masi’s controversial decision making was Red
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Whilst the season might have officially finished a few weeks ago now, the off-track action certainly hasn’t stopped, with Ferrari seemingly dominating the headlines. Following a turbulent season filled with strategic blunders, reliability issues, and driver errors, it was speculated at the season finale in Abu Dhabi that team principal Mattia Binotto would be sacked from
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Following the disaster that was 2022, Lewis Hamilton has remarkably been tipped as the favourite to claim the 2023 Drivers’ Championship, something which would see him become an unprecedented eight-time World Champion. According to sports betting analytics firm AEX Analytics, the 37-year-old has a 5/3 (62.5%) chance of winning the crown next season, something which would suggest that a
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The 2022 season is one that Lewis Hamilton would like to forget in a hurry, as he was forced to drive an uncompetitive W13 while watching his 2021 rival Max Verstappen storm his second consecutive world title. The 37-year-old was beaten by his teammate George Russell in the championship, with the 24-year-old winning Mercedes only
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McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl’s move to Sauber for 2023 might have come as a shock to Lando Norris, with the Brit having been close to the German since he joined Formula 1 in 2019. Seidl has returned to Sauber to become their new CEO, following the departure of Frederic Vasseur who is replacing Mattia
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Haas decided to opt for experience over potential in 2023 by replacing Mick Schumacher, who has been with the team for two years, with 35-year-old Nico Hulkenberg. The team’s experiment in 2021 of appointing two rookies in the form of Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin was somewhat of a failure, as the youngsters inconstancy and tendency
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