With his resignation from Ferrari having been announced to the world, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem thanked Mattia Binotto “for his contribution as the F1 Commission’s delegate” at Wednesday’s meeting of the World Motor Sport Council in Bologna. Attending the meeting is believed to have been one of Binotto’s final jobs, before departing the Maranello-based
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With the 2022 season completed and truly in the past, the winter break presents an opportunity to consider things that could happen in the near future, with almost anything these days being plausible in Formula 1. Based on that, could Charles Leclerc or Lando Norris replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes once the seven-time World Champion
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Michael Schumacher moved from Benetton to Ferrari ahead of the 1996 season, where he went on to win five consecutive world championships between 2000 and 2004. The legendary German, who is currently tied with Lewis Hamilton with seven championship titles, has been out of the public eye since 2013, when he suffered a severe brain
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Following the announcement by Charles Leclerc and Charlotte Sine that they’d mutually decided to end their relationship, social media has reacted in a characteristically odd way, with many ignoring a request by the pair. The Ferrari star broke the news to his 9.5 million Instagram followers that himself and Sine had opted to end their relationship following
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The Singapore Grand Prix earlier this year brought with it the rumours that Red Bull and Aston Martin had breached the 2021 cost cap of $145mn, which was introduced to try and bring the field closer together. While Aston Martin were only found guilty of a procedural breach, Red Bull were found to have made
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McLaren possess on of the most sought-after assets in Formula 1 in the form of Lando Norris, with the 22-year-old being tipped by many as a world champion in the making. The Brit came ever so close to his maiden win last year in Russia, but a mix up in communication with his team about
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Following the announcement that Alfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur will be departing the Hinwil-based team to join Ferrari, Sauber announced that McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl will take the Frenchman’s role as CEO of the Sauber Group. Interestingly, Seidl was linked to the team principal role at Ferrari but rejected it due to being happy with
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It has been a busy week for Ferrari and for Alfa Romeo, with the two sides having kicked-off a morning full of breaking news in Formula 1 earlier in the week. As reported at the season finale in Abu Dhabi, Alfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur will be replacing Mattia Binotto at the Italian team,
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Max Verstappen appears somewhat concerned over the future of Formula 1, not in regard to the racing, but the ever-increasing calendar. Should a replacement for the 2023 Chinese Grand Prix be found then next season will boast a record-breaking 24-race calendar, something the double World Champion labels as “too much”. The 25-year-old has admitted that it’s the
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2022 saw the end of several relationships in Formula 1, some good, some bad, and some controversial. Daniel Ricciardo’s two years racing for McLaren sort of falls into all three of those categories, with the Aussie having experienced highs and an awful lot of lows with the Woking-based side. The peak of their partnership was,
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